Often we glaciologists here at Alfred-Wegener-Institut are asked where “Glaciology” can be studied at universities. In Germany, unfortunately, there is no MSc Glaciology. However, glaciology can be chosen as a key subject within MSc Geosciences university studies .
Studies
In the last years the professors and scientists in AWI glaciology developed an extensive module “Glaciology” for the Geosciences at University Bremen. The module “Glaciology” provides intense education via a general introduction, theoretical basics – incorporating some maths and physics - towards teaching of field methods applied on an Alpine glacier.
Information on excursions are available with respect to the field methods or as field exercise. Impressions from previous years can be found in our ice blog.
More info: Angelika Humbert or Olaf Eisen
A module to introduce "Glaciology" has been established in the last years by Ilka Weikusat and Daniela Jansen, supported by AWI glaciology professors and scientists for the geosciences department at Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen. The course is held as block course in the summer semester and consists of lectures and exercises. Content of the course are ice as a material, ice cores in general and as palaeo-climate archive, as well as the cryosphere and its characteristics with respect to its dynamical evolution on the Earth's surface.
More info: Ilka Weikusat or Daniela Jansen
A module "Glaciology" has been established at the geosciences department of the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen.
More info: Frank Wilhelms
At the Technical University of Darmstadt, field of continuum mechanics, a course Mechanik von Gletschern und Eisschilden is held.
V3+Ü1 sommer semester, ideal for students from mechanics, computational engineering, applied mathematics, and other fields with prior knowledge of continuum mechanics.
More Info: Prof. Dr. Angelika Humbert
For the first time in the summer semester 2022, Ingo Sasgen is offering a course for the analysis of mass variations in the Earth system from data of the satellite gravity field missions GRACE/GRACE-FO as part of the module group Applications for the Bachelor's degree program geography at the University of Augsburg.
Held as a block course at the end of the summer semester (2 SWS), the course Global water storage under climate change from data of the GRACE satellite mission introduces the theoretical concepts of the missions, as well as practical applications to climate-related mass trends in the Earth system. A special focus of the course is on the derivation of ice mass change in the Polar Regions, as well as the analysis of the mass contribution to global sea level rise.
More info: Ingo Sasgen
Internships
The Glaciology Section offers internships in Earth Sciences, Physics, Chemistry, and related fields. Please send your application directly via email to Constance Oberdieck.
In addition to your resume, your application should include a cover letter, relevant transcripts, a list of courses completed, and, if possible, details of your IT skills (e.g., programming languages and operating systems). Please also indicate your desired start date and the duration of the internship.
If you are interested in a bachelor’s or master’s thesis in Glaciology, please also contact Constance Oberdieck or check out the job openings at AWI.