Fachbereich 19 Geographie at the Uni Marburg

Uni Marburg

Deutschhausstraße 10
35037 Marburg
Phone: +49 6421 28-24257

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General remarks

This department is also featured in the U-Multirank world university rankings.

Basic information

Total number of students	680
Percentage of teaching by practitioners	5.0 %
Percentage of teaching by practitioners, master's	5.0 %

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

11/14 points

Results of study

Graduations in appropriate time, undergraduate degrees	63.3 %
Graduations in appropriate time, master's

Job market- and career-orientation

Contact with work environment, bachelor's	5/12 points
Contact with work environment, master's	5/12 points
Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment	not specified
Master theses in cooperation with work environment	not specified

Research

Publications per academic	3.5
Third party funds per academic	133.1 T€
Doctorates per professor	0.6
Research reputation	13.2 %

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Teacher support	1.9
Support in studies	2.2
Courses offered	1.9
Study organisation	1.7
Exams	1.8
Excursions
Research orientation	1.7
Job market preparation	2.5
Support for stays abroad	1.6
Rooms
Library	1.7
IT-infrastructure	1.9
Overall study situation

Degree courses with details

Teacher qualification

Teacher qualification students	207
Teacher qualification programmes	TQ degree: State Exam
Teacher qualification centre	Link
Teacher Qualification Monitor (in German)	Link

Degree courses without details

Further degree courses of the department

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About the subject

Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching
Coverage of all areas of geography, specialisation in human or physical geography or human-environment relations; profile formation through a broad selection of subsidiary subjects and extracurricular competences (languages; extensive methodological training (GIS/remote sensing, laboratory analysis, statistics, empirical social research); all seminars are held in manageable course groups, project seminars, wide range of options within the Bachelor's degree course, teaching across modules, use of the university's own research and teaching area, research-based learning, excursion abroad.
Exchange universities for stay abroads
Lund, Schweden; Bergen, Norwegen; Teneriffa, Spanien; Utrecht, Niederlande; Lyon, Frankreich; Lissabon, Portugal; Auckland, Neuseeland; Victoria University, Melbourne, Australien; University of Massachusetts, USA; Wilfrid Laurier University, Kanada
Special features regarding the equipment
The Geography department is located in two historic buildings next door to each other. This means short distances and minimal time lost. All infrastructure facilities are also housed in these buildings: 80 computer workstations for students, labs (environmental IT, environmental analysis, GIS, modelling, remote sensing, social research, herbarium). Modern equipment collection, class sets of tablets, drones for micro remote sensing, economic geography databases, teaching rooms with up-to-date presentation technology, uni-owned research/teaching area, university library within sight.
Special features regarding research activities
The overarching goal of our direction is the researching of the "Human Dimension of Global Change". The unique feature of our discipline is its bridging function between the Natural Sciences and Cultural Studies. Key research areas include Mountain Ecology, Biodiversity Research, Desertification, Innovation and Knowledge Processes, Globalisation Processes, Regional Innovation Systems, Urban Development Processes, Time and Space Dynamics of Clouds, Mist and Precipitation Events and Environmental Modelling.
Support for founders
Cooperation with Marburg Reasearch Academy, TransMIT GmbH (Technology Transfer Mittelhessen), Transferzentrum Mittelhessen and Marburg Institute for Innovation Research and Business Start-Up Promotion (MAFEX).
Other special features
Individual support and excellent teaching; Specialisation in all areas; Tradition meets modernity; Future-oriented studies and top training for the job market; Active students; Real university town.
Further information on research activities
www.uni-marburg.de/fb19/forschung/
Further information about study entry phase
https://www.uni-marburg.de/de/fb19/studieninteressierte