The Faculty of Earth Sciences and Spatial Management was established in 2012 by the transformation of the Nicolaus Copernicus University’s Institute of Geography. Our Faculty is one of the best geography units in Poland, which was awarded of Grade B+ by the Council of Scientific Excellence in 2022 in two disciplines: Earth and Environmental Sciences, and Socio-economic Geography and Spatial Management. The Faculty has achieved such a high rank thanks to its academic staff and their scientific, organisational and educational accomplishments. The Faculty is fully authorised to confer doctoral degrees (PhD, habilitation).
The Faculty facilitates interdisciplinary research in physical geography, human geography, geographic information science and cartography, geology, ecology and environmental protection, spatial management, tourism, sports and recreation. It is conducted in diverse spatial scales – from global problems to national and local issues, particularly vital for the Kujawsko-Pomorskie province. The Faculty operates its own Meteorological Observatory in Toruń, the Integrated Environmental Monitoring Station in the Chełmno Lakeland and the NCU Polar Station on Spitsbergen in the Arctic.
Studies offered by the Faculty comprise three levels of higher education. First-cycle (undergraduate) programmes include Geography and Environmental Management, Tourism and Recreation Sport and Wellness, an engineer programme in Spatial Management, as well as a Joint Bachelor programme in Urban Sustainability Studies organised in cooperation of 10 European universities of the YUFE alliance. Second-cycle (Master’s degree) programmes include Geography, Environmental Geoinformation, Spatial Management and Geomanagement, and Tourism and Recreation. The most successful graduates can continue education by taking up postgraduate courses in NCU doctoral schools.
The Faculty is open to young people willing to develop and pursue their passions. There is an active student government and a number of student scientific associations. The Faculty collaborates with foreign universities and our students can study in European countries and in China within the framework of the Erasmus+ Programme. Students are offered a range of extra activities to enhance their qualifications and various student internships in Poland and abroad. The students at the Faculty come from a number of European countries (Erasmus+, YUFE). In partnership with ten European universities of the YUFE alliance, we offer an innovative Urban Sustainability Programme where students are free to design their curriculum and study at multiple universities of the consortium.
Addressing the needs and expectations of the community, the Faculty has incorporated the idea of Life Long Learning (LLL) and offers courses for various age groups, from schoolchildren to postgraduates.
We are open to cooperation with institutions and businesses. We offer a wide range of research opportunities, the use of state-of-the-art equipment and participation in joint research projects with our experienced academic staff.
