The Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center is a national partnership of community colleges, universities, high schools, employers, and working professionals whose mission is to improve marine technical education and meet marine workforce needs.

Headquartered at Monterey Peninsula College in Monterey, California, the MATE Center is one of the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Advanced Technology Education (ATE) Centers.

The MATE Center organizes an annual underwater robot (remotely-operated vehicle, or ROV) competition. The International Student ROV Competition is the first student robotics competition to focus exclusively on ROVs and is supported by the NSF, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Marine Technology Society ROV Committee and many others.

For more information, please visit www.marinetech.org.