Marine Field Station (MFS)

Underwater Archaeology Students Find a New Revolutionary War Shipwreck

Aerial View of Stockton University's teaching and research facility on Nacote Creek

Marine geology students explore an uninhabited barrier island

Coastal oceanography students depart for a trip aboard the R/V Petrel

Side scan sonar images of the Pat McAlister shipwreck, pre and post-Sandy

Marine Science students utilize the latest in water monitoring instruments

The Marine Field Station (MFS) is a unit within the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics (NAMS) at Stockton University. The MFS is located at the University's Port Republic site and is used as a coastal science teaching and research destination for NAMS' academic programs.

The Port Republic site is an eight-acre waterfront parcel located only 15 minutes from the Galloway campus and 30 minutes from the Atlantic City campus. Consistent student access, beginning in year one, is provided by the close proximity of the site. The MFS makes available the facilities, research vessels, sampling equipment, and staff to provide Stockton students with frequent experiential learning opportunties in a pristine Mid-Atlantic estuary recognized as the Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve. The Port Republic site is also home to the University’s Coastal Research Center (CRC), a grant and contract-funded organization focusing on New Jersey’s coastal zone. The MFS and CRC work collaboratively to provide research and workforce development opportunities for students interested in careers in a wide variety of coastal science disciplines.

Stockton University values diversity and seeks to promote access to educational opportunities by providing reasonable accommodations to qualified students with disabilities to allow for participation in the University’s educational programs and activities. Information on accommodations can be found here.