High proportion of seminars, exercises and practicals in small groups. Thus, there is close contact between students and lecturers. Large number of blended learning elements in teaching, such as geocaching, serious games, virtual sandbox, audio slidecasts for lectures, inverted classroom concepts.

Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Tschechien; Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU), Russland; Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgien; Université de Liège, Belgien; Université Paul Sabatier - Toulouse III, Frankreich; Háskóli Íslands, Island; Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal; Umeå universitet, Schweden; Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spanien; Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spanien

Geomorphology/Geo-Ecology: Physical/geographical lab for sedimentological-pedological sample analyses, X-ray fluorescence analysis, range of drilling machinery including core saw, laser particle sizer, Sedigraph, CHNS analyser, pH metres, muffle furnace, various microscopes and remote sensing and GIS software; Climatology: Two permanent automatic weather stations at two regional sites, five mobile automatic weather stations, three fine dust measuring instruments, two ultrasonic anemometers, ice-steam drill, vertical captive balloon probe as well as various mobile measuring sensors for atmospheric measurements.

The research activities combine fundamental work with a decided application-oriented focus. In addition to basic research with DFG or BMBF funding, many practical projects are also carried out in the form of contract research for external, usually public (e.g. local authority) users of the developed knowledge. Some students are already involved in these projects at an early stage. Particular focus is placed on research with international or European orientation (various EU inter-regionally funded projects).