Students have very close contact with the teaching staff through the many practical courses. Students are heavily involved in current research already in the Bachelor’s degree programme. Most lectures are also linked to practical coursework and field trips which serve to deepen knowledge of the course content worked through in the lectures.

Many practical courses enable close contact with teaching staff. Students are heavily involved in current research already in the Master’s degree programme. Master's theses are often published in specialist international journals and presented at conferences. Most lectures are also linked to practical coursework and field trips which serve to deepen knowledge of the course content worked through in the lectures. Students have the opportunity to complete a professional internship during the course of study.

In the field of geoinformatics, the Erasmus Mundus degree programme "Master of Science in Geospatial Technologies" is offered.; Other English-language degree programmes are also offered in the department.

University of Helsinki, Finnland; Université Jean Moulin, Lyon, Frankreich; University of Birmingham, Großbritanien; University Collage Cork, Irland; Università degli Studi di Milano, Italien; Vilnius University, Litauen; NTNU Trondheim, Norwegen; Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal; Lund University, Schweden; Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona, Spanien

The department's Geoscience Institute has modern laboratories. In the analytical/experimental field, the institutes are very well equipped, specially in the field of isotope geochemistry. Together, they operate a range of large-scale equipment, including multiple scanning and transmission electron microscopes, which are also used for teaching.

A variety of research areas are offered, including geochemistry, isotope geochemistry, geochronology, structural geology, metamorphous petrology, sedimentology, hydrogeology, experimental and analytic mineralogy and petrology, planetology, meteorite research, paleozoology and paleobotany.

Diversity: Inclusion tutors; Gender-neutral toilets in the department's buildings; Working Group for Diversity in the department to promote diversity, equal opportunities and non-discrimination (starting in November 2023); Sustainability: Geo Urbanum community garden, the compost festival is hosted, individual student projects on the topic of sustainability are funded in cooperation with the Centre for Interdisciplinary Sustainability Research.

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