Institutional Partnerships
The full and associated partners are key to the goals and success of the Joint MSc in Sustainable Ocean Management. With experts offering classes and practical training in Maritime Cultural Heritage management, Marine Spatial Planning issues, and Climate Science, this joint degree offers students an opportunity unique in the European Higher Education Area. With content pursuing the goals of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development and the EU Blue Growth Strategy, this programme will also offer participants educational opportunities essential to international needs over the coming decades.
Koç University is a leading non-profit research university in Istanbul known for strong academic standards and internationally oriented education. It combines high-impact research with a broad global network of partner institutions.
The University of Copenhagen is Denmark’s oldest and largest research university, offering interdisciplinary education across six faculties. It is globally recognized for its historic academic tradition and research excellence.
The Ocean Decade Heritage Network works to integrate cultural heritage into the UN Decade of Ocean Science. It fosters global collaboration between marine scientists and heritage experts to support sustainable ocean goals.
The University of Oldenburg is a public research university in northern Germany with a strong focus on sustainability and interdisciplinary research. It is recognized for its strengths in marine sciences, renewable energy, and environmental studies.
Koç University (Maritime Archaeology and Maritime Cultural Heritage)
Koç University began its MA and PhD specialty in Maritime Archaeology in 2017, with the opening of the Koç University Mustafa V. Koç Maritime Archaeology Research Center (KUDAR). Offering didactic and practical training opportunities on campus and in the field, KUDAR and its faculty will give students in the Joint MSC programme the opportunity to learn various aspects of the field, including survey techniques, conservation methods, the history and theory of the discipline, and methods of maritime cultural heritage management.
University of Copenhagen (Climate Change)
Based in the Niels Bohr Institute within the Faculty of Science, the Climate Change programme at the University of Copenhagen began in 2013 and has since graduated almost 250 MSc students who have proceeded to work in the public and private sectors. Within the Joint MSc in Sustainable Ocean Management, students will be able to choose from a variety of courses offered in Copenhagen, including Mechanisms and Tipping Points, Human Adaptation to Climate Change, Geoengineering, an Introduction to Data Science, and more.
Ocean Decade Heritage Network
Established in 2019, the ODHN has successfully lobbied for the increased integration of maritime archaeology and MCH principles into the overall roadmap for the UN Decade, including an integrated approach to marine sciences in the Societal Outcomes of the Decade. ODHN has partnerships with the UN Decade of Ocean Science (UNESCO-IOC), the Danish National Commission for UNESCO, the Honor Frost Foundation, the UNESCO UniTwin Underwater Archaeology Network, and three UNESCO Chairs: Ocean’s Cultural Heritage, UCH, and Coastal and Maritime Archaeology.
University of Oldenburg (Marine Spatial Planning)
Housed in the COAST Center, Marine Spatial Planning at the University of Oldenburg includes transnational efforts, stakeholder engagement strategies, and interaction with the energy sector. Their numerous MA-level study programs include Landscape Ecology, Sustainability Economics and Management and, lastly, Water and Coastal Management – the source of many of their courses in the Joint MSc in Sustainable Ocean Management. The COAST center has been a partner or coordinator in three previous EU actions since 2016 that have generated a progression of fundamental teaching modules in MSP: the Strategic Partnership for Marine Spatial Planning, the Knowledge Flows programme, and NorthSEE.