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The 2020-30 decade will witness a focus on the ocean’s social, environmental, economic and geopolitical dimensions in line with the National Strategy for the Sea 2021-2030, UN’s 2030 sustainable development goals and EU’s Horizon 2021-2027. However, to achieve these goals, the EC pointed the need of highly skilled professionals and stronger synergies between academia and stakeholders.In this context, the present project aims at dev§eloping a transdisciplinary Postgraduation in Marine Science, Technology and Society (MSTS) for graduates and professionals, who want to specialize on transdisciplinary training, update knowledge or deepen their skills oriented to the sustainability of marine and maritime areas, in the multiple environmental, technology, and social dimensions.The main objectives are: i) to give equal access to students for higher education and training; ii) to strength bilateral relations with Norway in education, research and innovation; iii) to empower academia for knowledge transfer for value creation in Portugal areas.The project’s consortium is formed by FCT NOVA - NOVA School of Science and Technology as the promoter, OsloMet - Olso Metropolitan University from Norway and IPMA - Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere, covering valences and complementary areas from marine science and technology, to marine governance, literacy and sustainability, and aiming the co-construction of the formative process of students and strength bilateral cooperation in projects between Portugal and Norway.The project will be developed between September 2021 - October 2023. Two Post-graduation editions will be financed and the significant expected results are: i) national and international internships to promote cooperative training; ii) 24 seminars with national and international experts in MSTS; iii) knowledge transfer and innovation between academia and stakeholders to development innovative applications for a sustainable exploitation of marine ecosystems.