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Post-Graduation Courses (PhD and Doctorate) in the domain of Fisheries and Aquaculture in Europe
| City | PhD | University-Faculty | Contact |
| Belgium | |||
| Ghent | Doctorate of Science in Biology | Ghent University - Faculty of Sciences | ann.vanreusel@ugent.be |
| Several branches: fisheries management & aquaculture, costal management, marine ecology, oceanography, microbiology, pollution, paleoceanography and climate studies, lacustrine systems | |||
| Denmark | |||
| Aarhus | PhD Programme in Marine Science | University of Aarhus - The Institute of Biological Sciences | preben.jensen@biology.au.dk |
| Research areas include: Fisheries biology and biological statistics used in fisheries biology. Principles of aquaculture, cultivation of marine plants, invertebrates, and fish - various procedures used for aquaculture | |||
| France | |||
| Bordeaux | PhD in Environmental Sciences | University of Bordeaux 1 - Biological Sciences | m.grandanne@svgse.u-bordeaux1.fr |
| Several branches applied to marine science: environmental sciences, environmental ecophysiology, population biology, marine ecosystems | |||
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| Brest | Phd in Marine Sciences | University of Bretagne Occidentale - Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mar | Yveline.LeMoal@univ-brest.fr |
| Research areas include: marine science, environmental marine chemistry, ocean, geodynamics, maritime law, expertise and environmental coastal management, economics of the marine resources | |||
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| Perpignan | PhD in Biology,Environmental Sciences | University of Perpignan | morand@univ-perp.fr |
| Several branches: some of them associated to fisheries and aquaculture, for instance, marine ecosystems and population biology, geographical information systems, sustainable management of the marine resources, fisheries, aquaculture, property rights and conflicts, water management | |||
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| Rennes | Doctorate in Fisheries | Agrocampus Rennes | dirsci@agrocampus-rennes.fr |
| Marine resources and environmental management | |||
| Germany | |||
| Bremen | PhD in Aquatic Ecology - Coastal Zone Management | University of Bremen - The Centre for Tropical Marine Ecology | isatec@uni-bremen.de |
| Aquatic ecology, coastal zone management, economic valuation of natural resources | |||
| Greece | |||
| Crete | Doctorate in Environmental Biology - Management of Marine Resources | University of Crete - Department of Biology | chsfakian@biology.uoc.gr |
| Management of marine resources. Theoretical and applied knowledge in aquaculture science and technology. Advanced knowledge in technology of protection and management of coastal ecosystems and fisheries resources. | |||
| Iceland | |||
| Háskóla Islands | PhD in Fisheries | University of Iceland - The Fisheries Research Institute | fisheries@rhi.hi.is |
| Fish ecology, aquaculture, fishing economics, management, export and marketing, harvesting and processing, law, sociology | |||
| Ireland | |||
| Belfield, Dublin | PhD in Zoology | University College Dublin-Department of Zoology | mary.kelly-quinn@ucd.ie |
| Fisheries and wildlife management | |||
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| Cork | PhD in Fisheries and Aquaculture | University College Cork- Department of Zoology, Ecology and Plant Science | e.rogan@ucc.ie |
| Management, development and conservation of fisheries | |||
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| Cork | PhD in Biology/Ecology of Birds, Reptiles and Marine Mammals | University College Cork- Department of Zoology, Ecology and Plant Science | cenv@tcd.ie |
| Some topics include marine biology and fish resource management | |||
| Italy | |||
| Varese | PhD course on Monitoring and Management of Biodiversity | University of Insubria Varese | marco.saroglia@uninsubria.it |
| Includes a curriculum in aquaculture and ichthyology. Thesis in aquaculture, oriented toward environmental quality, fish welfare, physiology and molecular approach may be obtained | |||
| Malta | |||
| Msida | PhD in Biology | University of Malta - Department of Biology | biology@um.edu.mt |
| Branch of fisheries biology and marine aquaculture, marine pollution and environmental quality | |||
| Norway | |||
| Bergen | PhD in Fisheries Biology | University of Bergen - Department of Biology | epost@ifm.uib.no |
| Fisheries biology | |||
