Welcome to the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS) website.

The National Oceanography Centre, Southampton is the integrated collaboration between the Southampton-based part of the Natural Environment Research Council’s National Oceanography Centre and the University of Southampton’s School of Ocean and Earth Science, both based the jointly-owned and shared facilities at the Waterfront Campus on the city’s Empress Dock.

The University of Southampton is a hosting partner of the National Oceanography Centre, which is a new, national research organisation created on 1st April 2010, delivering integrated marine science and technology from the coast to the deep ocean, working in partnership with the UK marine research community. More information about the NOCS Graduate School.

The Graduate School of the National Oceanography Centre Southampton are recruiting PhD students NOW. Find a PhD project here.




News and information on integrated activities at Southampton taking place through the partnership between NOC and the University of Southampton can be viewed at http://noc.ac.uk.