Studies
Study programs
Studying at the Faculty of Geosciences
At the Faculty of Geosciences, degree programs are offered at both the Department of Geography and the Department of Geosciences.
The focus of geography studies is on modern geographic methodology (geographic information systems, remote sensing, environmental modeling, statistics, empirical social research), integrative environmental and high mountain research, economic geography and environmental economics as well as the geography of urban areas.
The geosciences courses deal with the Earth system from a scientific background. The materials that make up the earth (minerals, rocks) and the processes that take place on and in the earth (plate tectonics, volcanism, earthquakes, rock formation, development of life and the biosphere, formation of raw materials, spread of pollutants, etc.) are recorded, experimentally simulated and described using modern analysis and observation methods. Topics such as the conservation and sustainable use of resources, the use of materials, the assessment of hazards from natural disasters, the development of earth observation systems, the evolution of life and paleoclimate research play an important role. All degree programs at the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences are joint degree programs of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) and the Technische Universität München (TUM). These courses of study take place under the umbrella of the "Munich Geocenter".
Study Programs at the Faculty of Geosciences
With a Bachelor's degree, you can obtain a university degree that qualifies you for a profession. The Faculty of Geosciences offers the following Bachelor's degree programs in the Department of Geography:
Advanced students who have already obtained a first professionally qualifying university degree (BSc.) can study the following Master's degree programs in the Department of Geosciences at the Faculty of Geosciences:
- Lehramt Gymnasium
- Lehramt Realschule
- Lehramt Mittelschule
- Didaktikfach Mittelschule
- Didaktikfach Grundschule
- Didaktikfach Sonderpädagogik
- Geographie als Erweiterungsfach
Information on the teacher training courses can be found on the respective pages of the Geography department.
Websites of the Student Councils
Virtual courses
Peer-to-peer mentoring program
As part of this program, experienced students (mentors) provide support to less experienced students (mentees) of the same subject in their first year of study.
In our additional project P2P Plus, our mentors have also been supporting LMU students with a refugee background since 2016. You can find more information about the program on the LMU's central website.