Title justification

The Canary Islands are an autonomous community necessarily linked to the sea. With a surface area of just 7,500 km2, the more than 1,100 km of coastline make the islands one of the territories with the greatest presence of sea in the world. Therefore, the sea influences human activity on the islands at all levels: from culture and gastronomy, to economic activity and mobility, and even sports and leisure.

The ocean separates the islands from each other and from the mainland, and at the same time unites them through maritime routes for transporting passengers and goods. It is a source of natural resources and the main driver of the islands' climate, thus decisively influencing the archipelago's most important economic sector. The islands' geostrategic position, the diversity of their coastlines and seabeds, and the uniqueness of being the only oceanic archipelago in the country are factors that must be considered when planning, planning, managing, and maintaining port and coastal protection infrastructure in the Canary Islands. These infrastructures are also the means through which it is possible to exploit the full potential that the sea can offer the islands, and to do so sustainably.

The studies for the Interuniversity Master's Degree in Port and Coastal Engineering are fully justified on the islands, as they aim to train specialists in these infrastructures at both public universities in the Canary Islands. The degree program features a wide range of professors and lecturers, both from leading research centers and professionals working in companies, administration, and port authorities. This is precisely to channel the experience of the greatest number of these professionals (while respecting the minimum requirement for the 30% program of professors from both universities and the 30% program of doctorates). Furthermore, it has a significant practical component, ranging from the development of practical projects by students to the use of instruments for bathymetry, laboratory corrosion analysis, coastal wave activity, as well as visits to ports and maritime works.