Marine Science Australia
Studying Marine Science in Australia
Marine Science is taught at many Australian Universities.
The available courses include:
Bachelor degrees in Marine Science and Marine Biology and
Bachelor degrees in Science with majors in Marine Science, Marine Biology, Marine Geoscience, Aquaculture and Marine Environment.
There are also online and distance education Marine Science courses available.
This page is meant as a guide to the courses taught by different Australian Universities, separated by state. Click on the links to read more on each course.
Online and Distance Education courses
Charles Darwin University (external studies)
Murdoch University (external studies)
Southern Cross University (external studies)
Queensland Marine Science courses
University of Queensland
James Cook University
Griffith University
New South Wales Marine Science courses
MacQuarie University
University of New South Wales
University of Sydney
Victoria Marine Science courses
Deakin University
University of Melbourne
University of Wollongong
South Australia Marine Science courses
Adelaide University
Flinders University
Tasmania Marine Science courses
University of Tasmania
Western Australia Marine Science courses
Curtin University
Edith Cowan University
Murchoch University
University of Western Australia
Marine Science News
Study uncovers value of shark dive tourism
Putting the mass coral bleaching event in 2016 into a 30+ year context
Australia’s new marine parks plan is a case of the Emperor’s new clothes
Sunfish spotting: four-year search discovers first new species in 130 years
Exceptional fish diversity found on Australia’s north-west oceanic shoals
Marine Science facts
- Irukandji jelly fish, with just a brush of venom leaves almost no mark. But after about a half hour you develop Irukandji syndrome, a debilitating mix of nausea, vomiting, severe pain, difficulty breathing, drenching sweating and sense of impending doom. You get so sick that your biggest worry is that you’re not going to die
- Half the Oxygen we breath is produced in the Ocean
- The most remote point in the oceans is called Point Nemo
- The Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian oceans are known as the three major oceans.