Fakultät Chemie und Geowissenschaften at the Uni Heidelberg

Institut für Geowissenschaften

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Basic information

Total number of students	170
Number of master degree students	68
Percentage of teaching by practitioners	1.0 %

Total score for support in the study entry phase

6/14 points

Graduations in appropriate time, undergraduate degrees	95.8 %
Graduations in appropriate time, master's	73.9 %

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

Contact with work environment, bachelor's	3/12 points
Contact with work environment, master's	3/12 points
Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment
Master theses in cooperation with work environment
Share of professors with work experience	10.0 %

Publications per academic	5.2
Citations per publication	5.1
Third party funds per academic	106.3 T€
Doctorates per professor	1.2
Research reputation	6.8 %

Further degree courses of the department

none

Special features regarding teaching
Specialisations in BSc Earth Sciences; High proportion of practical excursions and colloquia; Focus on isotope analysis; High level of flexibility provided by many mandatory elective modules in the MSc
Exchange universities for stay abroads
Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille (Frankreich); Lunds Universiteit (Schweden); Universidad de Oviedo (Spanien); University of Patras (Griechenland)
Special features regarding the equipment
Precision mechanical workshop; Grinding and preparation laboratories; Rock workshop; Museum; Library; Computer rooms; Institute vehicle; Laboratories: High-resolution ion probe (CAMECA, DFG-Core Facility), ion probe, microprobe, several mass spectrometers (noble has mass spectrometer, isotopic geochemistry, organic geochemistry); Clean laboratories, X-ray laboratory; Scanning electron microscope; Water laboratory (inorganic); Ultratrace analysis (ICP-MS), organic analysis (GCs,FCs etc.), in-situ gas analysis (Picarro); Sampling devices: Pumps, hand drills, drill hammers, Rumohr Lot, dinghy etc.; Microscopy equipment.
Other special features
Max Kade Foundation Visiting Professorship and Internationalisation in Teaching (Global Classrooms Curriculum Integration, University of Texas Austin)
Further information on research activities
www.geow.uni-heidelberg.de/
Further information about study entry phase
https://www.geow.uni-heidelberg.de/studium/