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The Master of Science (M.Sc.) degree program in Coastal Geosciences and Engineering at the University of Kiel is a postgraduate program which lasts approximately 24 months. The program is aimed to students from abroad and from Germany, and begins in October of each year. It follows a basic level study program and further semesters in the related diploma degree in geosciences, oceanography or engineering. It can also follow a comparable degree in these fields, which has been earned abroad, particularly a comparable Bachelor of Science degree. The program is supported by the State of Schleswig-Holstein, the University of Kiel and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and is free of tuition fees.

The program draws primarily on the resources and staff of the Coastal Research Laboratory (Corelab) at the Research and Technology Centre of the University of Kiel and is augmented by staff from marine research centers at the University of Kiel and other universities, research centers involved in coastal research as well as from government agencies responsible for coastal zone management in Germany and abroad.

• To prepare the graduate students to have high level of understanding of fluid flow, coastal processes, and coastal geology, morphological behaviour and management of coasts.
• To make the students of different undergraduate background appreciate the multidisciplinary nature of the coastal problems. To appreciate the contributions of each of the subjects in understanding coastal morphology.
• To keep the students up to date with numerical schemes relevant to coastal processes.
• To make students appreciate design of coastal structures.
• To prepare the students to be effective in industry. The students should be able to understand and solve coastal problems using the state-of-the art measuring devices and software.
• To prepare the students to carry out research of good quality.

1.2. Profile

This M.Sc. degree program is characterized by a balanced, hands-on interdisciplinary sequence of lectures, seminars as well as experimental and computing aspects on the subject, case studies, field measurements, project work, excursions as well as visits and intensive courses at leading research centers. The course is intended to provide intensive training in a modern, yet practically oriented, interdisciplinary approach, drawing on laboratory experiments, offshore and onshore surveying, case studies, field trips and visits to leading research institutes, geographical information systems, data bases, numerical modeling, decision support systems and several other modern methods relevant to the planning and management of coastal zone problems. Much attention is paid to the theoretical aspects of physical processes in coastal areas and the practical aspects of observing such phenomena at sea. Research and teaching infrastructures of the Corelab and participating institutes offer M.Sc. students opportunities for gaining a comprehensive education and first-hand state-of-the-art experience in solving problems related to coastal areas.

CORELAB, CAU-Kiel, February 19, 2009