1st Semester 2nd Semester 3rd & 4th Semester

Ghent University Uppsala University Track (UGent) Track (TU Freiberg) Track (UU)
Week 1 Middel of January – early June Resource Recovery & Sustainable Geo-resource
“Introduction to the Mandatory courses Sustainable Materials Processes Exploration
Circular Economy, (and 1 elective) Start: 3rd or 4th Monday of Start: Start:
Economics and (25 ECTS) September 2nd or 3rd Monday of October 1st Monday of September
Management of Georesource Exploration
Natural Resources” Master thesis (30 ECTS) Master thesis (30 ECTS) Master thesis (30 ECTS)
and Characterisation
(4 ECTS) (5 ECTS)
Electives (15 ECTS) Electives (15 ECTS) Electives (15 ECTS)
TU Freiberg Raw Materials Network
Week 2 & 3 Materials Science Resources Chemical Critical Metals
Seminar Thermodynamics (6 ECTS) Technology (5 ECTS) and Materials
“Problems and Innova- (5 ECTS)
(5 ECTS)
tions in the Process Chain Innovation Management, Dare to Venture (4 ECTS) Selective Separation
of Rare Resources” Composites (6 ECTS) of Strategic Elements Exploration and
Entrepreneurship (5 ECTS) Environmental
(4 ECTS)
and IPR Microbial Re-use Geophysics (15 ECTS)
Ghent University (10 ECTS) Technology (5 ECTS) Microbiology for
rest of semester Resource Scientists: Challenges of Deep
Life Cycle Assessment of Lecture (3 ECTS) and High Stress Mining
Mandatory courses Electives Materials & Structures
Microbiology for (5 ECTS)
(18 ECTS) (3 ECTS)
Environmental Assessment Resource Scientists: Professional Training
Clean Technology (5 ECTS) Environmental Legislation Lab Course (3 ECTS) in Earth Sciences
(5 ECTS) (3 ECTS)
African Mineral Biotechnology in Mining (5 ECTS)
Environmental Inventory Resources: the Science Chemical Modification of (5 ECTS)
Techniques and Politics Renewable Resources
(3 ECTS) of Sustainable Extraction (3 ECTS) Simulation of Sustainable
of Mineral Resources Metallurgical Process
Rational Use of Materials Corrosion and Surface
(5 ECTS) (6 ECTS)
(5 ECTS) Technology (6 ECTS)
Physical-Chemical Sensors and Actuators
Resource Recovery Environmental Fate and
Properties of Rocks, (4 ECTS)
Technologies Management of Heavy
(5 ECTS) Minerals and Materials Metals and Metalloids
(5 ECTS) (5 ECTS)
Environmental
Constructions (5 ECTS)
Membrane Processes in
Environmental Technology
(3 ECTS)
Basics of Control
Engineering and Process
Engineering (4 ECTS)
Sustainable Chemical
Production Processes
(6 ECTS)
Geology of Building
Stones (6 ECTS)
Imaging Techniques of
Consolidated and
Unconsolidated Sediments
(6 ECTS)
Optical Mineralogy &
Petrography (5 ECTS)

TU Freiberg
Summer school
early June – end of July
“Resources Chemistry”
(9 ECTS)