Our mission is to advance sustainable use of the marine environment through our systems-thinking approach to research, education and innovation.
With one of the largest marine and maritime portfolios of any institution in Europe, we have a long-held and outstanding international reputation for conducting world-leading, transdisciplinary research.
Through this, with our partners and collaborators, we are developing and optimising positive interventions in response to global challenges, while training the scientists and business leaders of the future.
We have joined forces with the Marine Biological Association and Plymouth Marine Laboratory to launch Marine Research Plymouth. Collectively, we host the largest number of marine scientists in any UK city and establish Plymouth as an international centre of excellence for marine research.
4th in world for marine, 15th in world for climate action (THE Impact Rankings 2022)
Two-time Queen’s Anniversary Prize winner: solutions for the global marine sector (2011) and world-leading microplastics discovery work (2019)
Ranked the top UK university for Marine and Ocean Engineering in the ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2019
Scientists from the University of Plymouth have written about changes in plankton communities as part of the State of Nature 2023 report
The University has been studying the presence of tyre particles in the marine environment longer than any other organisation in the UK
Research along the Ganges River represents the first combined analysis of microplastics in water, sediment and air around a major river system
Researchers from the University will be carrying out data analysis of the new vessels and their environmental impact
The research was led by scientists from the University of Plymouth working with partners across the UK and Europe
