UiB : The Science Faculty : Department of Earth Science
	The Department of Earth Science was established on the 1st. of January 2003 by fusion of the Department of Geology and the Department of Solid Earth Geophysics. The department is located on the 3rd. and 4th. floors of the University's Science Building (see photo top right). The department has a scientific staff of 40 and a technical and administrative staff of 35. The department employs 50 Ph.D. students and post-docs in connection with specific research projects. Around 100 students are engaged in the various M.Sc. programmes in the department. Research is carried out within 5 thematic groups: Geodynamics Quaternary geology and paleoclimate Marine geology and geophysics Petroleum geoscience Geomicrobiology (jointly with Dept. of Biology) Two centres of excellence, The Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research and The Centre for Integrated Petroleum Research, are closely associated with the department. Head of department: Professor  Olav Eldholm Telephone : 55 58 32 81 E-mail : olav.eldholm@geo.uib.no		Department seminars GEOVITEN Annual Reports Emergency Projects Projects Research cruise Information about Bergen and the university The Norwegian Geological Society Centre for Element and Isotope Analysis Study geoscience at UiB The staff and Ph.D students M.Sc. students Recent earthquakes Centennial Exhibition Sumatra Earthquake Seismology Norwegian IODP site Intranet Address: Department of Earth Science, The University of Bergen, Allegaten 41 N-5007 BERGEN Norway How to get to the department? General enquiries: Tlf: (+47) 55 58 36 00 Fax: (+47) 55 58 36 60 E-mail: Reception Master and PhD program enquiries: PhD: contact potential supervisor (Staff list) or post@geo.uib.no Master: post@geo.uib.no

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