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UW archaeology courses & academic depts

If you want to study part-time or full-time, or contact academic institutions.

Nordic countries

• Underwater Archaeology, South Stockholm University College, Sweden. Johan Rönnby and associate professor C O Cederlund. Tel: +46-8-608 4000, Fax: +46-8-58 58 8010. Beginner's courses as well as graduate courses for archaeologists .
• NTNU (Norwegian Tech Science University), Trondheim, Norway. Marek Jasinski, tel +47-73 59 21 64, fax +47-73 59 22 38, email: marek.jasinski@vm.unit.no. Academic programs. 
• Syddansk Universitet, Esbjerg, Denmark. Coursed organised by Prof. Thijs Maarleveld.
• Swedish Underwater Federation, tel +46-8-605 60 00, fax +46-8-605 63 72. Offers course kits to scuba clubs developed by Foteviken Maritime Centre. No academic level.
• Danish Underwater Federation, Idrættens hus, Brøndby stadion 20, DK-2605 Brøndby, Denmark, tel +45-424 555 55, fax +45-434 416 63. Underwater archaeology summer courses onboard the sailing ship Fulton. No academic level.
• In Finland, the Helsinki University has only a traditional archaeology program. But there are academic-level underwater archaeology courses at Åbo University and Hangö Summer University.
   

Academic depts & courses, the rest of Europe

• Ausbildung zum archäologischen Forschungstaucher, info, Germany..
• University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK. Academic programs and research projects. Hosting the Centre for Maritime Archaeology (CMA). Contact Jon Adams, jjra@soton.ac.uk Tel: +44-1703 592240, Fax: +44-1703 593032.
• University College London, MA in Maritime Archaeology, headed by Joe Flatman, Ole Gron and Gustav Milne.
• University of Bristol, UK. Academic programs, research. Contact Dr A. J. Parker, Centre for Research in Maritime Archaeology and History, tel +44-272-303398.
• Centre for Maritime Archaeology, Oxford University, UK
• Oxford University MARE (Maritime Archaeology Research Unit), UK, independent research group associated to Oxford University.
• Lochaline Dive Centre, Scotland, offers NAS courses, no academic level.

  

Academic depts, North & South America

• Texas A&M University, USA, with Institute of Nautical Archaeology and Ship Lab. Academic programs headed by George F. Bass, projects e.g. in the Mediterranean, plenty of info. Application deadline is January 1 for the fall courses. The INA Turkish branch has its own page.  
• Florida State University, USA. Academic programs, projects, wrecks & plenty of links. A wreck database is being published on line.
• University of Texas at Austin, USA, has a course in Ancient Seafaring.
• SC Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, Maritime Heritage, USA
• Brown University, Rhode Island, USA
• University of Hawaii, USA. The academic program has been DISCONTINUED in 2003.
• University of West Florida, USA
• Underwater Science and Educational Resources (USER), Indiana University, USA, research projects
    

Academic depts & courses worldwide

• Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia, academic programs
• Western Australia Maritime Museum
• Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia, academic programs
• James Cook University, Queensland, Australia. Offers academic programs.
• AIMA/NAS Maritime Archaeology Training Course, Australia
• University of Haifa, Department of Maritime Studies, Israel, academic programs.