Dr. M.S. Kyewalyanga
IMS DirectorWelcome and thank you for visiting the Institute of Marine Sciences website. The Institute of Marine Sciences was established in 1978 with the mandate to conduct research and offer postgraduate and undergraduate training and consultancy services in all aspects of marine sciences. Our vision is to become a centre of excellence in the advancement of knowledge in marine science.
On this website we provide not only information about the organization and general functioning of the Institute but also about our research programmes, postgraduate training programmes, and milestones. The Institute is the National Oceanographic Data Centre and you will find information on ocean data and information management in Tanzania.
We hope the information offered here is important to the scientific community, people seeking training in marine science and the general public and open up another channel of interaction with IMS.
Thank you for visiting our website.
Dr. M.S. Kyewalyanga
IMS Director
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On this website we provide not only information about the organization and general functioning of the Institute but also about our research programmes, postgraduate training programmes, and milestones. The Institute is the National Oceanographic Data Centre and you will find information on ocean data and information management in Tanzania.
We hope the information offered here is important to the scientific community, people seeking training in marine science and the general public and open up another channel of interaction with IMS.
Thank you for visiting our website.
Dr. M.S. Kyewalyanga
IMS Director
The vision of the Institute is to become an international Centre of Excellence in Research and Development, Training and provision of scientific services in Marine Sciences and Technology for better exploration, exploitation and management of coastal and marine living and non-living resources.
The mission of the Institute is to engage in the creation, transmission and application of knowledge in marine sciences and technology through research, training and provision of public service for the exploration and sustainable exploitation of marine living and non-living resource. Furthermore, the Institute will build capacity of sector organisations, knowledge centres and other institutions active in various fields of Marine Sciences and Technology in Tanzania.
