Topic outline

  • Welcome to IMBRSea Compass!

    This is a preparation tool to help you have a smoother start in September by providing you with academic, practical and other useful information about your upcoming degree.

    It's a tool that was co-created by current students & teachers at Ghent university, though the modules taught in the first semester are universal and should therefore also be applicable for the other starting universities.

    Everything here is completely voluntary and none of this is formally assessed, it is merely an option we'd like to offer you to help you have a good start.

    We collated information here on the basic background knowledge and prerequisites for some of the fundamentals modules, where you can self-assess your knowledge using the online quizzes we created. If you feel like you are lacking some understanding in a certain area - don't worry - we've also put together lists with useful material and supporting resources to help you get an understanding of those concepts. Having a good grasp on those concepts will mean that you have more than enough background knowledge to follow the courses in September. However, they are no guarantee for passing those modules and are simply here to support you before starting.

    We also have some other sections that provide resources for your mental wellbeing, practical and logistical tools and information, general resources for academic skills and a great collection of cool inspirational material all related to marine sciences. They are not officially endorsed by IMBRSea, just informal recommendations from some of the current students that we thought might be interesting for you.

    We really hope that this will be useful for you and that the information provided here will help you have a great start for your journey over the next 2 years! 

    This is the first version of this tool, so we are still updating and changing this also according to your feedback.

  • Registration

    Please complete the registration form before taking any of the quizzes or other activities on here.

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  • Marine Genomics

    This is one of the fundamentals modules that you will all take in the first semester and will show you how genetics and genomics are used in marine science (IMBRSea Course description).

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  • Quantitative Methods in Marine Science

    This is one of the fundamentals modules that you will all take in the first semester and will introduce you to the statistical tools you can use as marine scientists (IMBRSea Course description).

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  • Marine Policy

    This is one of the fundamentals modules that you will all take in the first semester and will introduce you to the legal management and administration of marine resources (IMBRSea Course description).

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  • Oceanography

    This is one of the fundamentals modules that you will all take in the first semester and will give you an overview of the main physical, geological and chemical processes that affect and shape the marine environment (IMBRSea Course description).

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  • Marine Ecology

    This is one of the fundamentals modules that you will all take in the first semester and will focus on the biological processes and patterns that affect and shape different marine ecosystems (IMBRSea Course description).

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  • General Academic Tools

    This is a collection of software and resources to help you improve you presentation and scientific writing skills, and the use of English for academic purposes.

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  • Practical Guide

    This section contains links to the student guides for each of the starting universities, a collection of websites and software links related to transport and other practical tools based that might be useful for you based on recommendations from current IMBRSea students.

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  • Mental Wellbeing

    Here you can find a list of apps, websites and resources to support your mental wellbeing.

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  • Cool Inspirations

    Here's a list with different cool & inspiring books, podcasts, movies and websites based on recommendations from current IMBRSea students that you might like.

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  • Feedback

    We would really appreciate it if you can take 5 minutes to give us some feedback and help make IMBRSea Compass better!

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