Oceanography MSc
| Highest | $4,800 / mo · United States |
|---|---|
| Experience | 0–1 yrs |
| Degree | Required |
| First paycheck | 1 year MSc study |
Pay in the destination countries
Monthly, in US dollars. Each country is an Imora admission package — open one for that route's fees, language requirement and deadline.
| Country | Monthly |
|---|---|
| United StatesTOEFL 80–100 · $10–70k | $4,800max |
| AustraliaIELTS 6.0–6.5 · AUD 30–50k | $4,500 |
| SwitzerlandIELTS 6.5 · CHF 0.9–8k | $4,400 |
| CanadaIELTS 6.0–6.5 · CAD 20–40k | $4,400 |
| NorwayIELTS 6.0–6.5 · NOK 130–260k | $4,300 |
| Hong KongIELTS 6.0–6.5 · HK–200k | $4,300 |
What does the day look like?
Day-to-day work at entry level is laboratory and computer work under supervision, with short periods at sea. The share a teenager imagines, being at sea discovering the ocean, is a small minority of the year; the majority is data cleaning, quality control, plotting, reading papers, writing, and maintaining instruments in the laboratory. Typical tasks involve preparing and calibrating sensors, collecting water samples with Niskin bottles, deploying CTD rosettes, handling ADCP current profiler data, downloading ARGO float profiles, running scripts in Python, MATLAB, or R, and plotting sections in Ocean Data View and ArcGIS. On coastal vessels such as RV Callista, field tools also include plankton nets and sediment corers.
Sea time comes in expedition weeks of continuous watchkeeping, including night watches and weekend work, with shared cabins, seasickness, and safety drills. On shore, the routine follows standard laboratory hours, with deadline peaks before cruise departure and thesis submission. On-call and night work belong exclusively to cruises, not to shore laboratories.
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