UHI/SOEST/OCEAN
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definition: The Department of Oceanography is located on the University of Hawaii's largest campus (about 20,000 students), overlooking Waikiki and downtown Honolulu, the State Capitol and business and cultural center. As a designated "area of excellence", the marine and earth sciences enjoy strong support at the State and University levels. This has led to rapid expansion of faculty, facilities, and programs over the past decade, and the establishment of the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) in 1988. SOEST integrates the Departments of Oceanography, Geology and Geophysics, Meteorology, and Ocean Engineering, the Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute, the Sea Grant and Space Grant Programs, the Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory, the International Pacific Research Center, and the Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research. With a combined faculty and staff of almost 700 and an annual operating budget in excess of $35 million, SOEST is a leading institution of multidisciplinary research and education on the ocean, earth, and atmosphere. Including Cooperating and Affiliate members, 55 Graduate Faculty teach and advise graduate students in the Oceanography field of study. The collective research expertise and programs of these faculty provide a broad diversity of potential projects and employment opportunities for students. Department faculty are loosely organized into three Divisions - Physical Oceanography, Marine Geology and Geochemistry, and Biological Oceanography - which coordinate educational and research programs for subdisciplines, maintain shared equipment, and provide secretarial and other services (e.g., student access to PCs and workstations) through division offices. Research activities and publications of the Oceanography Faculty are described on other pages of this web site. Prospective students are encouraged to contact individual faculty for furt…
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ACADEMIC
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