The aim is to strengthen educational and research capacity within marine sciences in countries surrounding the western Indian Ocean. The studies include 3 months per year of intensive lecturing in Gothenburg during a period of three years. Field work and thesis writing is carried out in home countries. The first group of students from Kenya, Tanzania and Sri Lanka obtained their diplomas in 1994. From 1995 we have two courses, one MSc and one PhD group, based on the same sandwich-type educational concept.
Postgraduate studies prerequisites a MSc-degree.
The postgraduate studies include more of ocean circulation and turbulence problems but also tropical biology and ecological modelling. Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, Mombasa, Kenya. Universidad Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique. National Aquatic Resources Agency, Colombo, Sri Lanka.