Large number of practice-oriented teaching methods and technical and analytical training; Exercises & laboratory and field practicals; In-depth site training: e.g. there are two compulsory mapping courses in the bachelor's course and one main course exercise in the bachelor's and master's degree programme; Tutorial-supported teaching and learning methods in bachelor's degree programmes; Compulsory content from applied geoscientific areas such as hydro-geology, engineering geology, geothermal energy, GIS and atmospheric and climate research; good student-teacher supervision ratio.

Above all, the master's degree programmes are characterised by the opportunity to focus specifically on environmental sciences and environmental engineering, through close cooperation with the Faculty of Civil Engineering. Subjects such as water resource management, drinking water production, sewage and effluent treatment, environmental microbiology, etc., can be taken with an appropriate choice of specialisation. Also in the master's degree programmes, a high level of practice-oriented teaching methods and technical and analytical training.

Departmental strategy for internationalisation; Internationalisation coordinator; International Master's degree programme offered in English (Tropical Hydrogeology and Environmental Engineering - TropHEE) in cooperation with the DAAD; Intercultural workshops for international incomers; Promotion of language skills through courses taught in English as well as the Master's degree programme in Applied Geosciences offered in German; Research projects with international partners; Opportunities for excursion to European and non-European countries (e.g. China, Argentina/Chile, Iceland, USA).

Institut Polytechnique LaSalle Beauvais, Frankreich; Háskóli Íslands, Island; Universidad de Zaragoza, Spanien; Tartu Ülikool, Estland; Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norwegen; Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spanien; Panepistimio Patron, Griechenland; Technische Universität Graz, Österreich; Univerza v Ljubljani, Slowenien; Tohoku University, Japan

Hydrothermal laboratory – interdisciplinary laboratory concept for hydrochemical analysis, isotope analysis, geological and geothermal engineering tests, soil chemistry; Petrophysics; Thermo-triax cell; Electron microscopy (REM); X-ray fluorescence analysis; Special teaching laboratory for practical training in hydrochemistry; very good technical equipment for field exercises and mapping courses; Georadar equipment; Coordination of the German Georadar Forum; Provision of subject-specific literary research databases via the university and state library.

Focus on long-term relevant, applied topics that are of great importance to society and have a high priority among research funders (water, environment, energy); Bachelor's and master's theses are integrated into current research projects.; Close cooperation, e.g. via cooperation professorships, with major research institutions such as GFZ, UFZ and KIT; international projects with a focus on southern Europe, Asia and Africa.

First international Master's degree programme (TropHEE) at the TU Darmstadt taught completely in English since 2006. The degree course is oriented towards development cooperation and contributes significantly to the high proportion of international students at the Institute of Applied Geosciences.