Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät at the Uni Potsdam

Institut für Umweltwissenschaften und Geographie

Uni Potsdam

Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 24 - 25
14476 Potsdam
Phone: +49 331 977-2018

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Basic information

Teaching in core subjects

Total number of students	440
Percentage of teaching by practitioners	5.0 %
Percentage of teaching by practitioners, master's	2.5 %

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

8/14 points

Results of study

Graduations in appropriate time, undergraduate degrees	54.5 %
Graduations in appropriate time, master's	26.3 %

Job market- and career-orientation

Contact with work environment, bachelor's	3/11 points
Contact with work environment, master's	2/11 points
Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment
Master theses in cooperation with work environment

Research

Publications per academic	no data
Citations per publication	no data
Third party funds per academic	150.0 T€
Doctorates per professor	1.9
Research reputation	31.6 %

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Special features regarding teaching
Very well-founded and versatile education with a special focus on current topics of climate change and sustainability; teaching of the latest methods of collecting and processing environmental data; many elective options, exciting study projects, excursions and field work; practical relevance: Application of theoretical knowledge; close cooperation with renowned research centres (e.g. PIK, AWI, GFZ, UfZ) with joint courses and excursions as well as the possibility to complete final theses and internships there; insights into current environmental research projects.
Exchange universities for stay abroads
Wageningen University, Wageningen, Niederlande; Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spanien; Uniwersytet Im. Adama Mickiewicza, Poznan, Polen
Special features regarding the equipment
Own measurement technology available at the institute for various environmental applications.
Special features regarding research activities
Excellent scientific networking: versatile research cooperations with renowned, non-university research institutions - among others with the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Geo Research Centre, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research and the German Environmental Research Centre; particular strength with own research projects and two DFG graduate programmes in the field of natural hazards and risk research as well as hydrology and climatology.
Further information on research activities
http://www.geo.uni-potsdam.de/forschung.html