Geoscience, Department
TUM School of Engineering and Design
Technische Universität München
TUM School of Engineering and Design
Focus Area Hydro- and Geosciences
Arcisstraße 21
D-80290 München
https://www.tum.de
TU München
Department on the internet
Focus Area Hydro- and Geosciences
Arcisstraße 21
D-80290 München
https://www.tum.de
TU München
Department on the internet
Degree courses with details
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Basic information
- Total number of students at the department
390
- Number of master degree students (w/o teacher qualification)
70
- Percentage of teaching by practitioners, master's
no data
Teaching in core subjects
- Geology: 83.3%
- Environmental and Applied Geosciences: 16.7%
- Resource Geology: 0%
- Mineralogy, Geomaterial Research: 0%
- Paleontology, Earth and Climate History: 0%
- Geophysics: 0%
Job market- and career-orientation
- Master theses in cooperation with work environment
no data
Research
- Publications per academic
5.2
- Citations per publication
6.5
- Third party funds per academic
97,500 €
- Doctorates per professor
1.6
- Research reputation
47.7%
Further information provided by the department
Special features regarding teaching in the bachelor's degree programme
Numerous excursions and exercises in small groups promote social interactions and strengthen students' ability to work in teams.
Special features regarding teaching in the master's programmes
Numerous excursions and exercises in small groups promote social interactions and strengthen students' ability to work in teams. The good support ratio creates a friendly atmosphere.
Special features regarding the international orientation
All three areas, engineering geology, hydrogeology and slope movements/alpine natural hazards, maintain numerous international contacts and conduct research as part of international projects.
Exchange universities for stay abroads
Universite de Rennes I, Frankreich; Universitaet de Barcelona, Spanien; Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spanien; Universite de Fribourg, Schweiz; Universita degli Studi di Perugia, Italien; Universitetet i Bergen, Norwegen; Ethniko Kai Kapodistriako Panepistimio, Griechenland
Special features regarding the equipment
The geotechnical area in the TUM Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering has state-of-the-art equipment with numerous modern labs, numerical laboratories, outdoor research institutions, large-scale equipment and access to the Computer Centre.
Special features regarding research activities
All three areas, engineering geology, hydrogeology and slope movements/alpine natural hazards, maintain numerous international contacts and conduct research as part of international projects.
Further information on research activities
Information on access restrictions
https://www.tum.de/studium/studienangebot/detail/ingenieur-und-hydrogeologie-master-of-science-msc
Website of the Student Council
online-application
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Acronyms
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Last Update 2024: Data collected by the
CHE Center for Higher Education
