Laboratory and field exercises are taught and supervised in small groups, early involvement in research projects (research-oriented teaching), wide range of both examination and course forms, large selection of key competences in the narrower sense.

Universite de Paris-Sorbonne, Paris, Frankreich; Queen´s University, Belfast, Großbritannien; Universita degli Studi di Roma "La Sapientia", Rom, Italien; Göteborgs Universitet, Göteborg, Schweden; Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spanien; University of Latvia, Riga, Lettland; University of the Aegean, Lesbos, Griechenland

State-of-the-art labs in all areas of the Geosciences with a high standard (Organic/Inorganic Geochemistry, Geo(Micro)Biology, Sedimentology, Environmental Geology, Hydrogeology, stable/radiogenic isotopes, Crystallography, Mineralogy, Structural Geology); excellent large-scale equipment; WiFi throughout; open workstations and study rooms as a retreat option for students (with PC equipment); CIP pool; extensive library and map collection.

Full-spectrum of research in the basic principles of the Geosciences. Organo-/biomineralisation, biodiversity, palaeoclimate, ice/gas hydrates, textural analysis, mineral and rock physics, rheology of melts, vulcanism, fluids, isotope tracers, cosmochemistry, age dating, groundwater resources, transports of reactive substances in groundwater, geothermics, active tectonic fault lines, sediments as geoarchives, alternative coastal protection concepts.

Start-up Officer in cooperation with the Dean's Office and the Business Contacts and Knowledge Transfer Team of the University of Göttingen.

Committed equal opportunities team, dedicated shop steward.