The MIT-WHOI Joint Program is one of the premier marine science programs in the world. It draws on the complementary strengths and approaches of two great institutions: the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI).

Here you can attend seminars given by leading researchers, either local or visiting, several times a week. Have a question? Walk down the hall to ask one of the top researchers in the world on that topic. Students call the program an academic buffet, in which they get used to both asking and being asked the tough questions.

	"I often felt I was at the nexus of oceanographic research."—recent alumnus

The field research opportunities in the Joint Program are also world-class. WHOI supports one of the largest research fleets in the United States, including Atlantis, one of the nation's newest research vessels, and Alvin, a deep sea submersible. Using these resources, the Joint Program offers unparalleled opportunities for going to sea.

"You can find your voice here, " say students, "it's not just rocks and water." The program has the resources and the flexibility to let you pursue what most excites you. You are permitted, in fact encouraged, to explore. Whether you want to be a mile down under the ocean in a submersible or design the next generation of deep sea vehicles, the program is broad and deep enough to support you.

Think of....

• Discovering mile-high rock walls jutting from the ocean bottom
• Designing a latticework of sensors over 150,000 square miles of sea floor
• Studying the ocean as a carbon sink
• Seeing the glowing blood-red tips of tubeworms at hydrothermal vents
• Finding the impossible: methane-gobbling organisms in the ocean mud

Now think of yourself in the MIT-WHOI Joint Program.