Since 1966, the Physical Oceanography was launched to admit undergraduate students in the Hanoi University. The former of the department was the ocean physic division belonging to the department of theoretical physics in the faculty of physics. In 1967, the department of Hydro-Meteorology and Oceanography was established in the faculty of Geology and Geography, which was later called Hydro-Physics Department and later, in 1970, named Department of Oceanography. In 1995, the faculty of Hydro-Meteorology and Oceanography was established and the Department of Oceanography was set in. In March 2004, the Department of Oceanography was divided into two parts, one was Oceanography and the other was Marine Management Research Laboratory, which was in charge of training and doing researches on effective managements of Marine Resources and Environment. Since 2015, those two parts have been reunited and changed its name to Department of Marine Science and Technology.
Nowadays, Department of Marine Science and Technology has three undergraduate programs in Physical Oceanography, Marine Management, and Marine Technology. Up to 2017, there are about more than 300 students who successfully got Bachelor degree in three majors. For graduate study, the department has one Master and one PhD program in Physical Oceanography. During long history of the department, we have trained about 50 Masters of Science and 22 PhD students (ongoing or graduated).
The department has completed many projects at different levels: 11 State-level projects, 21 VNU/Ministry/Province level projects, 12 HUS level projects.
Heads of the Department
Prof. Dr. Le Duc To (1970-1972 and 1982-1995);
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Le Quang Toai (1972-1976);
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vo Van Lanh (1977-1982);
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pham Van Huan (1995-2000);
Prof. Dr. Dinh Van Uu (2001-2015);
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Minh Huan (2015-present).
Published Books:
Introduction to Oceanography (1991); Tidal Theory (2002); Marine Hydrological Prediction (2002); Calculation in Oceanography (2003); Ocean Physics (2003); Marine Hydraulics (2003); Atmosphere-Ocean Interactions (2003); Fortran and Applications in Hydro-Meteorology and Oceanography (2006); Marine and Ocean Circulation Models (2006); Marine Currents (2006); Ocean Wave Theory (2006); Chemistry of natural water (1990); Methods for Chemistry analyzing of Marine Water (2001); Ocean Chemistry (2001); Marine Management (2004); Ocean Physics (2005); Oceanography of the South China Sea (2006).
