The Geology programme is designed to prepare highly qualified universal professionals, whose intellectual and practical skills match the requirements of modern geosciences and knowledge-based technologies.
The graduates will be able: to demonstrate and apply a comprehensive geological knowledge and understanding, and to effectively apply it in scientific investigations and practical activities; to critically analyse and systematically evaluate information and data; to develop and implement research innovations in areas related to the geosciences in complex environmental research and in areas involving various types of economic development; to independently solve geological problems in the context of modern science achievements; and to compete in the national and international labour market.
Key Learning Outcomes:
Our students will:
- Acquire a knowledge and understanding of the different fields and levels of Geology, Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology.
- Acquire/strengthen their cognitive skills to recognise the regularities in the evolution of the geological environment and geological processes, and their interface with human activity; and define and determine geological problems and the implement of a strategy for solving problems in the field of Earth Sciences.
- Acquire/strengthen their practical skills and the abilities which are required to successful complete practical activities, as well as the application of acquired knowledge in seeking of practical objectives, i.e. they will be able to formulate a research aim, objectives and hypotheses, to create and apply the methodology, and to use research skills in the laboratory and in various means of communication.
- Acquire/strengthen their transferable skills, including but not limiting to the ability for abstract and analytical thinking, the ability to plan and manage their time and to take the initiative, the ability to find the necessary information and to evaluate it critically and adequately, the ability to apply their knowledge in practical situations and to design research projects, and the ability to work in a team, initiate discussions and present joint results.
Why choose this programme?
- The programme introduces students to the processes involved in scientific research and provides them with the knowledge and skills needed for a career as a professional geologist, hydrogeologist or engineer geologist.
- Both theoretical knowledge and practical skills are applied to real geological problems, so that a suitable foundation is provided for work in the different branches of geology or a multidisciplinary area involving environmental protection, geotechnical engineering, or another field which directly or indirectly relates to geological problems.
What comes after?
- Our graduates may choose to pursue a career at enterprises, research and state institutions dealing with scientific and practical geological activities and investigations, as well as the exploration of natural resources, environmental research, regulations, exploitation and the protection of underground resources, and territorial planning.
- Some of our students continue their studies at a higher (doctoral) level in Geology and the other natural sciences, in Lithuania and abroad.
