Department of Physical Oceanography

Department of Physical Oceanography

Post graduate programme in Oceanography commenced in Cochin in 1965 at the then Department of Marine Biology and Oceanography of Kerala University. The Department of Physical Oceanography offering M.Sc. Degree in Oceanography was established in 1996 initiating teaching and research in newer fields of national relevance. The topics covered include land-ocean interaction, coastal engineering, coastal zone management, sea state analysis,
environmental oceanography and GIS. The Department has been a forerunner in oceanographic studies for the past three decades.

The Department has been able to obtain major projects from national bodies such as DST, MHRD, AICTE, MEF, and UGC. Sophisticated instrumental facilities available include Ocean Current Meters, Automatic Sedimentation Analyzer, Acoustic Current Meters, Bathythermograph and Tide Tele metering Recorder, Ship Borne Wave data Logger etc.

Department of Physical Oceanography
Cochin University of Science & Technology,
Cochin-22,
Kerala,
India

Other Departments at Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi

• Department of Applied Chemistry
• Department of Applied Economics
• Department of Atmospheric Sciences
• Department of Biotechnology
• Department of Chemical Oceanography
• Department of Computer Applications
• Department of Computer Science
• Department of Culture & Heritage
• Department of Electronics
• Department of Hindi
• Department of Instrumentation
• Department of Marine Biology, Microbiology and Biochemistry
• Department of Marine Geology and Geo Physics
• Department of Mathematics and Statistics
• Department of Physical Education
• Department of Physical Oceanography
• Department of Physics
• Department of Polymer Science and Rubber Technology
• Department of Ship Technology
• Department of Statistics
• Department of Youth Welfare