Marine Station Plymouth University

Meet who is part of the 2025/26 cohort of MRes Scientific Diving students at the University of Plymouth. Jess is making the most of this ground breaking degree program, which is the only scientific diving course of its kind globally.

Congratulations to the 2026 cohort of MRes Scientific Diving students on completing the HSE SCUBA course. This qualification is included in the program and allows the students to progress onto the next stage of their studies.

has just started the MRes Scientific Diving here at the University of Plymouth. We will follow him and the rest of his cohort throughout the course.

The first step is to complete the HSE SCUBA qualification. We consider this to be the minimum industry standard for scientific diving, and is covered as part of the MRes.

The MRes postgraduate degree in Scientific Diving is the first of its kind globally.

Gain the knowledge you need to kickstart your career as a scientific diver.

See links in linktree

https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/mres-scientific-diving

[email protected]

Scientific diving intern shares what it looks like to spend 5 months working alongside the scientific diving team gaining invaluable experience in this dynamic industry.

Applications for this year's internships are now open to second year scientific diving students at the University of Plymouth

A successful project dive in challenging conditions collecting data for Ocean Science and Marine Conservation undergraduate Jenny. The project was supported by HSE SCUBA divers trained at the University of Plymouth, participating in our scientific diving program.

HSE SCUBA students at the University of Plymouth getting stuck into the OS207 Scientific Diving module. Integrating diving into their degrees!

They were treated to a free swimming conger eel.. we think!!

We are recruiting for an exciting project to research how environmental stressors such as pollution and increasing sea temperatures is effecting the growth cycle of juvenile European seaass (dicentrarchus labrax).

https://aries-dtp.ac.uk/studentships/fraser_plym_aries26/