{"id":8,"date":"2019-10-17T02:18:54","date_gmt":"2019-10-17T02:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.soest.hawaii.edu\/oceanography\/oceanwp\/index.php\/about\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T11:32:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T21:32:35","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.soest.hawaii.edu\/oceanography\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id8_6153d7-63 alignfull kt-row-has-bg wp-block-kadence-rowlayout\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-1-columns kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-top\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column8_1fb6e5-ef inner-column-1\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>about us<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Department of Oceanography is located on the University of Hawai\u02bbi&#8217;s largest campus overlooking Waik\u012bk\u012b and downtown Honolulu. As part of the School of Ocean and Earth Sciences and Technology (SOEST), the Department of Oceanography is loosely organized into three divisions: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soest.hawaii.edu\/oceanography\/index.php\/research\/#physical-oceanography\"><strong>Physical Oceanography<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soest.hawaii.edu\/oceanography\/index.php\/research\/#marine-geology-geochemistry\"><strong>Marine Geology and Geochemistry<\/strong><\/a> (MGG), and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soest.hawaii.edu\/oceanography\/index.php\/research\/#biological-oceanography\">Biological Oceanography<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among its many honors and accolades, the Department is ranked in the top 10 in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With more than 50 graduate faculty, we teach and advise students in a wide variety of themes and subject matter within the field of Oceanography. The collective research expertise of our faculty provides invaluable variety of potential projects and employment paths for our post-doctoral and other graduate level students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-8_2559b2-44\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id8_7842d2-85 alignnone wp-block-kadence-rowlayout\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-3-columns kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-top\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column8_34bc98-47 inner-column-1\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<figure 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