Fachbereich 14 - Geowissenschaften at the Uni Münster

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Basic information

Total number of students	370
Number of master degree students	99
Percentage of teaching by practitioners	3.0 %

Total score for support in the study entry phase

9/14 points

Graduations in appropriate time, undergraduate degrees	85.7 %
Graduations in appropriate time, master's	46.9 % *

International orientation, bachelor's	2/9 points
International orientation, master's	2/9 points
Outgoing students	7.0 %

Contact with work environment, bachelor's	3/12 points
Contact with work environment, master's	4/12 points
Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment	19.5 %
Master theses in cooperation with work environment	22.4 %
Share of professors with work experience

Publications per academic	4.8
Citations per publication	5.8
Third party funds per academic	126.5 T€
Doctorates per professor	0.6
Research reputation	21.8 %

Further degree courses of the department

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Special features regarding teaching
Many practical courses enable close contact with teaching staff. Especially on the Master's course, students have a major role to play in current research. Master's theses are often published in specialist international journals. Most of the lectures are combined with practical exercises and excursions, which help deepen the content of the lectures.
Exchange universities for stay abroads
University of Helsinki, Finnland; Université Jean Moulin, Lyon, Frankreich; University of Birmingham, Großbritanien; University Collage Cork, Irland; Università degli Studi di Milano, Italien; Vilnius University, Litauen; NTNU Trondheim, Norwegen; Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal; Lund University, Schweden; Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona, Spanien
Special features regarding the equipment
The earth science institutes of the department have state-of-the-art laboratories. The institutes are very well equipped in the field of isotope geochemistry. Together, they operate a range of large-scale equipment, including multiple scanning and transmission electron microscopes, which are also used for teaching.
Further information on research activities
www.uni-muenster.de/Geowissenschaften/forschung/index.html