Master in Geology
Vilnius, Lithuania
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
01 Jul 2025*
EARLIEST START DATE
01 Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 5,300 / per year **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* 1 may for applicants from non-EU/EFTA countries | 1 july for citizens of EU/EFTA
** application fee EUR 100
Introduction
The Geology programme is designed to prepare highly qualified universal professionals, whose intellectual and practical skills match the requirements of modern geosciences and knowledge-based technologies.
The graduates will be able: to demonstrate and apply a comprehensive geological knowledge and understanding, and to effectively apply it in scientific investigations and practical activities; to critically analyse and systematically evaluate information and data; to develop and implement research innovations in areas related to the geosciences in complex environmental research and areas involving various types of economic development; to independently solve geological problems in the context of modern science achievements; and to compete in the national and international labour market.
Why choose this programme?
- The programme introduces students to the processes involved in scientific research and provides them with the knowledge and skills needed for a career as a professional geologist, hydrogeologist or engineer geologist.
- Both theoretical knowledge and practical skills are applied to real geological problems so that a suitable foundation is provided for work in the different branches of geology or a multidisciplinary area involving environmental protection, geotechnical engineering, or another field which directly or indirectly relates to geological problems.
Career Opportunities
- Our graduates may choose to pursue a career at enterprises, research and state institutions dealing with scientific and practical geological activities and investigations, as well as the exploration of natural resources, environmental research, regulations, exploitation and the protection of underground resources, and territorial planning.
- Some of our students continue their studies at a higher (doctoral) level in Geology and the other natural sciences, in Lithuania and abroad.
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Curriculum
Scope of studies: 120 ECTS credits
Length: 2 years
1st Semester
Compulsory courses
- Research Work Project
Elective courses
- Hydrosphere cycles and zonalities investigation
- Geodynamics and Sedimentary Basin Analysis
- Glacial Geology
- Technique of engineering geological investigations
- Rock Mechanics
- Applied petrology
2nd Semester
Compulsory courses
- Specialization of Geology
- Rock Investigation Methods
- Sequence Stratigraphy
- Practice in Scientific Research
- Specialization of Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology
- Geotechnical Design
- Regional Hydrogeology
- Hydrogeological Modelling
- Practice in Scientific Research
Elective courses
- Petroleum Geology
- Special laboratory hydrogeochemical research
3rd Semester
Compulsory courses
- Specialization of Geology
- Theoretical and Applied Stratigraphy
- Integrated Interpretation of Geophysical Data for Oil and Gas Geology
- Quaternary Interglacial Environments
- Research Work Project
Elective courses
- Petroleum Geology
- Special Laboratory Hydrogeochemical Research
- Specialization of Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology
- Paleohydrogeology of the Baltic Artesian Basin
- Slope Stability
- Geotechnics of Baltic States
- Research Work Project
- Paleontological Methods
- Engineering Geology of the Urban Areas
4th Semester
Compulsory courses
- Research Work Project
- Master Thesis
Program Outcome
Our students will:
- Acquire a knowledge and understanding of the different fields and levels of Geology, Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology
- Acquire/strengthen their cognitive skills to recognise the regularities in the evolution of the geological environment and geological processes, and their interface with human activity; define and determine geological problems and implement a strategy for solving problems in the field of Earth Sciences
- Acquire/strengthen their practical skills and the abilities which are required to complete practical activities, as well as the application of acquired knowledge in seeking practical objectives, i.e. they will be able to formulate a research aim, objectives and hypotheses, to create and apply the methodology, and to use research skills in the laboratory and various means of communication
- Acquire/strengthen their transferable skills, including but not limited to the ability for abstract and analytical thinking, the ability to plan and manage their time and to take the initiative, the ability to find the necessary information and to evaluate it critically and adequately, the ability to apply their knowledge in practical situations and to design research projects, and the ability to work in a team, initiate discussions and present joint results
Program Tuition Fee
Program Admission Requirements
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