	Department of Water Affairs and Forestry
	Institute for Water Quality Studies

Last updated : 10 July 2001

CAREERS IN AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

INDEX

ABOUT CAREERS

CHOOSING A CAREER

CAREER CENTRES

CENTRES AND THEIR ASSOCIATED INSTITUTES WHICH OFFER SPECIALIST TRAINING IN THE AQUATIC SCIENCES

This list is not comprehensive and courses offered may change. Prospective students should enquire at institutes in their area. Address correspondences to The Registrar. Research institutes associated with individual universities are indicated - these are often involved in student training. Universities not listed offer straight B.Sc. degrees with no specialist courses.

TECHNIKONS

Cape Technikon PO Box 652 Cape Town 8000. Nature Conservation, Oceanography (for Department of Sea Fisheries employees only), Parks and Recreation Management
Pretoria Technikon P/Bag X7 Pretoria North 0116. Water Care, Analytical Chemistry
M.L. Sultan Technikon PO Box 1334 Durban 4000. Water Care, Analytical Chemistry

UNIVERSITIES

Rhodes University PO Box 94 Grahamstown 6140. Environmental Water Management, Applied Hydrology, Water Resource Management, Ichthyology, Marine Biology, Diploma in Fisheries Science.
- Institute for Water Research
- JLB Smith Institute of Ichthyology
University of Cape Town P/Bag Rondebosch 7700. Marine Geoscience, Marine Geology, Physical Oceanography, Coastal Engineering, Ocean and Atmosphere Science, Quantitative Resource Ecology, Conservation Biology, Avian Biology, Marine Biology, Marine Law, Freshwater Ecology.
- Freshwater Research Unit
- Marine Biology Research Institute
- Marine Geoscience Unit
- Institute of Marine Law
- Water Research Commission - Civil Engineering
- Institute of Oceanography
- Coastal Ecology Unit
- Seaweed Research Unit
University of Durban-Westville P/Bag X54001 Durban 4000. Subtropical Marine Biology, Hydrology
University of Natal - Durban King George V Avenue Durban 4001. Environmental Science, Resource Management, Marine Biology
- Oceanographic Research Institute
University of Natal - Pietermaritzburg PO Box 375 Pietermaritzburg 3200. Hydrology
- Institute of Natural Resources
University of the North P/Bag X1106 Sovenga 0727. Ichthyology, General Limnology
University of the Orange Free State PO Box 339 Bloemfontein 9300. Limnology, Hydrology, Geohydrology
University of Port Elizabeth PO Box 1600 Port Elizabeth 6000. Oceanography
- Institute for Coastal Research
University of Stellenbosch Stellenbosch 7600. Nature Conservation
University of the Witwatersrand PO Wits 2050. Freshwater Biology, Ecology, Environmental Studies, Geohydrology
University of Zululand P/Bag X1001 Kwa-Dlangezwa 3856. Marine Biology, Ecology, Hydrology, Aquaculture

Compiled and published by the Southern African Society of Aquatic Scientists
(The executive committee based at the Freshwater Research Unit, Zoology Department, University of Cape Town, RONDEBOSCH, South Africa 7700.)

The Foundation for Research Development funded the original paper leaflet. Problems to: Michael Silberbauer