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Geosciences

Faculty structure

The board

The faculty board comprises the faculty management team and the faculty council. The faculty staff are assigned to departments, which provide the manpower for the programmes, research institutes and research groups.

Faculty management team

Dean:

Ronald van Kempen

Vice-dean:

Piet Hoekstra

Director:

Chris Marcelis

Student representative: 

Ingeborg Gaillard

Strategic administrative consultation

By the dean, vice-deans and chairpersons of the departments.

Chairperson:

Ronald van Kempen (dean)

Deputy chairperson:

Piet Hoekstra (Vice-dean)

Dept. Earth Sciences:

Cor Langereis

Dept. Physical Geography:

Marc Bierkens

Dept. Innovation, Environmental and  Energy Sciences:

Martin Wassen

Dept. Human geography and spatial planning:     

Martin Dijst

Faculty council

The faculty council is the student and employee participation body for the faculty. Half of the council members are employees, while the other half are students.

Education

The education offered by the faculty is housed in undergraduate and graduate schools. The Undergraduate School of Geosciences offers Bachelor’s programmes. The Graduate School of Geosciences offers Master’s programmes.

Research

Research at the faculty is organised into four research institutes and over 20 research groups.