Applied Earth Sciences Natural Resources from the Earth, Ranging from Engineers Know Where Those Resources Can Be Found Raw Materials to Energy

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complement your academic studies, you will have the opportunity to work intensively with TU Delft’s partners in industry. For example, TU Delft is a participant in ISAPP (Integrated System Approach Petroleum Production), a large collaborative project involving TU Delft, Shell and TNO established for the purpose of boosting oil production by improving the flow of oil and water in oil reservoirs, and CATO, a consortium doing research on the collection,

transport and storage of CO2.

Managing the Earth’s resources for today and tomorrow

Programme tracks • Petroleum Engineering and Geosciences covers both the technologies involved in extracting petroleum from the Earth, and the tools for assessing hydrocarbon reservoirs to gain an MSc Programme understanding of their potential. The track is divided into two specialisations: Petroleum Engineering covers all upstream Applied Earth aspects from reservoir description and drilling techniques to field management and project Sciences economics. Reservoir Geology covers the use of modern measurement and computational methods to obtain a quantitative understanding of hydrocarbon reservoirs. • Applied Geophysics is a joint degree track offered collaboratively by TU Delft, ETH Zürich and RWTH Aachen University. It trains students in geophysical aspects of environmental and engineering studies and in the exploration, exploitation and management of hydrocarbon and geothermal energy. Disciplines covered include acoustic and electromagnetic wave theory, seismic data acquisition, imaging and interpretation, borehole logging, rock-fluid interaction and petroleum geology. Everything we build and use on the surface of our • Resource Engineering covers the extraction of planet comes from the Earth. Applied Earth Sciences natural resources from the Earth, ranging from engineers know where those resources can be found raw materials to energy. and how they can be extracted and processed. The The track is part of a joint programme run by aim of the MSc Programme in Applied Earth Sciences TU Delft and five other universities in Europe. is to give a new generation of engineers the skills Three specialisations are offered: and knowledge to sustainably and responsibly locate, Mining Engineering, relating to the location, extract and process the Earth’s resources. The quantification and extraction of mineral programme integrates fundamental knowledge with resources; applied technology. In the programme, you will learn Mining Geotechnical Engineering, relating to the how to approach issues related to the challenges of geotechnical and environmental aspects of the energy production, raw materials technology and exploitation of mines; and geo-engineering in an imaginative and resourceful Mineral Engineering, relating to the processing of manner. In gaining practical experience to both primary ores and secondary raw materials. Mr Pascal de Smidt, M.A., Academic Counsellor For further information: track, Geophysics Applied the • mentioning Sciences Earth Applied in Programme MSc the for certificate degree a and receive separate Applied track Geophysics degree certificates from RWTH and Geophysics ETH Zürich, with a Applied joint diploma the supplement. in *Students Applied Earth Sciences curriculum

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