Study programme - Second year

Modules offered in the 2nd year of the study programme. The list below gives the following information: Course unit description, Coordination (UP: University of Poitiers, UA: University of Aveiro, TUC: Technical University of Crete, UFRGS : Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul); if the module is compulsory (C) or elective (E); teaching volume and number of ECTS.

Period P4 (2 training paths)

Period P4 a: September to January – University of Poitiers

TUC : Industrial clay deposits (3 ECTS )
UP : Geomaterials ( 3 ECTS)
UP : Civil engineering, storage (3 ECTS)
UP : Interface between clay minerals and aqueous solutions – part 2 (3 ECTS)
UP : Design of advanced materials based on clays and LDH (6 ECTS )
UP : Cross-cutting tools: geochemical codes (3 ECTS)
TUC : Geoarcheology (3 ECTS)
TUC : Antimicrobial properties of clays (3 ECTS)
UP : Language training in English (3 ECTS)


Period P4 b: September to January – Technical University of Crete

TUC : Industrial clay deposits and processing routes
TUC : Field trip
TUC : Clays for geotechnical and civil engineering applications
TUC : Geoarcheology
TUC : Antimicrobial properties of clays
UP : Structure and properties of clay suspensions
UP : Design of advanced materials based on clays and LDH


Period P4 c: September to January – University of Aveiro

UA : Applied geochemistry
UA : Soils
UA : Exploitation of mineral deposits
UA : Healing minerals – Part 1
UA : Modeling of environmental systems


Period P5 (4 training paths)

Period P5 a: January – University of Poitiers

- UP: programming software (24h – 3 ECTS – E).
- UP: Scientific communication (24h – 3 ECTS – E).

Period P5 b: January – Technical University of Crete

- TUC: Computer tools.
- TUC: Scientific communication.

Period P5c: January – University of Aveiro

- UA: Healing minerals - Part 2.
- UA: Methodologies of environmental remediation - Part 2.

Period P5 d : March – Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

- UFRGS: Hydrothermal alteration and metallogeny (4 ECTS – E.).
- UFRGS: Sedimentary clays (4 ECTS – E).
- UFRGS: Tardi-magmatic and hydrothermal clay minerals (4 ECTS – E).


Period P6 (Master thesis)

- UP Master thesis (24 ECTS) - TUC Master thesis (24 ECTS) - UA Master thesis (24 ECTS) – UFRGS Master thesis (18 ECTS).

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