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  • Start your adventure!
    Applications for academic year 2027-2028 will open on December 1st, 2026
    admission requirements
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  • Feed Your Knowledge
    Choose your own mobility with blocks of different courses and different universities each semester
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  • Do a Professional Practice at one of our partners
    Have a work experience while still studying
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  • Learn by doing
    At the IMBRSea Joint Summer School at the Tjarnö Marine Research Station,
    students develop and deliver their own research project under guidance of international experts.
  • Be International
    Become part of a growing international marine science community
Follow your own interests

Each student has their own unique experience, with the opportunity to attend a different institution each semester. During the two years of Master studies you can travel to and stay in up to 8 different countries!

Be part of a large and diverse community

We accept applications from a broad community of international community of students every year, who are all commited to making the world a better place and ensuring optimal managment of marine resources in their future professions. 

Learn new skills tailored to the labor market

IMBRSea courses and thematics were designed taking into account the labor market for marine biologists in Europe, with the chance to gain insight into the inner workings of the market during your Professional Practice internship, as part of your studies!

Create a strong professional network

You will not only meet many students, lecturers and proffesionals, but you will also have the opportunity to study at 10 different universities, and complete your Professional Practice internship and Masters Thesis at one of our partners, from around the world. 

What you will learn at IMBRSea

The courses are organised into different universities, thematic and specialisation modules. 

IMBRSea

The International Master of Science in Marine Biological Resources (IMBRSea), is a joint Master program organised by eleven European universities in the field of marine sciences, supported by the European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC). The IMBRSea program is an Erasmus Mundus programme, which builds upon the strengths of the previous International Master of Science in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation (EMBC+), and helps to prepare students for the rapidly evolving demands of the blue bio-economy, as well as research in the sustainable use of marine biological resources.

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Our Team

Meet some of the members of our coordination team, our board members and lecturers

Dr. Luana Monteiro
Coordinator IMBRSea Programme & Local Coordination Ghent University - UGent
Dr. Gabriella Pantó
Science Officer & Local Coordination Ghent University - UGent

Gabriella obtained her PhD, which focused on the distribution of MPs in the Atlantic Ocean and th

Dr. Tifanie Briaudeau
Postdoctoral assistant & Local Coordination Ghent University - UGent

Tifanie obtained her PhD in Marine Ecotoxicology from the University of the Basque Country (EHU)

Tineke Naessens
Administrative Assistant & Local Coordination Ghent University - UGent
Dr. Jasper Dierick
Practical Assistant & Local Coordination Ghent University - UGent

Jasper obtained his PhD in seagrass ecology at the Free University of Brussels (VUB)

Yens Vandenboer
Practical Assistant & Local Coordination Ghent University - UGent

Yens is an IMBRSea alumnus that graduated from the programme in 2020.

Dr. Catarina Vinagre
Local Coordination University of Algarve - UAlg

I study the effects of environmental change on marine organisms, populations and food webs, from

Prof. Dr. Karim Erzini
Local Coordination University of Algarve - UAlg

Karim obtained a PhD in Biological Oceanography in 1990 from the University of Rhode Island.

Prof. Dr. Olivier Gauthier
Local Coordination University of Western Brittany - UBO

Olivier applies modern numerical ecology methods to describe and analyze spatial and temporal var

Prof. Dr. Carlo Cerrano
Local Coordination Marche Polytechnic University - UNIVPM

Prof. Dr. Lars Stemmann
Local Coordination Sorbonne University - SU

Lars Stemmann defended his PhD thesis at the University of Pierre and Marie Curie (PARIS VI) in 1

Dr. Laurence Méjanelle
Local Coordination Sorbonne University - SU

Laurence is an assistant professor Sorbonne University, France.

Prof. Dr. Katie O'Dwyer
Local Coordination Atlantic Technological University - ATU

Katie O'Dwyer is a lecturer and researcher at Atlantic Technological University (ATU) i

Prof. Dr. Ionan Marigomez
Local Coordination University of the Basque Country - EHU

Full Professor in Cell Biology. Head of the Department of Zoology and Animal Cell Biology between

Dr. Heidi Acampora
Local Coordination Atlantic Technological University - ATU

Heidi graduated with a BSc in Biological Science in Brazil, an international MSc in Marine Biodiv

Prof. Dr. Yaisel J. Borrell Pichs
Local Coordination University of Oviedo - UniOvi

Yaisel J. Borrell (YB) is full Professor of Genetics at the University of Oviedo, Spain.

Prof. Dr. Gonzalo Machado-Schiaffino
Local Coordination University of Oviedo - UniOvi

Gonzalo Machado-Schiaffino holds a Licentiate in Biology (2003) from the National

Dr. Christophe Mocquet
Local Coordination University of Côte d'Azur - UniCA

Christophe is head of the MSc.

Prof. Dr. Per Åberg
Local Coordination University of Gothenburg - GU

Vice Dean

Grazzia Matamoros
Local Coordination University of Gothenburg - GU

Grazzia Matamoros is the study counsellor of the Master's Programme in Sea and Society at the Dep

Prof. Dr. Øystein Varpe
Local Coordination University of Bergen - UiB
Beate Ulrikke Rensvik
Local Coordination University of Bergen - UiB

Senior Adviser, Head of Study Section

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Participating Universities

Check out some of the universities and campuses across Europe you can study at!

Become a partner!

Welcome one of our students for a Professional Practice or Thesis Work

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What former students say about us?

I met wonderful people from all over the world and different cultures who are now friends and colleagues for life, and with whom I shared rich research training. I experienced various and diverse marine environments and research labs, with great teaching and professors. Certainly, among the best moments of my life. 
Ludovic Hoarau
3R Rehabilitation of Réunion island Reef - CEDTM
It was a great program full of nice professors-mentors, and great colleagues. We were like a family, all students helping each other and encouraging to succeed. I also acquired different and very interesting skills that I'm still using in my day-to-day work. I loved the full experience.
Nicolás Lichilín Ortiz
University of Basel
The Program enabled me to build a professional network at an European scale, by doing the courses in two countries and the Professional Practice in a third one. It also gave me the opportunity to be involved in different projects, which strengthened my professional career, skills and CV.
Aude Benhemma-Le Gall
University of Aberdeen
The Program was great to introduce the Marine Sciences fields. It was also a great opportunity to gain experience from a wide variety of universities and professors that you usually would not be able to gain in a normal master program.
Inge Deschepper
Université Larval