该多学科计划旨在为毕业生提供所需的知识和技能，以应对因最近采用海洋空间规划以及海洋保护和海洋产业的相关发展而产生的令人兴奋的工作机会。海洋空间规划现在正在发展为海洋管理的重要组成部分。它旨在在自然保护，旅游，港口和航运，可再生能源，渔业，水产养殖和矿产开采等各种需求之间提供更有组织的海洋空间共享。它旨在整合沿海和海洋的社会，经济和环境利用。<br> <br>世界范围内的沿海国家（包括澳大利亚，中国，美利坚合众国，南非和其他一些国家）正在进行海洋规划。欧洲国家，例如德文，葡萄牙，荷兰，波兰，挪威，瑞典和英国
This multidisciplinary programme is designed to equip graduates with the knowledge and skills required to take up the exciting job opportunities arising from the recent adoption of marine spatial planning and related developments in marine conservation and the maritime industries. Marine spatial planning is now developing as a key component of marine management. It aims to deliver a more organised sharing of sea space between demands as diverse as nature conservation, tourism, ports and shipping, renewable energy, fishing, aquaculture and mineral extraction. It seeks to integrate social, economic and environmental uses of the coast and sea.<br><br>Marine planning is being taken up by coastal nations around the world, including Australia, China, the United States of America, South Africa and several European nations, such as Germany, Portugal, the Netherlands, Poland, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Some nations, such as the UK, now have statutory provisions for planning their coastal and marine waters and bodies and procedures for preparing marine plans and implementing them. All European Union coastal states are now required to introduce marine planning, following a Directive passed in 2014.