Track 1: Palaeobiology

Term 1    
University of Lille

• Workshop    
• Applications of Palaeontology    3 ECTS
• Biostratigraphy    3 ECTS
• Carbonate Facies analysis    3 ECTS
• English Scientific Writing and Communication    3 ECTS
• Geobiology    3 ECTS
• Geobiosphere interactions in deep time    3 ECTS
• Introductory micropalaeontology    3 ECTS
• Phylogenetics    3 ECTS
• Project (Design) Management    3 ECTS
• Quantitative Palaeontology    3 ECTS

Total    30 ECTS

Term 2
Uppsala University

• Evolution & development    15 ECTS
• Principles of palaeontology    15 ECTS

Total    30 ECTS

Term 3
Uppsala University

• Origin and early evolution of life    15 ECTS
• Origin and evolution of the vertebrates*    15 ECTS

Total    30 ECTS
In Uppsala university, students can alternatively register to a 45 ECTS “Degree Project E in Earth Science“ (second half of term 3 and complete term 4).

Term 4
Students register to one of the 4 institutions

• Master’s thesis (work placement)*    30 ECTS

Total    30 ECTS
Important remark: Students should be aware that mobility in a minimum of 2 universities out of their country of residence is required to be eligible to an Erasmus Scholarship. Scholarship holders will have to plan their mobility accordingly, or will be asked to repay the received financial support.

Track 2: Applied Palaeontology

Term 1
University of Lille

• Workshop    
• Applications of Palaeontology    3 ECTS
• Biostratigraphy    3 ECTS
• Carbonate Facies analysis    3 ECTS 
• English Scientific Writing and Communication    3 ECTS
• Geobiosphere interactions in deep time    3 ECTS
• Introductory micropalaeontology    3 ECTS
• Palaeoclimatology    3 ECTS
• Palaeoenvironmental reconstructions 2    3 ECTS
• Project (Design) Management    3 ECTS
• Quantitative Palaeontology    3 ECTS

Total    30 ECTS

Term 2A
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

• Climatic modifications (paleoclimate) and climate change (Anthropocene)    7 ECTS
• Geographic Information Systems in environmental applications    8 ECTS
• Environmental sedimentology and applications    8 ECTS
• Quaternary geoenvironments – Geoarcheology    7 ECTS

Total    30 ECTS

Term 2B
University of Lille

• Advanced micropalaeontology    3 ECTS
• Field Training Ardennes and Supervised Project    6 ECTS
• Internship (Professional Experience)    3 ECTS
• Language    3 ECTS
• Literature Review    3 ECTS
• Multivariate statistics    3 ECTS
• Organic Matter    3 ECTS
• Palaeoenvironmental reconstructions 1    3 ECTS
• Vertebrate Palaeontology and Palaeobotany    3 ECTS

Total    30 ECTS

Term 3
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

• Biosphere & Geoenvironmental applications    7 ECTS
• Environmental Stratigraphy and applications    8 ECTS
• Marine paleoecology    8 ECTS
• Methods of applied research in Geosciences – Methods for the analysis of environmental data    7 ECTS

Total    30 ECTS

Term 4
Students register to one of the 4 institutions

• Master’s thesis (work placement)*    30 ECTS

Total    30 ECTS
Important remark: Students should be aware that mobility in a minimum of 2 universities out of their country of residence is required to be eligible to an Erasmus Scholarship. Scholarship holders will have to plan their mobility accordingly, or will be asked to repay the received financial support.

Track 3: Geoconservation

Term 1
University of Lille

• Workshop    
• Applications of Palaeontology    3 ECTS
• Biostratigraphy    3 ECTS
• Carbonate Facies analysis    3 ECTS
• English Scientific Writing and Communication    3 ECTS
• Geobiosphere interactions in deep time    3 ECTS
• Geoconservation 1 – Outreach    3 ECTS
• Geoconservation 2 – Case studies and applications    3 ECTS
• Introductory micropalaeontology    3 ECTS
• Palaeoenvironmental reconstructions 2    3 ECTS
• Phylogenetics    3 ECTS

Total    30 ECTS

Term 2
University of Minho

• Geological Itineraries    6 ECTS
• Geotourism and Geoparks    6 ECTS
• Inventorying and Characterization of Geological Heritage    6 ECTS
• Management and Valuation of Geological Heritage    6 ECTS
• Protected Areas and Land-use Planning    6 ECTS

Total    30 ECTS

Term 3A
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

• Applied and karstic geomorphology    8 ECTS
• Natural disasters and human intervention to the environment    8 ECTS
• Geohazards and sedimentology    7 ECTS
• Submarine Geomorphology – Management of coastal zones    7 ECTS

Total    30 ECTS

Term 3B
University of Minho

• Computer Resources and GIS Applied to Geosciences    6 ECTS
• Characterization and Assessment of the Environmental Impact    6 ECTS
• Mapping    6 ECTS
• Relief and Landscape Evolution    6 ECTS
• Research Techniques in Geosciences    6 ECTS

Total    30 ECTS

Term 4
Students register to one of the 4 institutions

• Master’s thesis (work placement)*    30 ECTS

Total    30 ECTS
Important remark: Students should be aware that mobility in a minimum of 2 universities out of their country of residence is required to be eligible to an Erasmus Scholarship. Scholarship holders will have to plan their mobility accordingly, or will be asked to repay the received financial support.