Facts

Realfagbygget Mai 2011. Foto: Irene Heggstad.

The Department of Earth Science was established January 2003 by merging the 'Department of Geology' and the 'Department of Solid Earth Physics'.

The department is located on the 3rd. and 4th. floors at the southern end of the University's Science Building.

Research is carried out within 5 thematic groups: 'Geodynamics', 'Quaternary Geology and Paleoclimate', 'Marine Geology and Geophysics', 'Petroleum Geoscience' and 'Geobiology'.

The department is involved in three centres of excellence:
The Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
The Centre for Integrated Petroleum Research
The Centre for Geobiology

Key figures

• Employees 140
• Scientific staff 36
• Technical staff 24
• Administrative staff 9
• Post Docs. 12
• Ph.D. 23 (45)
• Other external funded positions 12
• Emeritus 5
• Prof. /Associated Prof. II 11
• Master degree students 111
• Research groups 5
• Laboratories 14
• Budget 2011: 110 mill NOK (basic funding from UiB 62, external funding 48)
• Scientific publications 2011: 109 
• PhD  2011: 19
• Master Degrees 2011: 45

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