The study began in the Geology Department in 1969 as a branch of Cairo University, and then as part of the Faculty of Science, Mansoura University in 1973. The scientific and research fields in the Geology Department vary and include the Petroleum and Water geology; Sediments and Sedimentary rocks; Stratigraphy and Paleontology; Minerals and Ores Deposits; Applied Geophysics and Environmental Geology.

  The Geology Department always has a priority in the projects and the research plans, as Mansoura is located in the eastern middle of the Nile Delta. Subsurface information, stratification, sedimentation properties, and economic potential were of particular interest to the faculty members. Moreover, the current environmental risks, which include coastal erosion, soil degradation, salinity and tectonic events, which include seismic sequences and basin subsidence, that threaten the modern sector of the Nile Delta, which deserve a strong studies in the Geology Department at Mansoura University. On these topics and related aspects, the Geology Department at Mansoura University holds many activities including conferences, workshops, training courses and seminars. The faculty members of the department are keen to publish their scientific research in refereed scientific journals and to familiarize the community with all that is new in the scientific community in terms of research and discoveries, which pushes the development wheel in the community.

  The Geology Department is currently offering a number of courses in the Geology, Geophysics, Petroleum and Mining Programs, which are newly applied according to the credit hour system, under the supervision of faculty members and their assistants, as well as a sufficient number of employees and workers.

  It is our pleasure to welcome you all to join the family of the Geology Department in the Faculty of Science, Mansoura University. As earth scientists, we are looking out to the rest of the world and we expect more openness to others either as earth scientists or as friends from all over the world