NIOZ Courses & Summer Schools

NIOZ organises the annual Marine Masters Summer Course and is co-organiser of a number of summer schools that bring together marine scientists and students from Dutch as well as international universities. Their aim is to give insight into current directions of marine research, while encouraging exchange across disciplinary and country borders. Furthermore, NIOZ also is involved in training workshops for professionals.

NIOZ Marine Masters Summer Course, 6-18 July 2025

NIOZ offers an annual Marine Masters Summer Course that gives insight into state-of-the-art marine research. This introductory, multidisciplinary course covers physics, chemistry, biology and geology as the pillars of oceanography, and offers practical research experience. It is hosted at NIOZ Texel, with the western Wadden Sea as hands-on research area. Read the student blogs (2017, 2018, 2019, 2024) or Instagram stories of the 2022, 2023 and 2024 courses to find out about the students' experiences. The next NIOZ Marine Masters Summer Course will take place from 6-18 July 2025. More information about the course, including the costs and how to apply, can be found on the course webpage.       

NCK Summer School 2026

NIOZ is part of the Netherlands Centre for Coastal Research (NCK), a network of private, governmental and independent research institutes and universities working in coastal research. The bi-annual NCK summer school has the objective to provide young engineers and scientists, specializing in coastal and estuarine processes with a common background in knowledge, tools and skills. The NCK Summer School covers a range of physical and ecological topics in the coastal area. As a central theme, it links these topics to the Dutch Wadden Sea area and its surroundings, i.e. including the barrier islands and the North Sea. The NCK Summer School includes a series of lectures, elaborating case studies in small groups, field measurements and field trips, as well as a more informal programme in the evening. The next NCK Summer School is going to be held on the island of Texel, the Netherlands in June 2026. When information about the NCK Summer School 2026 becomes available, it will be published on the NCK website.