Excursions
Field Trip Options
This list of field trips provides an overview of elective modules and MSc core elective modules that include field trips. For modules requiring registration via OLAT, the links are updated regularly, and emails are typically sent out when the registration period begins. In addition to the field trip modules listed here, there are also external field trips, such as the Alumni Field Trips.
Some registration and field trip dates have not yet been announced. The list is being updated on a regular basis.
Spring Semester - Elective modules |
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| Module name | ECTS |
Field trip led by |
Date |
Registration period |
Registration | Remarks |
| 2 | C. Huggel & H. Frey | 27.06.2026 - 29.06.2026 | 23.03.2026 - 31.05.2026 |
Elective, 3 days |
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| GEO 708 Sicily Excursion – Diversity of Landscape, soils and land use | 3 | M. Egli | 07.06.2026 - 14.06.2026 | OLAT |
Elective, 7 days |
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| GEO 709 Soil formation |
1 | M. Egli | 21.05.2026 |
see course catalogue (VVZ) |
Module booking |
Elective, 1 day |
| GEO 710 Selbstgeführte Wasser-Exkursion in Baden und am Bielersee | 1 | J. Seibert / F. Clerc | arbitrary date | see course catalogue (VVZ) | Module booking | Elective, Any 2 days, guided by the Actionbound app, with written assessment |
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Spring Semester - MSc Core elective modules |
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| Module name | ECTS |
Field trip led by |
Date |
Registration period |
Registration | Remarks |
| 6 | A. Vieli | 17.08.2026 - 21.08.2026 | see course catalogue (VVZ) | Module booking |
Lecture, Field trip (5 days) |
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Geo 433 |
6 |
C. Berndt |
21.05.2026, 22.05.2026 |
see course catalogue (VVZ) | Module booking |
Lecture, Exercises, Field trip (2 days) |
| GEO 471 Hydrological field measurements and calculations | 6 | I. v. Meerveld |
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see course catalogue (VVZ) | Module booking |
Lecture, Exercises, 4 Excursions |
| ESS 842 Analyzing the plant-soil system | 6 | G. Wiesenberg |
08.06.2026 - 12.06.2026 (Field trip) 15.06.2026 - 26.06.2026 |
see course catalogue (VVZ) | Module booking |
Exercises, Field trip (4 days) |
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Fall semester - Elective modules |
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| Module name | ECTS |
Field trip led by |
Date |
Registration period |
Registration | Remarks |
| GEO 704 Rhonegletscher |
1 | M. Lüthi | 15.09.2026 - 16.09.2026 | until June 2026 | OLAT | Elective, 1/2 day preparation on campus, 1 day in the field |
| GEO 710 Selbstgeführte Wasser-Exkursion in Baden und am Bielersee | 1 | J. Seibert / F. Clerc | arbitrary date | see course catalogue (VVZ) | Module booking | Elective, Any 2 days, guided by the Actionbound app, with written assessment |
| 3 | M.Santos/ Christian Rossi | 01.10.2026 - 02.10.2026 | 01.06.2026, 10:00 Uhr - 31.07.2026 | OLAT |
Elective, |
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| 1 |
N. Backhaus |
31.08.2026 - 01.09.2026 |
from 13.04.2026 | OLAT | Elective, 2 days |
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| GEO 722 Transborder Urbanism: Situating Saint-Louis (FR) |
3 | M. Larsen | 21.10.2026 - 23.10.2026 | 15.06.2026 - 01.08.2026 | OLAT | 4 seminars during the semester (October), Field trip (3 days) |
| 3 | C. Huggel | 08.09.2026 - 11.09.2026 | from 13.04.2026, 12:00 | OLAT |
(MSc) elective, |
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| GEO 992 Lernorte für Geographie und Geographiedidaktik | 3 | I. Bauer | Sep.-Dec., ind. dates of the excursion group | see course catalogue (VVZ) | Module booking | Seminar, Field trip |
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Fall Semester - BSc/MSc Core elective modules |
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| Module name | ECTS |
Field trip led by |
Date |
Registration period |
Registration | Remarks |
| 3 | M. Schmidt | 01.10.2026 | see course catalogue (VVZ) | Module booking | Lecture, practical field work | |
| 3 | I. v. Meerveld | 26.09.2026 | see course catalogue (VVZ) | Module booking | Lecture, exercises, field measurements | |
| 6 | M. Egli | tbd | see course catalogue (VVZ) | Module booking | Annual module, starting in the fall semester: intensive course in January, field trip in the spring semester |
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| Geo 432 Gender, Work and Space |
3 | K. Schwiter | likely 8.12.2026 - 19.12.2026 |
see course catalogue (VVZ) | Module booking | Lecture, exercises, Field trip (2 days) |
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GEO 851 Field course |
3 | M. Zemp | 18.09.2026 - 19.09.2026 | see course catalogue (VVZ) | Module booking | 3 days |
Please feel free to send any comments or information regarding additional excursions toteaching-support@geo.uzh.ch.