Faculty of Geosciences - Utrecht University

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 June 2017

The Ark of the Newest Covenant wins Post-Fossil City Contest

21 June 2017

Geoscientific evidence for subglacial lakes

Master Courses HPS

12 June 2017

Future Deltas Course: Let’s ensure future delta life together

Events

15 - 31

Jun Jul

15 June 2017 12:56 - 31 July 2017 12:56

Post-Fossil City Exhibition

30

Jun

30 June 2017 12:45 - 13:30

PhD defence: Continental rift formation and transition to oceanic seafloor spreading

4

Jul

4 July 2017 16:15 - 17:00

PhD defence: 2°C through different lenses

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