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The Department of Marine Science, Faculty of Maritime Studies and Marine Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT) stands proud today because it is the foundation to the establishment of UMT. This department has undergone various changes since its historical development in May 1979. The Department was previously known as the Department of Fisheries Technology and Marine Science in the Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Science, UPM. Through academic program restructuring in the UPM in 1996, the whole Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Science has been shifted to the Universiti Pertanian Malaysia Terengganu Branch and named the Faculty of Applied Science and Technology.In the Faculty of Applied Science and Technology, this department is known as the Department of Marine Science and Environment. In May 2001, UPMT has been promoted to the University College Terengganu. In July 2001, it has been officially changed to Kolej Universiti Sains dan Teknologi Malaysia. In line with this transition, the Department was then named the Department of Fisheries and Marine Science under the Faculty of Science and Technology.

In November 2002, following the establishment of the Faculty of Agrotechnology and Food Science, the Department of Fisheries and Marine Science was again changed to the Department of Marine Science. In 2006, the Faculty of Maritime Studies and Marine Science has been established and the department was absorbed under this new faculty.