EDUCATIONAL AND RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE RUSSIAN FLOATING UNIVERSITY PROGRAM FOR 2021–2024 WITHIN THE UN DECADE OF OCEAN SCIENCE

  • N. B. Stepanova Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
  • L. I. Khatmullina Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology; Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences
DOI 10.29006/1564-2291.JOR-2025.53(2).3
Keywords training through research, science education technology, marine science, personnel training, youth science, oceanology

Abstract

The article presents the results of the work of the Training-through-Research (Floating University) program working within the framework of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development over the past three years. More than 60 maritime organizations in the fields of education, science, and industry were involved in the program events. As part of the academic education, the program covered the main areas of marine sciences: ocean and atmospheric physics, hydrochemistry, biogeochemistry, marine biology, marine geology, geophysics, robotics and instrumentation, methods of processing oceanographic data, machine learning and artificial intelligence in the geosciences, etc. About 6 000 students, graduate students and young scientists of the Russian Federation showed interest in participating in the program. Under the auspices of the Floating University, 10 expeditions were conducted, students also took part in more than 20 field and laboratory internships with partner organizations. Overall, 233 students have completed the educational program with a scientific publication based on the results of the accomplished field work.

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Published
2025-03-30
Issue
Vol 53 No 2 (2025): Journal of Oceanological Research
Section
Sustainable development

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