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

Teaching in core subjects

Total number of students	230
Percentage of teaching by practitioners	10.0 %
Percentage of teaching by practitioners, master's	5.0 %

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

7/14 points

Results of study

Graduations in appropriate time, undergraduate degrees	95.3 %
Graduations in appropriate time, master's

Job market- and career-orientation

Contact with work environment, bachelor's	5/11 points
Contact with work environment, master's
Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment
Master theses in cooperation with work environment

Research

Publications per academic	10.7
Citations per publication	6.9
Third party funds per academic	95.2 T€
Doctorates per professor	0.8
Research reputation	2.1 %

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About studying Geoscience in Germany

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Further information provided by the department

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 for determination of static and dynamic rock strength; analogue lab; light microscopy lab; laboratory for OSL dating; thermoluminescence lab; scanning electron microscopy; white-light interferometry; X-ray fluorescence and atom absorption spectroscopy; microprobe; Water Chemistry laboratory; X-ray diffractometry; rock sample preparation; powder diffractometry; Laue goniometer; various furnaces (FMF, Bridgman, mirror furnace, dual zone furnace); thermoanalysis; particle analysis procedures; field equipment (GPS, soil sampler, geoelectric systems, radar, seismics).
Special features regarding research activities
Geosciences in Freiburg have a strong research tradition. Thematic key areas and unique features are in the field of Impact Geology/Planetary Geology, Quaternary Geology and Geochronology, Mathematical Geosciences, Crystal Growing and Materials Sciences as well as in the field of Geochemistry and Petrology. The Geosciences are members of the Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources. This results in particular potential in the area of Environmental Science. The Geosciences are closely linked with various Fraunhofer institutes due to cooperations.
Further information on research activities
portal.uni-freiburg.de/geowissenschaften