Marine MSc Courses in the Netherlands (courses schedule)

What kind of courses for master students about marine science are available at Dutch universities? Each year, NIOZ provides an overview of which courses are on offer. Below, you can see a rough timetable of the marine MSc courses in the Netherlands during the academic year 2025-2026. 

Utrecht University (UU)

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Course schedule 2025-2026, Utrecht University (UU)
MonthWeekCourses
Sept. 202536Introduction to Marine Sciences (with involvement of NIOZ)
Paleoceanography & Climate Variability (with involvement of NIOZ)
Aquatic & Environmental Chemistry
Microbes & Biogeochemistry
Making, Analyzing & Interpreting Observations
  
37  
38  
39  
Oct. 202540  
41  
42  
43  
44  
Nov. 202545  
46Coastal Ecology (with involvement of NIOZ)
Stable Isotopes in Earth Sciences (with involvement of NIOZ)
Morphodynamics of Tidal Systems
Oceans and sea level
Astronomical climate forcing and time scales
  
47  
48  
Dec. 202549  
50  
51  
52  
Jan. 20261  
2  
3  
4  
5  
Feb 20266Reactive transport in the hydrosphere (with involvement of NIOZ)
Dynamics of sedimentary systems
Oceans Law and Policy
Dynamical oceanography
Morphodynamics of Wave-dominated Coasts
Reconstructing Extreme Climate Transitions
Waves in geophysical fluids
7
8
9
March 202610
11
12
13
April 202614
15
16
17Organic Geochemistry (with involvement of NIOZ)
Earth system modeling
    
18    
May '2619    
20    
21    
22Field research instruction geochemistry
Ice-Ocean-Climate Interactions
   
June '2623   
24   
25   
26   
July '2627       
28       
29       
30       
31       

University of Groningen (RUG)

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Course schedule 2025-2026, University of Groningen (RUG)
MonthWeekCourses
Sept. 202536

Principles of Biological Oceanography

 
(with involvement of NIOZ)

Ecological Research Skills

  
37  
38  
39

Principles of Marine Biology

 
(with involvement of NIOZ)
   
Oct. 202540   
41   
42

Marine Conservation

 
(with involvement of NIOZ)
    
43    
44    
Nov. 202545     
46    
47    
48    
Dec. 202549     
50     
51     
52     
Jan. 20261     
2    
3    
4    
5     
Feb 20266

Marine Ecosystem Service and Global Change


(with involvement of NIOZ)

Island Biology

  
7  
8  
9

Polar Ecosystems

 
(with involvement of NIOZ)
   
March 202610   
11   
12    
13    
April 202614    
15    
16     
17     
18     

University of Amsterdam (UvA)

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Course schedule 2025-2026, University of Amsterdam (UvA)
MonthWeekCourses
Sept. 202536  
37  
38  
39  
Oct. 202540Water Quality and Water Management
 
41 
42 
43 
44Biological Oceanography
 
(with involvement of NIOZ)		 
Nov. 202545 
46 
47 
48Benthic Ecosystems
 
(with involvement of NIOZ)		Microbial Ecology
Dec. 202549
50
51
52  
Jan. 20261  
2Coral Reef Ecology
 
3 
4 
5 

VU University Amsterdam (VU)

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Course schedule 2025-2026, VU University Amsterdam (VU)
MonthWeekCourses
Sept. 202536Climate Systems
  
37  
38  
39  
Oct. 202540  
41  
42  
43  
44Marine Geology and Paleoclimatology
 
(with involvement of NIOZ)		  
Nov. 202545  
46  
47  
48  
Dec. 202549  
50  
51  
52   
Jan. 20261   
2Climate Modelling
  
3  
4  
5  
Feb 20266Global Biogeochemical Cycles
 
(with involvement of NIOZ)		Climate Dynamics and Processes
Practical: Paleoclimate Change and Environmental Impacts
7
8
9
March 202610
11
12
13

Wageningen University & Research (WUR)

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Course schedule 2025-2026, Wageningen University & Research (WUR)
MonthWeekCourses
Sept. 202536Life History of Aquatic Organisms
Marine Systems
   
37   
38   
39   
Oct. 202540   
41   
42   
43   
44   
Nov. 202545Aquaculture Production Systems
Coastal Oceanography and Delta Geology
Trends in Aquaculture
  
46  
47  
48  
Dec. 202549  
50  
51  
52  
Jan. 20261     
2Marine Resources Management
    
3    
4    
5    
Feb 20266     
7Fisheries Ecology
Water Quality
   
8   
9   
March 202610   
11Nutrition and Health in Aquaculture
Critical Perspectives for Marine Governance
Frontiers in Animal Health
  
12  
13  
April 202614  
15  
16  
17  
18  
May '2619     
20Marine Biotechnology
Marine Animal Ecology
   
21   
22   
June '2623   
24   
25   
26   
July '2627   
28     
29     
30     
31     

Radboud University (RU)

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Course schedule 2025-2026, Radboud University (RU)
MonthWeekCourse
Sept. 202536     
37     
38     
39     
Oct. 202540Microbiology of Aquatic Ecosystems
    
41    
42    
43    
44    

University of Twente (UT)

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Course schedule 2025-2026, University of Twente (UT)
MonthWeekCourses
Sept. 202536Long Waves and Tidal Morphodynamics
    
37    
38    
39    
Oct. 202540    
41    
42    
43    
44    
Nov. 202545    
46Data Analysis in Water Engineering and Management
Morphology
Wave-Dominated Coastal Dynamics
  
47  
48  
Dec. 202549  
50  
51  
52  
Jan. 20261  
2  
3  
4  
5  

Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ)

Course schedule 2025-2026, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ)
MonthWeekCourse
Sept. 202528 
29 
30Marine Masters Summer Course

(with involvement of NIOZ)
31