FACULTY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Undergraduates
Geology Programme
Geology is the science of the earth, including its origin, content, history, features and structure of the earth, as well as the processes it undergoes. Geology students are empowered with the skills to recognize minerals, rocks, and fossils, and are very adept at producing geological maps. These skills are very important as a geologist, whose main task involves the exploration of earth’s resources (precious metals and base metals, ground water, fossil fuels-oil, gas and coal), as well as in the monitoring and management of geodisasters (earthquakes, landslides, volcanic activity, flooding, and sea level change).This course is delivered through lectures, practicals, field work, research, and industrial training.
Major courses
1st year
- Basic Geological Map Interpretation
- Earth System
- Earth Materials
- Geomorphology
- Mineralogy
- Paleontology
- Marine Geology and Stratigraphy
2nd year
- Structural Geology
- Fieldwork I
- Geological Mapping Techniques
- Sedimentology
- Geochemistry
- Fieldwork II
- Engineering Geology
- Petrology
3rd year
- Petroleum Geology
- Mapping Exercise
- Petrology
- Geophysic
- Remote Sensing
- Geology of Malaysia
4th year
- Research Project
- Industrial Training
Core lecturers
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohd Rozi Umor
Petrogenesis of igneous rock (umor@ukm.edu.my)
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Wan Zuhairi Wan Yaacob
Geology and Environment Geo-technique, Geo-sorbents Materials, Environmental Site Assessment, Groundwater and Pollution Modelling (yaacobzw@ukm.edu.my)
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Habibah Hj Jamil
geochemistry of rocks, soils and sediments
(bib@ukm.edu.my)
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohd Hariri Arifin
Geothermal dan geophysics (hariri@ukm.edu.my)
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Azimah Hussin
Mineral engineering (haqqim@ukm.edu.my)
Dr. Goh Thian Lai
Geohazard, geomechanics, rock physics, rock fall, rock fall mitigation, slope stability and cave stability
(gohthianlai@ukm.edu.my)
Dr. Mohd Basril Iswadi Basori
Economic geology, applied geochemistry, metallogeny and tectonics. (basril@ukm.edu.my)
Dr. Norbert Simon
Geohazard and Geoconservation (norbsn@ukm.edu.my)
Dr. Norsyafina Roslan
Fractured rock aquifer characterization and groundwater modelling (finalan@ukm.edu.my)
Dr. Norasiah Sulaiman
Structural geology and tectonics (norasiahs@ukm.edu.my)
Dr. Nor Shahidah Mohd Nazer
Engineering geology, geohazard and soil mechanics (shahidahnazer@ukm.edu.my)
Dr. Azrin Azmi
Micropaleontology (rin@ukm.edu.my)
Dr. Nurul Afifah binti Mohd Radzir
Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Petroleum Geology (nurulafifah@ukm.edu.my)
Dr. Suraya Hilmi Hazim
Igneous Petrology, Metamorphic Petrology, Volcanic Intrusions, Analogue Modelling, Image Analysis (surayahazim@ukm.edu.my)
Dr. Muhammad Taqiuddin Zakaria
Exploration Geophysics (taqiuddin@ukm.edu.my)
Dr. Muhammad Ashahadi Dzulkafli
Paleontology (ashahadi@ukm.edu.my)
Madam Marilah Sarman
Conservation Geology (marilah@ukm.edu.my)
Entry requirements
General requirement:
- Complete 12 years of Primary and High School education; and
- Obtain High School (e.g. Higher Secondary Certificate, Senior Secondary School Graduation Certificate, Tawjihiyah, Ijazah Sekolah Menengah Atas, High School Diploma); and
- Meet minimum English requirement set by faculty; and
- Pass 糖心原创 interview (if required) ; and
- Meet faculty specific requirement;
Specific programme requirement:
