Coastal and Marine Management University Centre of the Westfjords

Overview

By the end of the  Coastal and Marine Management  programme from  University Centre of the Westfjords  students understand the innumerable and valuable resources of the coast and oceans, understand their significance, and have versed themselves in methods and skills to manage the sustainable utilisation of these resources. 

The first year is made up of mandatory and elective courses from the teaching schedule. After the courses finish, the students’ attention moves to the 45 ECTS thesis. Students are free to choose their thesis topic and location. Theses are submitted for marking and defense in the spring semester the next year.

Key Facts

The programme covers a wide range of marine and coastal environmental and resource management areas and students can specialise within on their interests using elective courses and with their choice of thesis topic. Students are welcome to take elective courses at other universities, with approval of the Master’s programme committee.

Students at the University Centre of the Westfjords are formally enrolled at the University of Akureyri and graduate with a MRM (Master of Resource Management) degree from the University of Akureyri. Studies however are entirely conducted at the University Centre of the Westfjords in Ísafjörður and are supervised by the University Centre of the Westfjords.