BSc Applied Earth Sciences

Entry Requirements

• Other secondary school diplomas considered to be equivalent to the Dutch pre-university (VWO) diploma (on the condition that the student has passed at least the final examinations in mathematics, physics and English).
• You are required to take one of the following language tests: the TOEFL iBT (Test of English as a Foreign Language), the IELTS (International English Language Testing System) or the University of Cambridge: ‘First Certificate in English’, Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE) or Certificate in Advanced English (CAE). Please visit the TOEFL or IELTS websites for more information about the tests and the examination procedure.
• Proficiency in Dutch

Curriculum

First Year

• Mathematics I
• Introduction to Chemistry & Thermodynamics
• Geology 1
• Mathematics II
• Geology II: North West Europe
• Introduction to Minerals, Mining and Geo-Engineering
• Mathematics III
• Mechanics I
• Introduction to Petroleum Engineering & Reservoir Geology 
• Mechanics II, Electricity & Magnetism
• Geology III: Geological Systems and Excursion
• Introduction to Geophysics & Remote Sensing

Second Year

• Mechanics and Transport by Flow in Poreus Media    
• Data Analysis and Geostatistics    
• Analytical Chemistry including Practical    
• Introduction to Resource and Geo-Engineering    
• Instrumentation and Signals    
• Practicum Matlab    
• Sedimentologie    
• Sedimentology, practical    
• Structurele geologie    
• Geologische constructies    
•  Geology of the Netherlands    
• Introduction to Reflection Seismics    
• Subsurface Characterization    
• Introduction to Rock Mechanics    
• Geological Fieldwork (Vesc)    
• Elektricity & Magnetism    
• Physical Transport Phenomena    
• Applied Statistics    
• Technics and Responsability

Third Year

• BSc Thesis/ Individual Project    
• Field Exploration/Exploitation    
• Fluid Flow, Heat & Mass Transfer    
• Petrophysics    
• Numerical Methods for Differential Equations