Master Marine EnviRonment 2030 (MER2030) at Université de Bordeaux

MER2030 is an Erasmus Mundus joint master giving training in general oceanography with specialisation in the marine environment (ecology, ecotoxicology, biochemistry, geochemistry, sedimentology, palaeo-oceanography) and in living and non-living marine resources. Partners include Bordeaux, Basque Country (EHU), Southampton, Liege and the University of the Azores.

Duration: 2 years (120 ECTS, 4 semesters)  |  Study mode: full-time; English  |  Location: Talence, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

What you will study

Advanced courses (90 ECTS) arranged in six modules aligned with the UN Decade of Ocean Science objectives, starting with Module 1 Fundamentals in Ocean Science (mandatory, semester 1 at Southampton or Bordeaux) and ending with Module 6 Ocean Scientist Career (36 mandatory ECTS). Sample courses include Ecotoxicology and Risk Quantification of Marine Pollutants, Biogeochemical Cycles in the Earth system, Introductory Remote Sensing of the Oceans, Maritime and Coastal Spatial Planning and Law, and Functional and Molecular Marine Microbiology. Semester 4 is a 30 ECTS MSc thesis of 5-6 months.

Career pathways

Further research (PhD) and work in government and commercial oceanographic and environmental research or consultancy laboratories in protection, management and sustainable valorisation of the marine environment.

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