The Future Ocean

Cluster of Excellence
"Future Ocean"
Exzellenzcluster „Ozean der Zukunft“
EstablishedNovember 2006
DirectorProf. Dr. Martin Visbeck
Location, ,
CampusChristian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
Websitehttp://www.futureocean.org/en/index.php

The Future Ocean is a Cluster of Excellence founded in November 2006 in line with the German excellence initiative by the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (CAU), the Muthesius Kunsthochschule (MKHS), the Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) and the Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung (GEOMAR). It is an interdisciplinary marine research group and it is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). Part of the cluster is the Integrated School of Ocean Sciences (ISOS) which is a post graduate school for ocean sciences in Kiel.