Master's programme in geochemistry

Entry requirements

General entry requirements

Specific entry requirements: For admission to the program, knowledge equivalent to a natural science or technical bachelor's degree is required, which includes at least 90 credits in geology, geoscience, marine geoscience or environmental science. In addition, 15 credits in geochemistry or 15 credits in chemistry are required, as well as a total of 15 credits in mathematics, which may include numerical methods and statistics.

Months of entry

August, September

Course content

Master programme at stockholm university, department of geological sciences. A geochemist uses chemical concepts and analytical chemistry to understand the environment based on instrumental analysis of air, water, soil, sediments, and rocks.

Geochemical analysis of rocks and ores play a central role in raw material extraction for the exploitation of critical metals needed in the green energy transition for the use and storage of renewable energy and in climate science research. Geochemical analysis of groundwater, lakes, rivers, and the sea is critical in environmental management to assure good water quality and the preservation of critical ecosystem functions.

This program aims at students that want to obtain practical and interpretive geochemical skills that are broadly needed in the public administrative and private consulting sector and in geoscientific research. The set of courses within the program will deepen geoscientific instrumental analytical competence of organic and inorganic natural components and isotopes. The program will also develop practical and theoretical knowledge on analytical developments and challenges in the field of geochemistry. Geochemical modelling will be taught to handle naturally occurring reaction-transport scenarios such as subsurface water transport, biogeochemical reaction networks, catchment-scale geochemical mass balance for elements and their isotopes.

This program is for students with a candidate or bachelor degree in either geosciences, environmental, or marine sciences with an interest in quantitative data analysis using field and laboratory chemical instrumentation and/or data modelling. Your studies will involve a series of practical and theoretical courses offering you extensive field and laboratory components to provide you hands-on experience providing with the technical and theoretical skills required of a modern geochemist. A master thesis of will give you the opportunity to further pursue a research question further. The program involves both land- and sea-based studies taking advantage of the infrastructure of the marine laboratory of Stockholm University.