Our missions
Forming
a community
14
Research
units
400
Staff
5
Faculties
8
Doctoral schools
150
Students
(master’s
and PhD)
Training through and for research
- Seasonal schools
- Thesis and master’s grants
- Financial support for the introduction of new training courses incorporating scientific methods
Acting internationally
- CIVIS alliance, European civic university
- An international seasonal school (7 nationalities)
- More than 10 different nationalities among our students
- Partnerships with leading oceanography universities (e.g. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
Bringing disciplines closer together
- Interdisciplinary actions that create links between oceanography (biology - chemistry - physics), climate sciences, informatics, robotics, engineering, economics, law, history and geography
- Shared teams
Strengthening partnerships
- CNRS
- Centrale Méditerranée
- IFREMER
- Marseille maritime port authority
- Network of Marine Universities (RUM)
- European Ocean Research and Education Alliance (EOREA)
Latest news
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Events Blue preparedness : European ocean research and education in the perspective of civil protectionDate évènementApril 28, 2026Image
Blue preparedness : European ocean research and education in the perspective of civil protectionHosted at the European Parliament by MEP Paulo do Nascimento Cabral, this event launches EOREA’s first two Collaborative Research and Education Programmes (CREPs) on Aquaculture and Marine Robotics
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Institute life Clone of amU takes over coordination of the French Network of Marine UniversitiesDate évènementJune 4, 2025Image
Clone of amU takes over coordination of the French Network of Marine UniversitiesAt the One Ocean Science Congress in Nice, coordination of the French Network of Marine Universities was officially transferred from Sorbonne Université to Aix-Marseille Université.
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Events Ocean Day - The annual meeting of Institut Océan laboratoriesDate évènementApril 28, 2026Image
Ocean Day - The annual meeting of Institut Océan laboratoriesOcean Day - April 28 | Station Marine d'Endoume
