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

Institut für Geowissenschaften

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Basic information

Teaching in core subjects

Total number of students	240
Percentage of teaching by practitioners	0.0 %
Percentage of teaching by practitioners, master's	12.0 %

Total score for support in the study entry phase

9/14 points

Graduations in appropriate time, undergraduate degrees	64.7 %
Graduations in appropriate time, master's	15.7 %

Contact with work environment, bachelor's	0/11 points
Contact with work environment, master's	2/11 points
Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment	6.5 %
Master theses in cooperation with work environment	6.7 %

Publications per academic	5.2
Citations per publication	5.4
Third party funds per academic	118.1 T€
Doctorates per professor	0.8
Research reputation	4.2 %

Further degree courses of the department

Special features regarding teaching
Practice-oriented field and lab training; in-depth training in Geoinformatics, Geostatistics, software development; close linking of content and organisation with the partner institutes; wide range of optional required modules; Bachelor's degree course provides a solid basic education in the Geosciences; specialisation in the Master's degree course: Petrology, Palaeoclimate, Geodynamics, Mineralogy
Special features regarding the equipment
Labs with numerous analysis devices (LA-ICP-MS; microprobe, XRF, EMP, IRMS, Raman, various special microscopes); field equipment: various drilling equipment, GPS receivers, Komapanden measuring equipment. Computer equipment: Access to the university mainframe computer via the Geophysics work group, various workstations for Numerical Modelling, GIS and Software development.
Special features regarding research activities
Numerous scientific cooperations with other universities and institutions, including internationally; VAMOS programme with a focus on geodynamic, tectonic and petrological processes in the Earth's crust and the Earth's upper mantle; key research areas in Palaeoclimate and Paleoarcheology; Geo-resources, Petrology/Vulcanology, Gemstone research
Further information on research activities
www.geowiss.uni-mainz.de/288_DEU_HTML.php