Courses
IDEA League Partners
Imperial College London
TU Delft
ETH Zurich
RWTH Aachen
ParisTech
A complete description of the courses of the Joint Master program and optional electives can be found in the individual study guides of the partner universities:
TUD: digital studyguide
ETHZ: Vorlesungsverzeichnis (VVZ), Master Study Guide
RWTH: Campus Vorlesunsverzeichnis
| Year | Semester | ECTS |
Core |
|
| 1 | TUD |
Introduction to Reflection Seismics |
1 |
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Petroleum Geology |
3 |
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Matlab/Programming |
2 |
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| Geologic Interpretations of Seismic Data, incl. practical |
3 |
x |
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| Electromagnetic Exploration Methods |
6 |
x |
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| Advanced Reflection Seismology and Seismic Imaging | 6 |
x |
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| Sedimentary systems | 3 | x | ||
| Geophysics Special Subjects | 6 | |||
|
Seismic Resolution |
4 | |||
| Total credits TUD | 34 | |||
| Nominal credits required from TUD | 30 | |||
| Minimum credits required from TUD | 25 | |||
| 3 out of the 4 core courses from TUD must be passed | ||||
| ETH |
Reflection Seismology Processing (practical) |
6 | x | |
| Groundwater II | 6 | |||
|
Modelling for Applied Geophysics |
3 | x | ||
|
Inverse Theory for Applied Geophysics |
3 | x | ||
|
Geophysical Field Work & Processing: Methods |
2 | x | ||
|
Geophysical Field Work & Processing: Preparation |
2 |
x |
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|
Geophysical Field Work & Processing: Fieldwork |
5 |
x |
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|
Soil Mechanics for Geophysics |
4 | |||
|
Case studies in Engineering and Environmental Geophysics |
4 | |||
| Total credits ETH | 35 | |||
| Nominal credits required from ETH | 30 | |||
| Minimum credits required from ETH | 25 | |||
| 5 out of the 6 core courses from ETH must be passed | ||||
| 2 | RWTH |
Geophysics Special Methods: NMR |
3 | x |
| Geophysics Special Methods: Spectral IP | 3 | x | ||
| Geophysical Logging and Log Interpretation | 5 | x | ||
| Geothermics | 5 | x | ||
| Hydrogeophysics | 3 | x | ||
| Data Analysis in Geoscience | 3 | x | ||
| Mineral Exploration | 3 | |||
|
Petroleum System Modelling |
6 | |||
|
Engineering Geophysics |
3 | |||
| Total credits RWTH | 34 | |||
| Nominal credits required from RWTH | 30 | |||
| Minimum credits required from RWTH | 25 | |||
| 4 out of the 6 core courses from RWTH must be passed | ||||
| Total nominal credits required from TUD ETH and RWTH | 90 | |||
| Minimum credits required to start Master thesis project | 80 | |||
|
ETH
TUD RWTH |
Introduction to potential Master thesis topics (no credits) |
0 | ||
|
Thesis |
29 | |||
| Colloquium | 1 | |||
|
30 |
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| Minimum credits required for Master degree | 120 | |||
If you require 10 or fewer credits to obtain the minimum 120 credits
required for the degree, subject to permission from the Executive
Committee, you may be allowed to obtain the necessary credits by taking
alternative appropriate courses offered at one of the partner
universities.