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| Bergen | PhD in Aquaculture | University of Bergen - Department of Biology | epost@ifm.uib.no |
| Aquaculture | |||
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| Tromsø | PhD in Aquaculture | University of Tromsø - Norwegian Fishery College | torej@nfh.uit.no |
| Aquaculture: nutritional biochemistry of fish, fish reproduction, physiology, new species for aquaculture, genetics, larviculture, management in the aquaculture industry, pathology and parasitology, marketing, economics, etc | |||
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| Tromsø | PhD in Fisheries Management | University of Tromsø - Norwegian Fishery College | torej@nfh.uit.no |
| Fisheries management: fisheries biology and ecology, fishing gear technology, fishery economics, marketing, principles of organisation, and law | |||
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| Trondheim | PhD in Aquaculture | Norwegian University of Science and Technology - Brattora Research Centre | Elin.Kjorsvik@bio.ntnu.no |
| Aquaculture | |||
| Poland | |||
| Gdansk | PhD in Biology and Oceanology | Gdansk University -Faculty of Biology, Geography and Oceanology, Institute of Oceanography | dziekanat@sat.ocean.univ.gda.pl |
| Biology and ecology of ichtiofauna of coastal zone of the Baltic Sea, biology and ecology of bivalves | |||
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| Gdynia, Sopot | PhD in Fisheries, PhD in Oceanology | Sea Fisheries Institute in Gdynia in cooperation with Institute of Oceanology PAS | szczucka@iopan.gda.pl |
| Fisheries biology and management, fisheries oceanography, marine food processing | |||
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| Olsztyn | PhD in Fisheries | University of Warmia and Mazury, The Faculty of Environmental Sciences & Fisheries | master@uwm.edu.pl |
| Fish biology and pisciculture, biology, ecology and dynamics of fish population, protection of ichtiofauna, development of new and improvement of existing fish reproduction techniques, fish hatchery and larvae rearing of different fish species like salmon, pike, burbot and numerous carp fish, management of fish population and eutrophication effect on fish farm considering aquaculture | |||
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| Szczecin | PhD studies in Fisheries | University of Agriculture in Szczecin, The Faculty of Marine Fisheries and Food Technology | dziekanat@fish.ar.szczecin.pl |
| Aquaculture & ecotourism, fishing oceanography, fisheries and waters preservation | |||
| Portugal | |||
| Coimbra | PhD in Ecology | University of Coimbra - Faculty of Sciences and Technology | mgraca@ci.uc.pt |
| Several research themes regarding marine ecology and fisheries management | |||
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| Faro | PhD in Fishery Science and Technology | University of the Algarve - Faculty of Marine Science and Environment | cmreis@ualg.pt |
| Fisheries, resource stock assessment, fisheries biology, marine biotechnology | |||
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| Faro | PhD in Aquaculture | University of the Algarve - Faculty of Marine Science and Environment | posgrad@ualg.pt |
| Nutrition in aquaculture, marine production, genetics, molecular biology | |||
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| Funchal | PhD in Marine Biology | University of Madeira | secbio@uma.pt |
| Marine biology and oceanography: fisheries management | |||
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| Horta | PhD in Marine Biology | University of the Azores - Department of Oceanography and Fisheries | ddop@notes.horta.uac.pt |
| Marine ecology, marine biology, physical and chemical oceanography, and fisheries | |||
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| Lisbon | PhD in Marine Sciences | University of Lisbon - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology | dba@fc.ul.pt |
| Marine ecology and biosystematics, genetics, population biology, marine microbiology | |||
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| Porto | PhD in Biology | University of Porto - Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar | russell@icbas.up.pt |
| Several research topics: biology, ecology, fisheries management, ecotoxicology, parasitology, physiology, nutrition, cultivation of aquatic species and chemistry | |||
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| Porto | PhD in Aquatic Sciences | University of Porto - Department of Zoology and Antropology | aoteles@fc.up.pt |
| Fisheries management, aquaculture, oceanography, marine ecology | |||
| Spain | |||
