Fachbereich 09: Chemie, Pharmazie und Geowissenschaften at the Uni Mainz

Geographisches Institut

Uni Mainz

Becherweg 21
55128 Mainz
Phone: +49 6131 392-2262

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Basic information

Total number of students	460
Number of master degree students	130
Percentage of teaching by practitioners	5.0 %

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

11/14 points

Results of study

Graduations in appropriate time, undergraduate degrees	74.1 %
Graduations in appropriate time, master's	41.7 %

International orientation

International orientation, bachelor's	1/9 points
International orientation, master's	2/9 points
Outgoing students	2.0 %

Job market- and career-orientation

Contact with work environment, bachelor's	7/12 points
Contact with work environment, master's	7/12 points
Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment
Master theses in cooperation with work environment
Share of professors with work experience	33.0 %

Research

Publications per academic	1.8
Third party funds per academic	36.5 T€
Doctorates per professor	0.9
Research reputation	12.1 %

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Teacher support	2.3
Support in studies	2.6
Courses offered	2.9
Study organisation	2.1
Exams	2.7
Excursions	2.4
Research orientation	2.3
Job market preparation	3.0
Support for stays abroad	2.3
Rooms	2.5
Library	2.1
IT-infrastructure	2.1 *
Overall study situation	2.4

Students' assessments on Teacher Qualification degree courses

Teacher support	2.3
Support in studies	2.4
Courses offered	2.9
Study organisation	2.4
Exams	2.6
Schoolpractice	2.8
Rooms	2.4
Library	2.1
IT-infrastructure	1.9
Overall study situation	2.2

Degree courses with details

Teacher qualification

Teacher qualification students	670
Teacher qualification programmes	teacher qualification degree courses are offered
Teacher qualification centre	Link
Teacher Qualification Monitor (in German)	Link

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
Links between natural sciences and cultural studies; Close link between research and teaching; Several excursions between 1 and 10 days in Germany and at least 14 days abroad; Lecture series: Weekly lectures during the semester held by external/international scientists; Own geo-didactics department for teacher training; Close cooperation between teaching, school and study seminars in the teacher training courses; Research with an international focus
Special features regarding the international orientation
Foreign excursion compulsory; Offer of an integrated German-French study programme with a double degree option (B.Ed. / M.Ed., B.Sc.); International cooperation in connection with Master of Arts and Master of Science; Teaching by international experts; Lecture series: Weekly lectures during the semester held by external/foreign scientists; In the MA and MSc programmes semester abroad as a compulsory elective option; High student activity at EGEA-Mainz (European Geography Association – for Students and Young Geographers): https://egea.eu/entities/mainz
Exchange universities for stay abroads
University of Texas, Austin USA; University of Arizona, Tucson USA; Karstad University, Schweden; Universidade de Brasília, Brasilien; Université de Sherbrooke (Kanada) (Dijon-Studiengang); Lebanese American University of Beirut, Libanon; Orient-Institut Beirut, Libanon; Université de Bourgogne, Frankreich; Université Paul Valéry Montpellier, Frankreich; Università degli Studi Roma „La Sapienza“, Italien; Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spanien; Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spanien; Universidad de Vigo, Spanien; Universidad de Valencia, Spanien; Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Österreich; Göteborgs Universitet, Schweden; University of Glasgow, GB; Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Tschechien; Universiteit Utrecht, Niederlande; Universidade Lisboa, Portugal; Pécs, Pécsi Tudományegyetem, Ungarn; Eötvös-Loránd-Universität, Ungarn;
Special features regarding the equipment
Geo-lab (analysis for geomorphological, geo-ecological and soil science matters, focus on “classic soil analysis" and also modern methods (biomarkers); Dendro lab for dendrochronological analysis, mobile measuring stations; (Climate geography, dendroclimatology); Own computer centre for geoinformatics incl. multi-core computing clusters for other simulation calculations in the field of geodesy and climatology; Media technology (cameras, editing room, sound equipment) for film and audio projects
Support for founders
Career Service of the JGU www.career.uni-mainz.de/index.php
Characteristics of assistance to differently abled persons
Diversity at the JGU: www.diversitaet.uni-mainz.de
Characteristics of diversity advancement
Diversity at the JGU: www.diversitaet.uni-mainz.de
Further information on research activities
www.blogs.uni-mainz.de/fb09institut-geographie/forschung/