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Faculty	Sciences
School	Geology
Qualification Awarded	Applied and Environmental Geology and Geohazards
Programme of Study	PMS Efarmosménī kai Perivallontikī Geōlogía kai Geōkíndynoi
Cycle / Level / NQF	2nd / Postgraduate / 7
Academic Year	2026 - 2027
Status	Active
Website	https://master.geo.auth.gr/
Contact email	info@geo.auth.gr
ECTS / Workload	One ECTS unit corresponds to hours of workload.

Courses of the 1st semester

Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology
1st semester

8


Code	Title	ECTS	Type
EAGO101	Basic tools of Engineering Geology - Geotechnical softwares	3	ELC
EAGO102	Water Resources Management	3	ELC
EAGO103	Development of Multi-Criteria models in GIS environment	4	ELCOM
EAGΜ101	Applied Soil mechanics and construction works	5	COR
EAGΜ102	Advanced Karst and Isotopic Hydrogeology	5	COR
EAGΜ103	Engineering Geology of Rocks - Rock Mechanics	5	COR
EAGΜ104	Hazard and risk assessment of geological phenomena	4	COR
EGNM101	Geostatistics	4	COR

Applied Geophysics and Seismology
1st semester

9


Code	Title	ECTS	Type
EGNM101	Geostatistics	4	COR
EGSM101	Geographical Information Systems	4	COR
EGSM102	Mathematics for Geophysicists	5	COR
EGSM103	Computer Science for Geophysicists	5	COR
EGSO105	Fracture Models, Faulting Systems, Earthquakes and Seismotectonics	4	ELC
EGSO106	Advanced Seismic Geophysical Methods	4	ELC
EGSO107	Generation and Propagation of Elastic Waves	4	ELC
EGSO108	Advanced Electrical and Electromagnetic Geophysical Methods	4	ELC
ΕGSM104	Inversion Theory	4	COR

Mineral Resources and Environmental Management
1st semester

10


Code	Title	ECTS	Type
EGNM101	Geostatistics	4	COR
EMRM101	Geospatial analysis applied to mineral exploration in GIS	4	COR
EMRM102	Mineral Raw Materials and Environment	4	COR
EMRM103	Laboratory - Analytical Methods-Ore dressing	5	COR
EMRM104	Applied Mineralogy	4	COR
EMRM105	3D Modelling and Reserves Evaluation of Mineral Resources	5	COR
EMRO106	Mineral Resources of Greece - Legal and Regulatory Framework	2	ELC
EMRO107	Gemstones	2	ELC
EMRO108	Advanced Igneous Petrology	2	ELC
EMRO109	Advanced Metamorphic Petrology	2	ELC

Earth Surface Processes and Geoenvironments under Climatic Variability
1st semester

9


Code	Title	ECTS	Type
EAGΜ104	Hazard and risk assessment of geological phenomena	4	ELC
EGNM101	Geostatistics	4	COR
EPGM101	Terrestrial Geomorphic Systems	5	COR
EPGM102	Coastal and Marine Geomorphic Systems	5	COR
EPGO103	Advanced Digital Geomorphological Mapping Techniques	4	ELC
EPGO104	Seismic Stratigraphy and Seismic Geomorphology	4	ELC
EPGO105	Advanced Sedimentological Methods	4	ELC
EPGO106	Paleoclimatic And Paleoenvironmental Proxies	4	ELC
NGMCM104	Climatic Change – Extreme Weather Events	4	COR

Courses of the 2nd semester

Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology
2nd semester

9


Code	Title	ECTS	Type
EAGM205	Preparation and presentation of technical reports in Αpplied Geology	4	COR
EAGO201	Basic Principles of Soil Dynamics	3	ELC
EAGΜ201	Geohazards mapping and Monitoring using Remote Sensing and Geospatial techniques	4	COR
EAGΜ202	Earthquake Engineering Geology	3	COR
EAGΜ203	Applied geology of construction and water supply works	5	COR
EAGΜ204	Site investigations - field survey	4	COR
EGNM201	Writing Scientific and Technical Reports	3	COR
ΕAGO202	Engineering Geophysics	3	ELC
ΕGSO210	Environmental Geophysics	4	ELCOM

Applied Geophysics and Seismology
2nd semester

13


Code	Title	ECTS	Type
EGNM201	Writing Scientific and Technical Reports	3	COR
EGSM202	Seismometry-Seismological Networks and Arrays	4	COR
EGSM203	Fieldwork in Applied Geophysics	3	COR
EGSO204	Applied Seismology	4	ELC
EGSO205	Special Topics in Seismology	5	ELC
EGSO206	Advanced Potential Field Methods	4	ELC
EGSO207	Advanced Engineering Seismology	5	ELC
EGSO208	Topics in Soil Dynamics	3	ELC
EGSO209	Geophysical Methods in Mineral Resources Research	5	ELC
EGSO211	Geophysics in Archaeology	4	ELC
EGSO212	Free Choise Lesson	4	ELC
ΕGSM201	Principles of Engineering Seismology and Engineering Geophysics	6	COR
ΕGSO210	Environmental Geophysics	4	ELC

Mineral Resources and Environmental Management
2nd semester

10


Code	Title	ECTS	Type
EGNM201	Writing Scientific and Technical Reports	3	COR
EMRM201	Economic Geology of the Critical Raw Materials	5	COR
EMRM202	Applied And Environmental Geochemistry	5	COR
EMRM203	Exploration and Exploitation Methods of Mineral Resources	5	COR
EMRM204	Field Work in Mining Industry	5	COR
EMRM205	Industrial Minerals and Rocks	4	COR
EMRO206	Prospecting, Exploration and Production Activities of Hydrocarbons	2	ELC
EMRO207	Fossil Fuels	2	ELC
EMRO208	Predictive Modelling in Mining Research using Algorithms	2	ELC
EMRO209	Geochemistry of Igneous Rocks and Geotectonic Setting	2	ELC

Earth Surface Processes and Geoenvironments under Climatic Variability
2nd semester

9


Code	Title	ECTS	Type
EAGΜ201	Geohazards mapping and Monitoring using Remote Sensing and Geospatial techniques	4	ELC
EGNM201	Writing Scientific and Technical Reports	3	COR
EPGM201	Environmental Sedimentology	5	COR
EPGM202	Sediment Routing Systems and Surface Processes Modelling	5	COR
EPGM203	Topics on Physical Geography	5	COR
EPGO204	Governance, Law and Policy Framework for Terrestrial, Coastal and Marine Areas	4	ELC
EPGO205	Environmental Isotope Hydrology and Geochemistry	4	ELC
EPGO206	Drilling and Sampling Techniques in Loose Surface Sediments	4	ELC
ΕGSO210	Environmental Geophysics	4	ELC

Courses of the 3rd semester

Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology
3rd semester

1


Code	Title	ECTS	Type
EAGΜ301	MSc Thesis	30	COR

Applied Geophysics and Seismology
3rd semester

1


Code	Title	ECTS	Type
EGSM301	MsC Thesis	30	COR

Mineral Resources and Environmental Management
3rd semester

1


Code	Title	ECTS	Type
EMRM301	MSc Thesis	30	COR

Earth Surface Processes and Geoenvironments under Climatic Variability
3rd semester

1


Code	Title	ECTS	Type
EGNM301	MsC Thesis	30	COR