The following students attended the 1st year of the Centre of Excellence Programme, from 3 August 2008 to 28 May 2009:

	Name	Institution	Country
	Samina Kidwai	National Institute of Oceanography	Pakistan
	Eurico Tiago Justino Queiroz	Faculdade de Ciências, Departamento de Geofísica, Luanda	Angola
	Hossem Edine Smati	Institut National des Sciences et Technologie de la Mer	Tunisia
	Rene Ayala Campos	Valle de Sarteneja Universidad Simon Bolivar Caracus	Venezuela
	Nimitkumar Dilipbhai Joshi	Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University	India
	Catia Isabel Pereira Matias	Marine and Environmental Sciences Faculty, Algarve University-Faro	Portugal
	Lailah Gifty Lartey-Antwi	Oceanography & Fisheries Department, University of Ghana	Ghana
	Akintoye Edward Akinnigbagbe	Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research	Nigeria
	Joseph Dominic Herbano Palermo	Ocean Color and Coastal Oceanography Laboratory,The Marine Science Institute, University of the Philippines	Philippines
	Sebastian Kreiger	Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto Oceanográfico	Brazil