Faculty of Geosciences - Universiteit Utrecht

Faculty of Geosciences

The Faculty of Geosciences studies the Earth: from the Earth's core to its surface, including man's spatial and material utilisation of the Earth – always with a focus on sustainability and innovation.

Research Focus

Europe at night

Future Energy and Resources

Healthy Urban Living

Healthy Urban Living

WCE Sustainability

Water, Climate and Ecosystems

Rhine Meuse Delta (USGS/NASA Landsat)

Research Institutes

Department of Earth Sciences

Hydrology

Department of Physical Geography

Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development - photo by Jerry van Dijk

Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development

Earth by Night

Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning

News

23 May 2017

Impact of Nepal earthquake more severe due to abnormally thick layer of snow

25 April 2017

Mapathon Missing Maps

Frank van Rijnsoever

25 April 2017

Collaboration with SMEs not a matter of course, and particularly not for universities

Events

24 - 6

Apr Jun

24 April 2017 - 6 June 2017 09:00

Call for proposals for Institutions for Open Societies ‘Seed Money’

9

Jun

9 June 2017 10:30 - 11:15

PhD defence: Technological and structural change in countries and regions

Bright Minds

Gerben Ruessink

I want to know how much sand is blown from the beach into the dunes, and when that happens

Maarten Kleinhans

At the crossroads between Earth sciences, physics and biology

Increasingly lower levels of oxygen available in many coastal waters worldwide