MSc Applied Geosciences: Sustainable Energy, Resources & Storage (ERS) Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Our Applied Geosciences MSc profile in Sustainable Energy, Resources & Storage (ERS) provides an understanding of the earth's upper crust, utilised by humankind. The language of instruction in ERS is English. 

Topics

• Basic geological knowledge with strong analytical and numerical relevance
• Geothermal energy
• Environmentally friendly mining of mineral and metallic raw materials
• Hydrogen as a new gas and transitional gas
• Underground storage of renewable energy and long-term storage

Career

Our graduates continue their careers in national and international companies and institutions that deal with the following:

• exploration and production
• underground storage
• environmental protection
• civil engineering and tunnel construction
• research

Thriving student activities at KIT is driven by our SPE student chapter focusing on energy and storage, and our Black Forest-Alpine SGA student chapter focusing on raw materials. Movies of our students are presented on Facebook and YouTube.

The ERS profile is closely linked to our KIT research in the Helmholtz programme for GeoEnergy and Storage, and the national think tank Industrial Resources Strategies on raw materials supply. Helmholtz's geothermal energy programme strives for internationally visible large scale infrastructures. The institute hosts the State's Research Unit on Geothermics evaluating wells and well logging tools. It offers world-class analytical facilities, such as geochemical and petrophysical laboratories, and IT infrastructure.

The two-year MSc profile, taught in English, includes courses, practicals and field trips. Various courses can be chosen from our comprehensive programme following your own interest.

Compulsory Modules (20 CP)

• Borehole Technology (5CP)
• Geology (5CP)
• Geological Mapping (5CP)
• Numerical Methods in Geosciences (5CP)

Elective Modules: choose five from 15 modules (50 CP)

First semester, winter semester

• Energy & Transport Processes (5 CP)
• Industrial Minerals & Environment (5 CP)
• Reserve Modelling (5 CP)

Second semester, summer semester

• Applied Geothermics (5 CP)
• Geochemical & Environmental Exploration (5 CP)
• Geological Storage (5 CP)
• Reservoir Geology (5 CP)
• Seismic Interpretation (5 CP)
• Structural Geology (5 CP)
• (International) field trip (5 CP)

Third semester, winter semester

• Basin Modelling & Coding (5 CP)
• Diagenesis & Core Analysis (5 CP)
• Reservoir Engineering and Modelling (5 CP)
• Reserve Modelling (5 CP)
• Shallow Geothermal Energy (5 CP)
• (International) field trip (5 CP)

Additional modules (20 CP)

You may choose 20 CP from the list below, or from the elective modules.

1. Winter semester

• Advanced Analysis in GIS (4 CP)
• Clay Science (5 CP)
• Environmental Geology: Radio- & Chemotoxic Elements (5 CP)
• Sedimentary Petrology (5 CP)
• 3D Geological Modelling (5 CP)

2. Summer semester

• Geochemical Processes & Analytical Methods (5 CP)
• Geostatistics (6 CP)
• Petrophysics (5 CP)

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BSc in Applied Geosciences or a related field

BSc programme of at least three years and 180 ECTS with a minimum of:

• Geosciences: min. 20 ECTS
• Chemistry or Physics: min. 10 ECTS
• Mathematics: min. 10 ECTS
• min. 30 ECTS additionally in natural geo- or engineering sciences

Approx. 200 EUR per semester

Approx. 900 to 1,100 EUR per month

• Scientific assistant at the institute
• In bars, pubs, restaurants
• Geoscience consultants

Baden-Württemberg Stipend

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Student residences are organised by the "Studierendenwerk" in Karlsruhe: https://www.sw-ka.de/en/wohnen/wohnheime_ka/.