| Granada | PhD in Biology and Aquaculture (Spanish Doctorate) | University of Granada | banimal@azahar.ugr.es |
| Some topics include: endocrinology, growing and reproduction of fishes, aquaculture, nutrition and fish feeding. | |||
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| Las Palmas | PhD in Ecology and Marine Resource Management (Spanish Doctorate) | University of Las Palmas and Gran Canaria - Faculty of Marine Sciences | jpajuelo@dbio.ulpgc.es |
| Marine resources, marine ecology, community assessment, coastal management, marine protection, aquaculture | |||
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| Puerto Real, Cadiz | PhD in Marine Sciences (Spanish Doctorate) | University of Cadiz - Faculty of Marine and Environmental Sciences | luis.sagardoy@uca.es |
| Several research themes associated to fisheries and aquaculture: marine biology, marine ecology, fisheries management, marine pollution, aquaculture, oceanography | |||
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| Santiago de Compostela | PhD in Marine Biology and Aquaculture (Spanish Doctorate) | University of Santiago de Compostela | iacusec@usc.es |
| Several research themes associated to fisheries and aquaculture: marine biology, marine ecology, fisheries management, marine pollution, aquaculture and oceanography | |||
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| Vigo | PhD in Marine Biology and Aquaculture (Spanish Doctorate) | University of Vigo - Department of Ecology and Animal Biology | depc01@uvigo.es |
| Marine biology, marine ecology, fisheries management, marine pollution, aquaculture, and oceanography | |||
| The Netherlands | |||
| Wageningen | PhD in Aquaculture | Wageningen University - Department of Animal Sciences | info@animalsciences.nl |
| Aquaculture | |||
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| Wageningen | PhD in Fisheries | Wageningen University - Department of Animal Sciences | info@animalsciences.nl |
| Fisheries | |||
| Turkey | |||
| Canakkale | Doctorate in Fisheries | Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University | fenbilimleri@comu.edu.tr |
| Fisheries Management | |||
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| Erdemli-Mersin | PhD in Fisheries | Middle East Technical University Turkey - Institute of Marine Sciences | admin@ims.metu.edu.tr |
| Fisheries related topics, such as phytoplankton, zooplankton, marine benthos and fishery. Fish population dynamics, alien species and no-fish-zones | |||
| United Kingdom | |||
| Aberdeen | PhD in Biological Science | Aberdeen University - Department of Zoology, School of Biological Sciences | n.s.morrison@abdn.ac.uk |
| Fisheries management, exploitation and management of the marine environment and its living resources. | |||
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| Bangor | PhD in Marine Science | University of Wales, Bangor - School of Ocean Sciences | enquiries@bangor.ac.uk |
| Aquaculture and fisheries management. Marine environmental protection, management and cultivation of commercial marine species | |||
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| Edinburgh | PhD in Marine Biology | Heriot-Watt University - Department of Biological Sciences | pgadmissions@hw.ac.uk |
| Marine resource management, fisheries management | |||
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| Hull | PhD in Aquatic Ecology and Resource Management | University of Hull - The Department of Biological Sciences | i.g.cowx@hull.ac.uk |
| Exploitation of fisheries and other natural aquatic resources | |||
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| Liverpool | PhD in Marine Biology | University of Liverpool | pgrecruitment@liv.ac.uk |
| Fisheries protection, environmental conservation, wat and environmental managements | |||
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| Scalloway, Scotland | PhD in Marine Science | North Atlantic Fisheries College | info@nafc.uhi.ac.uk |
| Aquaculture and fisheries management | |||
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| Stirling | PhD in Aquaculture | University of Stirling - Institute of Aquaculture | aquaculture@stir.ac.uk |
| Research across most areas of aquaculture science, including: genetics, disease, nutrition, environment, aquaculture systems and development | |||
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| Swansea | PhD in Aquaculture and the Environment | University of Wales Swansea - Biological Sciences | p.j.hayward@swansea.ac.uk |
| Aquaculture and the environment. Sustainable practises in aquaculture. Aquaculture management | |||


