• Applied Physics Laboratory
• School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
• School of Marine Affairs
• Washington Sea Grant

There are a number of closely allied academic and research programs in the university:

• Department of Earth and Space Sciences
• Department of Atmospheric Sciences
• Department of Zoology
• Friday Harbor Laboratories
• Volcano Systems Center
• Quaternary Research Center
• Interdisciplinary Graduate School Program in Global and Environmental Chemistry
• Astrobiology Program
• Program on Climate Change
• Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean, a partnership of UW with NOAA's Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory

The School of Oceanography is a member institution of:

• JOI, Joint Oceanographic Institutions
• CORE, Consortium for Ocean Research and Education
• JOIDES, Joint Oceanographic Institutions for Deep Earth Sampling
• UNOLS, University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System