The college incorporates science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and research at the University.

[3] The College incorporates maritime engineering and hydrodynamics, maritime business and international logistics, ocean seafaring, and coastal seafaring vocational education and other short course into its curricula and research focus.

[6] The partnership was as a core research and education institute which focused on the themes of oceans and cryosphere, fisheries and aquaculture, and ecology and biodiversity.

These themes linked with cross-disciplinary search goals focusing on climate change, ocean-earth system, and ocean and Antarctic governance.

[8] Research centres and Institutes The School of Technology, Environments and Design (TED) focuses on information and communication technology, geography and spatial sciences, and architecture and design.