The UK’s National Oceanography Centre (NOC) is one of the world’s top ocean research institutions. NOC work around the globe from the coast to the deep ocean, delivering world-class agenda-setting scientific research and technology development. NOC underpin international and UK public policy, business, and societal outcomes by solving challenging multidisciplinary, large scale, long-term marine science problems.
NOC operates the Royal Research Ships James Cook and Discovery and develops cutting-edge technology for coastal and deep ocean research. Working with its partners NOC provides long-term marine science capability including sustained ocean observations, mapping and surveying, data management and scientific research and advice.
Among the resources that NOC provides on behalf of the UK are the British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC), the Marine Autonomous and Robotic Systems (MARS) facility, the National Marine Equipment Pool (NMEP), the National Tide and Sea Level Facility (NTSLF), the Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level (PSMSL) and British Ocean Sediment Core Research Facility (BOSCORF).
Our trading subsidiary, NOC Innovations, was established to meet the growing need to connect industry with world-leading ocean research knowledge and expertise. NOC Innovations exists to deliver the best science, engineering, and technology to global organisations to achieve a sustainable marine economy.