Fachbereich 14 - Geowissenschaften at the Uni Münster

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Basic information

Total number of students	1,190
Number of master degree students	352
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	88.9 %
Graduations in appropriate time, master's	36.8 % *

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

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	2.1
Third party funds per academic	79.6 T€
Doctorates per professor	0.9
Research reputation	9.3 %

Teacher qualification students	620
Teacher qualification programmes	teacher qualification degree courses are offered
Teacher qualification centre	Link
Teacher Qualification Monitor (in German)	Link

Further degree courses of the department

none

Special features regarding teaching
Teaching is research-based and oriented on fieldwork and experimentation.
Special features regarding the international orientation
The Institute of Geoinformatics offers an international Master’s (Erasmus Mundus Geospatial Technologies).
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 teaching unit has a precision mechanical and electronic workshop, as well as a central IT department to supply the computer rooms and networks. The Institute of Landscape Ecology has an modernly equipped analytical lab for analysing plant, soil, water and air samples.
Further information on research activities
www.uni-muenster.de/Geowissenschaften/forschung/schwerpunkte/index.html