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Hi, I am a B.Sc Physics student. I wish to study M.Sc. Oceanography. Which study material should I follow? Can I get the detailed syllabus and previous question papers? Which are the institutes that provide M.Sc Oceanography? Is there any common syllabus for their entrance?

As you have completed B.Sc. in Physics, so you are eligible for M.Sc. Oceanography course.

You can appear for following entrance tests to get admission in M.Sc. Oceanography course.

• CAT – Common Aptitude Test
• AUCET – Andhra University Common Entrance Test

Following institutes offers M.Sc. Oceanography course

• Dapoli Urban Bank Senior Science College, Ratnagiri
• Andhra University (AU), Visakhapatnam
• Alagappa University, Tamil Nadu
• Cochin University of Science and Technology – CUSAT, Kerala
• Techno India University, West Bengal
• Berhampur University, Orissa
• Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies – School of Ocean Science and Technology, Ernakulam
• Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu

Syllabus of M.Sc. Oceanography
Semester I

• Physical Meteorology
• Physical and Dynamical Climatology
• Dynamical Climatology
• Physical Oceanography
• Practical
• Computer Programming and Data Processing
• Meteorology and Oceanography Computations
• Viva Voce

Semester II

• Dynamical Oceanography
• Synoptic Meteorology
• Advanced Dynamical Meteorology
• Electronics
• Practical
• Synoptic Analysis
• Electronics
• Viva Voce

Semester III

• Air-Sea Interaction
• Cloud Physics
• Numerical Weather Prediction
• Observational Techniques
• Practical
• Numerical Weather Prediction
• Instruments
• Viva Voce

Semester IV

• Climate Modelling
• Satellite Meteorology
• Agricultural and Hydro-meteorology
• Tropical Meteorology
• Practical
• Applied Meteorology
• Dissertation
• Viva Voce