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CMS peninsula COLLEGE FACTS

    Staff
    • 23 Full time faculty
    • 44 Research Associates
    • 40 Technical Associates
    • 10 Administrative Staff
    • 12 Support Staff

    Students
    • 111 Graduate Students
    • 58% Doctoral, 42% Master's
    • 65% Female, 35% Male
    • 9% International
    • 21% US Minority
    • 22 Fellowships averaging $10,000 - $22,000 Per Year
    • 50 Graduate Assistants Appointed on Average Per Year





      Facilities
      • 11 acre waterfront campus
      • 3 major buildings
      • Dockside facilities for most oceanographic research vessels
      • 2 State of Florida research vessels (Florida Institute of Oceanography)
      RV Weatherbird II

      Research
      • $21 million/yr in research funding
      • Centers and Institutes
        • Center of Ocean Technology
        • Center for the Prediction of Red Tide
        • Global Change Research Center
        • Institute for Marine Remote Sensing (IMaRs) - University of South Florida

      13 Laboratories
      • Biological Oceanography
        • Ecosystems
        • Marine Fluorescence
        • Microbiology
        • Physiology
        • Institute for Marine Remote Sensing (ImaRS)
      • Chemical Oceanography
        • Organic geochemistry
      • Geological Oceanography
        • Geophysics
        • Paleoceanography/Paleoclimatology
        • Reef Indicators
        • Seafloor mapping
      • Physical Oceanography
        • Ocean Circulation
        • Ocean Modeling and Prediction

      4 Ocean Modeling, Ocean Sensors, and Real-Time Data Systems
      • Coastal Ocean Monitoring and Prediction System (COMPS)
      • Tampa Bay Physical Oceanography Real-Time Systems (PORTS)
      • Indian Ocean Modeling
      • Ocean Sensors Gateway

      Education and Outreach
      • Oceanography Camp for Girls
      • In Service Teacher Oceanongraphy Workshop (In-TOW)
      • OCEANS Teaching Fellowships (formerly GK-12)
      • Spoonbill Bowl - National Ocean Sciences Bowl
      • Graduate Courses

  • College of Marine Science Tri-Fold Brouchure (PDF - 304 Kb)

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