University of Oslo

The geosciences are the studies of planet Earth the atmosphere, the hydrosphere (including oceans, freshwater and glaciers), the earth's surface and its interior. The span of the work at the Department is well illustrated by the research sections:

• Meteorology and Oceanography
• Environmental Geology, Hydrology and Geohazards
• Physical Geography
• Petroleum Geology and Geophysics
• Tectonics, Petrology and Geochemistry

Some keywords for the research and teaching at the Department:
Field work, experimental work, mathematical modelling, GIS.

Furthermore, the Department represents the University of Oslo in the strategic research collaboration CIENS - Oslo Centre for Interdisciplinary Environmental and Social Research.

The Department has a close collaboration with UNIS - the University Studies at Svalbard, and it is easy to incorporatet a term or two at Svalbard in the studies at the department. A once in a lifetime experience!