The oceans hold a wealth of mineral / hydrocarbon deposits, which need to be surveyed and explored by trained marine geoscientists. CUSAT was the first University in the country to begin a full-fledged post graduate programme in Marine Geology in the year 1976 taking into account the global advancement in general and national needs in particular in the field of Marine Sciences.
The majority of the geoscientists graduated from the department are placed in prominent Government or Private organisations like: National Geophysical Research Institute (CSIR), Hyderabad Space Application Centre (ISRO), Ahmedabad National Institute of Oceanography (CSIR), Goa National Centre for Antarctic Ocean Research, Goa National Institute of Rock Mechanics, Kolar (Bangalore) National Centre for Earth Science Studies, Trivandrum Central Water and Power Research Station, Pune Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Panvel CSIR Fourth Paradigm Institute, Bangalore CIRES, Colarado Norwegian Geological Survey, Tromsø Various IITs, IISc, Universities and Colleges
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