The PhD is a program offered by the Universidad del Magdalena in conjunction with the Universidad del Valle, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Universidad de Antioquia, Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano and Universidad del Norte, with the support of the Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras Invemar, the Colombian Ocean Commission and the Center of Excellence in Marine Sciences, German Academic Exchange Service DAAD and Justus Liebig-Giessen University in Germany.