Taught course
Applied Coastal and Offshore Geoscience
Entry requirements
You'll need a 2.2 degree in Physical Sciences, Engineering, Oceanography, Marine Science, Earth Sciences, Maths or Physical Geography
Months of entry
September
Course content
About this course
Explore Applied Coastal and Offshore Geoscience at a global top 100* university*
On this MSc, also available part-time, delivered jointly by the School of Ocean and Earth Science and School of Engineering, you’ll develop the skills needed to tackle environmental and engineering challenges in coastal and offshore settings.
Your future career
You’ll graduate primed to start your career, gaining the transferable skills required to excel in careers within coastal and offshore engineering, offshore renewables, and environmental consultancy.
Key features of this course
During the course, you will:
- acquire core knowledge of coastal and marine processes to characterise and forecast coastal, ocean, and seafloor behaviour
- design adaptive and resilient coastal and marine infrastructure for erosion and flood management and renewable energy provision
- develop strong analytical and numerical skills for data collection, analysis and visualisation
- advance your ability to work in multi-disciplinary teams to implement solutions adaptive to environmental and engineering challenges.
You'll study at our Highfield and Bolderwood Campuses and our Waterfront Campus, the National Oceanography Centre Southampton (NOCS), one of the world's largest centres for marine education and research. You'll have access to our research vessel, the R.V. Callista, and cutting-edge technology and facilities that will help you to develop and broaden your skills and knowledge.
Further information
For more information, visit the course page on our website.
*QS World University Rankings 2025
Information for international students
If English is not your first language, you will need to demonstrate your English meets our Band C: For IELTS, this is 6.5 overall, with minimum 6.0 in all components. For information on other accepted English language tests, please see the website.
Fees and funding
Please see our website for funding details.
Qualification, course duration and attendance options
- MSc
- full time12 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
- part time24 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
Course contact details
- Name
- Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences
- enquiries@southampton.ac.uk
- Phone
- 02380595000