Geoscience and Georesources (Master's Programme)
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Learning outcome
A candidate who has completed his or her qualification should have the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:
Knowledge
The candidate shall have:
- Have in-depth knowledge about one of the three following fields:
- Geophysical and geological methods for:
- Understanding the processes responsible for the accumulation of resources
- Exploration, production, and monitoring of georesources and CO2 storage
- Remote sensing to locate and monitor areas prone to geohazard risks
- Understanding the Earth in terms of structure, physical systems, and processes
- Methods for exploration, development and production of oil and gas fields within drilling, production, or reservoir engineering
- Responsible, cost-efficient, and sustainable exploration, production, and processing of primary and secondary mineral resources
- Know the fundamentals – concepts, principles, methods, procedures – behind digital and automation technologies for all study specializations as well as have experience in using and/or developing these technologies
Skills
The candidate shall:
- Master theoretical, experimental, numerical, and field-based methods to solve one of the following issues:
- Interpret and map data for identification of potential oil, gas prospects and CO2 storages.
- Safe, efficient an environmentally conscient development and operation of oil and gas fields.
- Be able to assist and apply remote sensing to locate and monitor the near-surface.
- Be able to apply physical and mathematical models to assess and solve complex problems in applied or fundamental geophysics.
- Geological mapping, mineral deposit characterization, mining, mineral processing, waste management, recycling, process mineralogy, GIS, and resource and reserve evaluation.
- Be able to develop new technology for improved recovery and monitoring of Earth resources.
- Be able to contribute to development, implementation, and use of digital and automation technologies for enabling higher efficiency, safety and reduced environmental footprint, including reduced CO2 emissions, of minerals and petroleum exploration and production
General competencies
The candidate shall:
- Be able to apply knowledge and skills within all study specializations in a social economic, environmentally friendly, and safe perspective.
- Be able to use modern digital tools such as specialized computer programs, programming languages, models based on data, and to have competences within data analysis, visualization, handling, and quality control.
- Understand the importance and benefits, and critically assess/evaluate the application of digital and automation technologies within minerals and petroleum exploration, production, and surveillance operations.
- Have an international perspective on their area of expertise to the breadth of research that is taking place in the field of exploration and utilization of Earth resources
- Be able to practice and develop engineering communications skills and have experience from interdisciplinary group work and presentation
- Be able to solve interdisciplinary engineering problems and develop and practice engineering modelling and programming skills
- Be able to develop creative, innovative, and critical engineering thinking
