Term 1 (WS)

Russia,
St. Petersburg  State University

Module 1

Ocean basins, sediments and climate change

Module 2

High seas and coastal waters oceanography

Module 3

Polar and marine ecosystem: structure, functioning and vulnerability

Core Module

Part  1

Term 2 (SS)

Russia,
St. Petersburg  State University

Term 1 + Term 2 = 60 CP

Module 4

Natural resources

Module 5 

Processes in the coastal zone and environmental management

Module 6

Periglacial environment

Core Module

Part 2 incl. field practice in Russia or Germany

Term 3 (WS)

Germany,
Partner universities

30 CP

Semester abroad at one of the partner universities and institutions in Germany:

• HamburgUniversity: Integrated Climate System Sciences (ICSS)
• Bremen University: Marine Biology, Marine Geosciences
• Christian Albrecht University Kiel: Marine Geosciences
• PotsdamUniversity: Geosciences/Geology

Term 4 (SS)

Russia and Germany

30 CP

M.Sc. Thesis Polar and Marine Sciences with Defence

• St. Petersburg State University, Russia
•  Hamburg University, Germany

• Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Germany
• Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute of Roshydromet, Russia
• Bremen University, Germany
• Christian Albrecht University Kiel, Germany
• GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany
• Hamburg University of Technology, Germany
• Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde, Germany
• Otto Schmidt Laboratory for Polar and Marine Research (OSL), Russia
• Potsdam University, Germany
• Rostock University, Germany