Organisation of the Department of Geosciences

The mosaic floor in the entrance hall in the Geology Building, Dept. of Geosciences, University of Oslo. Photo: Asbjørnsen, UiO — The mosaic floor in the entrance hall in the Geology Building, Department of Geosciences. Photo: Asbjørnsen, UiO

The Department of Geosciences at the University of Oslo (UiO) is organised in seven different sections and an administrative unit. We also participate in the two interdisciplinary research centers CBA and Njord, UiO. The management of the department is carried out by the Head of Department and the Department Board.

The staff consists of 40 professors and associate professors, in addition to postdoctoral fellows, PhD students, researchers, technical- and administrative staff. The Department has more than 200 employees. The Department has 90 candidates on the PhD program and over 230 students on our bachelor's and master's programmes within geosciences.

Organisation

Department Board
Department management
Department administration
Laboratories and other infrastructure

Sections

Geography and Hydrology
Environmental Geosciences
Meteorology and Oceanography
Crustal Processes
Study of Sedimentary Basins
Geoscience Education
Planetary Habitability, SFF/CeO-centre

Boards and committees

The PhD-committee
The Gender equality committee
The Programme- and teaching committee (PUU)

Organisational chart

Organisation chart (2023; pdf) for The Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Norway.