Master in International Master's in Geophysics

The international Master's programme in Geophysics at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology is research-oriented and focuses on exploration and earthquake seismology as well as natural hazards, combining theoretical study with field experiments. Compulsory courses cover earthquake seismology, seismics, physics of seismic instruments, theory of seismic waves, and seismic modelling, inversion, and tomography. These can be combined with optional courses, field classes, and summer schools or workshops covering topics such as full-waveform inversion, seismic data processing, InSAR processing, array techniques, 3D land seismics, and geological hazards and risk. The Geophysical Institute at KIT has maintained expertise in exploration and earthquake seismology for more than 50 years. In the second year, students are fully integrated into a research group while completing their thesis. The programme uses in situ lectures taught at the location being studied, and students may also take courses offered by Eucor partner universities. The programme is taught entirely in English and runs for four semesters. It is offered at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Karlsruhe, Germany.