The Master’s Degree course in Exploration and Applied Geophysics will run for two years and allows to acquire 120 University Educational Credits (ECTS). The course is open to all students holding a three-year Bachelor’s Degree in Science or Engineering, or other recognized equivalent or superior academic qualification.
Admission to the Master’s Degree course is subject to an admission interview which, among the different things, is aimed to verify that the candidate satisfies the requirements for the enrollement.
In general, applicants coming from the Italian Universitary system hold a three-year Bachelor degree in Geological Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Physics, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Telecommunications Engineering, Electronic Engineering, and should meet the following requirements:
a total of 20 ECTS in one or more of the following scientific-disciplinary sectors:
MAT, FIS, CHIM, INF/01 and ING-INF/05 (within this 20 ECTS only a maximum of 6 ECTS can be obtained in the INF/01 and ING-INF/05 sectors),
and an additional total of 60 ECTS in one or more of the following scientific-disciplinary sectors:
- ING-INF/01,02,03,04,07
- FIS/01,02,03,04,05,06,07
- GEO/02,03,04,05,07,10,11
- ICAR/01,02,03,04,06,07,08,09
- ING-IND/06,11
In the case of non-fulfillment of the minimum requirements (i.e. in the presence of educational debits), the master’s degree programme indicates the training activities necessary for their acquisition, within the educational offer of the University of Pisa.
The preliminary assessment of the ECTS obtained in the three-year degree and other curricular qualifications valid for the achievement of the minimum required requirements can be made by the students, who will need to fill in the "Former curriculum" form. Students can download this form from the homepage of the site, and can send it as attachment to the secretariat of the Master's Degree Course located at the Department of Earth Sciences of Pisa (e-mail address: gea@dst.unipi.it).