Department

Set in the picturesque lake shore campus at CUSAT, the Department of Marine Geology and Geophysics is one of the youngest feathers in the CUSAT cap. Established as a division in the year 1976 and attaining departmental status in the year 1996, the department offers courses in MSc. Marine Geology and Geophysics, Besides the postgraduate academic programs The department is actively engaged in research leading to PhD Degree, With the inception of the above programs, the department has become one among the few institutes in India providing facilities for higher learning and research in Marine Geology and Geophysics. The Department attracts students, researchers and teachers from all over the country and even abroad. The department has strong academic/research links with various national laboratories /organizations such as Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd(ONGC), Oil India Ltd(OIL), Atomic mineral Division(ADM), Navel Physical Oceanographic lab (NPOL), National center for Antarctic & Ocean research (NCAOR ), Geological survey of India(GSI), Central Water& Power research Station (CWPRS), Indian Institute of Geomagnetism(IIG),etc

The department was one of the earliest to recognize the importance of industry interaction and was careful to place early onus on directing its best efforts towards walking hand in hand with the industry. The department holds the revered status of being a chapter of the SPG & SEG mooted by ONGC and attracts students from across the globe pursuing research and advanced studies in applied geophysics.

The department has conducted a number of national seminars and a few international seminars too in order to be constantly at par with the current scientific happenings in this field.