Geomaterials and Geochemistry

The research-oriented joint Master’s degree course “Geomaterials and Geochemistry” at LMU and TUM imparts in-depth knowledge and interrelationships from the sub-disciplines of Mineralogy, Petrology, Crystallography, Materials Science, Geochemistry as well as complementary fields, and enables students to research and recognize complex chemical and structural laws from these sub-disciplines and to illustrate their interrelationships. The flexibility in the choice of modules allows for individual specialization within the Geosciences and innovative networking of different scientific disciplines. As a result, this Master’s degree program is also aimed at students who have completed a Bachelor’s degree in other fields of the natural sciences. The Master's exam determines whether students have an overview and can critically assess the interrelationships of the subject, are able to apply its scientific methods and findings and have acquired the in-depth specialist knowledge required for the transition to professional practice.

A broad scientific education and a wide range of instrumental analytical methods enable graduates to deal with a wide variety of scientific and technical issues. Graduates are qualified to work in the public sector – for example at universities, state research institutes and public offices ( in the fields of environment, preservation of historical monuments, or geology), or materials research and testing institutes – as well as in industry, for example in the glass, glass ceramics and ceramics industry, crystal growing industry, refractory industry, building materials and binders industry, stone and earth industry, chemical industry, electrical and electronics industry, optical industry, waste and recycling industry, paper industry, fertilizer industry, pharmaceutical industry, jewelry industry, or analytical services.