Summer field camp at N-Sweden, including the short course LTU-5 Applied Field Exploration in the Skellefte VMS district – 3 ECTS (Applied Field Exploration, Course, – Luleå University of Technology (ltu.se). The Summer field camp will integrate theoretical knowledge and practical skills with field-based practice in structural and regional geology, geophysical and geochemical exploration methods and the complex data analysis and interpretation.

Students of the TIMREX programme shall do a 4-weeks internship between the two academic years and encouraged to join the RIS Internship network (https://www.ris-internship.eu/apply-now). The RIS Internship network offers internship positions for MSc students from the RIS region and connects students with industrial organizations. This opportunity will provide another tool for the students to acquire field experience and be involved in industry-related thesis topics.

Exploration entrepreneurship course taught by the EFG as a horizontal course for all students – 4 ECTS. The course is based on the EFG mentoring programme and will provide direct experiences about practice of an exploration private expert or team worker of a junior company, under the umbrella of the EFG’s existing mentoring programme. The course has a key importance in the TIMREX MSc programme giving specific competences for the students to become after graduation specialists with EurGeol title and be able to provide mineral exploration services as freelanced experts.

Social and Civic internship as a 2 ECTS part of the thesis work preparation. SOC internship shall be completed under the supervision of the industrial or research partner and mentored by the LPRC and EFG fellows. The SOC internship will depend on the specialty of the thesis topic, associating it with sustainability and social responsibility goals. These competences will be important during their professional career to solve social issues related to social license to operate, manage complex organizational tasks which appear very often in mineral exploration field campaigns. Results of the SOC internship will be summarized in the few-pages EIT chapter of the thesis work. The SOC internship contributes to better value judgements, better understanding of sustainability issues, and behaving accordingly, as well as to leadership and intercultural skills.

Student research work under supervision of industrial and research partners, first of all from the TIMREX consortium but also involving other exploration and mining companies and research institutes with relevant competences. The student research work will be connected to development of innovative mineral prospecting or exploration methods and solutions and shall be connected to the thesis work. It has 6 ECTS minimum, as part of the thesis work or as an individual course depending on the mobility track. The aim of the course is to develop the innovation and creativity competences of the students by giving them the opportunity to participate in ongoing research and development which focus on mineral exploration method or technique development. Examples are sensor technics development and robotisation – Unexmin Georobotics, INESC TEC, Geophysical inversion – Geogold Kárpátia.