Exploration and Environmental Geosciences

Up to date courses cover all aspects necessary for an environmentally aware geoscientist. Teaching is in English by internationally well-known staff. Lulea University of Technology is the northernmost technical university in Scandinavia. It is located 100 km south of the Arctic Circle at the Gulf of Bothnia which is a part of the Baltic Sea. The location gives you an unprecedented opportunity to experience the Nordic milieu with its contrasts between the gleaming winter, and the warm, sunny summer – the land of the eight seasons.Exploration geosciencesThis specialization includes ore geology, geophysical and petrophysical exploration methods, mineral economy and deposit evaluation. Are you interested in the global competition for securing the world’s demand of metals and non-metallic resources? Would you like to work outdoor in remote areas? Then this is the choice you should make.Environmental geosciencesThis specialization includes environmental geochemistry, environmental monitoring and geochemical modelling among other courses. If you want to understand how geology and the environment are linked together, how nature respond to natural and man induced chemical compounds, how we monitor and remediate metal pollutions, then this is the choice you should make!