This research was conducted by the request of the Ministry of Education as a part of $quot;The investigation of the priority (of Oceangraphy field) of the long term education loan project$quot;, which is promoted in order to find the ways) to reinforce the Oceanography education. The first Oceanography department in Korea was established in 1968 at Seoul National University. During the last 20 years, 10 Oceanography departments, 5 ocean engineering departments and 1 ocean development department were established at 8 universities and 4 colleges. However, the education facilities and the quality of education were not sufficiently improved. Furthermore, an Oceanography research vessel was not built for those ocean related departments up to now. The authority of the Ministry of Education, which foresaw the fast-changing marine policy of each nation and the rapid technological advances of ocean development, prepared a plan to search a way to reinforce the college level Oceanography education so as to secure the future survival of this nation. Therefore, through this investigation a reinforce plan of Oceanography education in Korea was formalized.

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