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

Institut für Geowissenschaften

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Basic information

Total number of students	420
Number of master degree students	84
Percentage of teaching by practitioners	1.3 %

Total score for support in the study entry phase

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Graduations in appropriate time, undergraduate degrees	59.4 %
Graduations in appropriate time, master's	72.0 %

International orientation, bachelor's	1/9 points
International orientation, master's	3/9 points
Outgoing students

Contact with work environment, bachelor's	2/12 points
Contact with work environment, master's	1/12 points
Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment
Master theses in cooperation with work environment
Share of professors with work experience

Publications per academic	4.8
Citations per publication	6.6
Third party funds per academic	71.7 T€
Doctorates per professor	0.8
Research reputation	6.8 %

Further degree courses of the department

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Special features regarding teaching
Practice-oriented field and laboratory training; In-depth training in geoinformatics, geostatistics, software development; Close links with the partner institutions regarding content and organisation; Wide range of mandatory elective areas; The bachelor’s degree provides an in-depth training in earth science; master's degree focus: Petrology, Palaeoclimate, Geodynamics, Mineralogy
Special features regarding the international orientation
Two professors from the USA and/or New Zealand offer their courses exclusively in English
Special features regarding the equipment
Laboratories with numerous analysis devices (LA-ICP-MS; Microprobe, RFA, EMS, IRMS, Raman, various special microscopes); Field equipment: Various drills, GPS receiver, Komapanden surveying equipment. Computer equipment: Access to the university mainframe computer via the Geophysics work group, various workstations for Numerical Modelling, GIS and Software development.
Further information on research activities
www.geowiss.uni-mainz.de/288_DEU_HTML.php