Ocean Engineering/Marine Biology Double Major

If you are an ocean engineering major interested in deepening your knowledge of marine biology, URI offers a unique opportunity to combine your B.S. in Ocean Engineering with a B.S. in Marine Biology, and complete both majors in five years.

This program provides the opportunity to explore these two exciting fields in a challenging five-year program that will most likely include some summer study. If you are interested, please work closely with the Coordinator of the Marine Biology Program and your advisor in Ocean Engineering to determine how to arrange your schedule to accommodate the requirements for both majors.

curriculum sheet (PDF)

ABET Accreditation

The Ocean Engineering program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, under the commission’s General Criteria and Program Criteria for Naval Architecture, Marine Engineering, Ocean Engineering, and Similarly Named Engineering Programs.

Find out why ABET accreditation matters.