Geophysics

Profession

The program is aimed at training scientific and scientific-pedagogical personnel of the highest qualification of geophysical profile for science, education, and industry.
Branches of science: geological and mineralogical sciences, physical, mathematical and technical sciences.

Educational Process

Main goals and objectives: formation of in-depth professional knowledge on the theoretical foundations of Earth Sciences, and in the chosen profile; formation of skills and abilities for independent research and scientific-pedagogical activities; improvement of philosophical education focused on professional activity; improvement of knowledge of a foreign language focused on professional activity.

Practice

The scope of professional activity includes solving problems that require the application of fundamental and applied knowledge in the field of Earth Sciences.

Career

Companies that employ PhD graduates:
Geological departments of large oil and gas companies (Rosneft, Lukoil, Gazprom, TNK-BP, etc.), design and research institutes (VNIIneft, VNIGNI, etc.), institutes of the Academy of Sciences (GIN, Institutes of Geology of Scientific Centers of the Russian Academy of Sciences, etc.), investment organizations, as well as other organizations related to the use of natural resources; Large mining companies, exploration enterprises (Norilsk Nickel, ALROSA, RUSAL, Metalloinvest, Polymetal, KINROSS, BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, etc.), design and research institutes (TSNIGRI, VSEGEI, VIMS, IMGRE, etc.), institutes of the Academy of Sciences (GIN, IGEM, Institutes of Geology of Scientific Centers of the Russian Academy of Sciences, etc.), investment organizations, as well as other organizations related to the use of natural resources ( engineering and survey expeditions, organizations for the extraction of non-metallic minerals).