The Bachelor of Science programme Applied Geosciences at the Technical University of Darmstadt is suitable for everyone who is interested in an application-oriented course of study with the key topics water – energy – environment. As is typically the case for science and engineering, mathematics, physics, and chemistry play a large role; students should thus have good fundamental knowledge of mathematics and science from their schooling background.

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Furthermore, this course of study requires a general tolerance regarding weather conditions as well as an affinity for working outdoors as a rather significant part of the studies consists of field exercises. Last but not least, prospective students should be willing to cooperate with other branches of science on an interdisciplinary basis as well as go abroad if necessary. For this reason, good English language skills, or even better, other additional foreign language skills, are important as they increase the possible employment radius for the future profession. Geoscientists should thus enjoy language and communication.

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Online-Mathematics pre-course

Orientierungswoche (OWO) (orientation event) at the beginning of the first semester.

Applied Geosciences (M.Sc.)

Tropical Hydrogeology and Environmental Engineering (TropHEE) (M.Sc.)

Energy Science and Engineering (M.Sc.)

The Bachelor of Science programme Applied Geosciences at the Technical University of Darmstadt is highly application-oriented, as its name already suggests. This is particularly significant as it distinguishes the programme from geoscientific study programmes at other universities, which are, for example, more oriented towards geology and paleontology. Application-oriented occupational fields are associated with the aforementioned core topics of water – energy – environment. Therefore, geoscientists work in fields such as water conservation, drinking water supply, or water management; (alternative) energy generation, for instance by means of exploiting geothermal resources; in the field of exploring and exploiting deposit; in site remediation, site investigation, and rock operations and tunneling. In this context, geoscientists work closely with other engineering and technical professions. As the job location could potentially be anywhere in the world, especially as regards, for instance, the exploration of deposits, which barely occurs in Germany and Europe anymore, graduates should possess good English language skills, or even better, other additional foreign language skills.

Other possible fields of employment are the insurance sector for processing environmental damage, but also tourism or journalism. Geoscientists often work in consulting and engineering firms or drilling companies, but also in government offices and administrations where they may deal with developing guidelines and the like, or monitor the compliance with regulations. Lastly, there is the possibility to work in science and research.