Department of Geosciences

Department of Geosciences

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More than

30

Professorships

More than

12

Million €/a External Funding

In total

18

Study Programs

More than

300

Graduates per Year

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News

13.01.2026

15 open PhD-Positions in the Cluster of Excellence TERRA

We seek for 15 doctoral researchers in five coordinated Focus Unit Projects (FUNs):

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A panoramic view of the Lower Zab from the Upper Town.

23.12.2025

A story of earth and fire: Ancient pottery workshop reveals Iron Age production chain

Universities of Tübingen and Munich discover a well-preserved workshop in northern Iraq’s Dinka…

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Reconstruction of a late Triassic landscape approximately 215 million years ago: a lagerpetid, a close relative of the pterosaurs, sits on a rock and watches the pterosaurs flying above it.

26.11.2025

Pterosaurs and birds developed flight-ready brains in different ways

University of Tübingen-led international research team investigates brain evolution in flying…

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