Professional Diploma in Marine Instrumentation and Sensors

This professional diploma prepares you to select, install, calibrate, maintain and integrate the sensors that measure the ocean and support the operation of ships, offshore platforms and coastal facilities. You will study measurement principles, uncertainty and traceability, the challenges of pressure, salinity, biofouling and corrosion, pressure housings and wet-mate connectors, signal conditioning and marine communication protocols; CTD, oxygen, pH, nutrient and optical sensors; underwater acoustics, ADCPs, multibeam echo sounders, side scan sonar and acoustic positioning; GNSS, IMUs, fiber optic gyrocompasses, motion reference units and Doppler velocity logs; ROVs, AUVs, gliders, Argo floats, buoys and seabed observatories; satellite altimetry, ocean color and HF radar; and data acquisition, QA/QC and machine learning.

What sets this professional diploma apart: a metrology-first approach in which calibration, traceability and uncertainty run through every type of sensor; broad coverage of physical, chemical, acoustic, inertial and remote sensing instruments in a single program; practical attention to the realities of the sea, from biofouling and pressure testing to O-ring inspection and mooring design; a full data chain that goes from the sensor and the datalogger to quality control, metadata standards and GIS visualization; an applied perspective useful for oceanography, offshore engineering and environmental monitoring alike; and an integrating project in which you design, test and plan the deployment of a marine sensor network or platform.