BLUE ROUTE targets an integrated and modern approach base on an inter-disciplinary initiative in postgraduation studies. The pedagogic aim is to promote networking, high-level thinking and critical 21st century skills in Doctorate professionals. For that an innovative hybrid model based on Distance Learning and in situ hands on work supervised by professors and researchers in Blue Growth, both Portuguese and Norwegians, to support a diversity of PhD students, early stage researchers, in professional and network context.