University of Plymouth
The University of Plymouth is one of the leading modern universities in the UK, ranked in the top two percent of institutions globally. Plymouth University was awarded the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education in 2012 for marine and maritime teaching and research.
The Marine Institute provides the common link between the extensive pool of world-leading experts and state-of-the-art facilities in Marine related research topics at Plymouth University. Plymouth University brings to PRIMaRE its experience in research areas, such as:
- Fluid Dynamics and Hydrodynamics
- Devices and Arrays
- Environmental Resources
- Implications of Multi-use of Marine Resources and Cumulative Impacts
- Impacts of Infrastructure on Physical Processes
- Materials and Manufacture
- Impacts on Fishes and Benthic Communities
- Marine Planning and Governance
- Socio-economic Implications
- Marine Operations and Maritime safety
Furthermore, Plymouth University hosts a set of world-class research facility aimed at supporting development of Marine Renewable Energy, such as:
Research groups
- Coastal, Ocean and Sediment Transport Research Group (COAST)
- Coastal Processes Research Group (CPRG)
- Marine Physics Research Group (MPRG)
- Marine Biology Research Centre (MBERC)
- Centre for Marine and Coastal Policy Research (MarCoPol)
- Maritime Logistics, Business and Policy group
- Autonomous Marine Systems Research Group (AMS)
- Materials and Structures Research Group (MAST)
