Fakultät für Umwelt und Natürliche Ressourcen at the Uni Freiburg

Institut für Geo- und Umweltnaturwissenschaften

Uni Freiburg

Albertstr. 23b
79104 Freiburg im Breisgau
Phone: +49 761 203-6396

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Basic information

Total number of students	220
Number of master degree students	53
Percentage of teaching by practitioners	20.0 %

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

9/14 points

Results of study

Graduations in appropriate time, undergraduate degrees	67.9 %
Graduations in appropriate time, master's	31.0 %

International orientation

International orientation, bachelor's	1/9 points
International orientation, master's	6/9 points
Outgoing students	1.0 %

Job market- and career-orientation

Contact with work environment, bachelor's	7/12 points
Contact with work environment, master's	4/12 points
Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment	46.9 %
Master theses in cooperation with work environment	48.9 %
Share of professors with work experience

Research

Publications per academic	10.4
Citations per publication	5.9
Third party funds per academic	86.1 T€
Doctorates per professor	2.0
Research reputation	4.5 %

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Teacher support	less than 15 answers
Support in studies	less than 15 answers
Courses offered	less than 15 answers
Study organisation	less than 15 answers
Exams	less than 15 answers
Excursions	less than 15 answers
Research orientation	less than 15 answers
Job market preparation	less than 15 answers
Support for stays abroad	less than 15 answers
Rooms	less than 15 answers
Library	less than 15 answers
IT-infrastructure	less than 15 answers
Overall study situation	less than 15 answers

Degree courses with details

Degree courses without details

Further degree courses of the department

none

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Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching
The MSc programmes are entirely taught in English (certified), high percentage of foreign students (>50%), wide range of int. students (incl. Africa, Asia, North and South America), regular int. visiting scientists, PhD students, postdocs. Joint projects with Straßburg University that involve students (field projects and lab practicals)
Special features regarding the international orientation
The MSc programmes are entirely taught in English (certified), high percentage of foreign students (>50%), wide range of int. students (incl. Africa, Asia, North and South America), regular int. visiting scientists, PhD students, postdocs. Joint projects with Straßburg University that involve students (field projects and lab practicals)
Exchange universities for stay abroads
Tromsö, Norwegen; Stockholm, Schweden; Granada, Spanien; Barcelona, Spanien; St. Etienne, Frankreich; Prag, Tschechien; Université de Lorraine, Frankreich
Special features regarding the equipment
Rock laboratory with triaxial press and Split-Hopkinson Bar to determine static and dynamic rock strength; Analog lab; Light microscopy laboratory; OSL dating laboratory; Scanning electron microscopy; White-light interferometry; X-ray fluorescence and atom-absorption spectroscopy; Microprobe; Water chemistry laboratory; X-ray diffractometer; Rock treatment and preparation; Powder diffractometer; Laue goniometer; Various furnaces (FMF, Bridgman, mirror furnace, two-zone furnace); Thermal analysis; Grading analysis procedures; Field equipment (GPS, Pürckhauer, electrical resistivity tomography, radar, seismology).
Further information on research activities
portal.uni-freiburg.de/geowissenschaften
Further information about study entry phase
http://www.studium.uni-freiburg.de/de/studienangebot/studienfaecher