Academic content
The MSc Environmental Sciences provides a practice-oriented, interdisciplinary education that combines natural sciences, technical approaches and societal perspectives. You will learn to analyse environmental challenges from multiple angles, understand complex ecological systems, and develop sustainable strategies for environmental systems. The programme prepares you comprehensively and with in-depth knowledge for a wide range of career opportunities in the environmental sector.
Five majors – tailor your specialization:
- Climate Change Ecology
This major examines the effects of climate change on terrestrial ecosystems on a local, regional and global scale.
- Sustainability Assessment and Transformation
You will gain expert knowledge of state-of-the-art sustainability assessment tools.
- Environmental Modelling and Data Sciences
A broad spectrum of computer-based skills is taught in order to tackle complex research and application challenges.
- Wildlife & Biodiversity
The aim is to understand the ecology and conservation biology of wildlife and biodiversity, with a focus on terrestrial ecosystems.
- Land Use & Conservation (mostly in German: Landnutzung und Naturschutz)
This major teaches various approaches from the natural and social sciences in order to understand and evaluate the use and protection of nature and the landscape in all their complexity. The language is mostly German.
Statutes
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Zulassungs- und Immatrikulationsordnung (ZImmO)
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Auswahlsatzung M.Sc. Umweltwissenschaften/Environmental Sciences
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Prüfungsordnung M.Sc.: Rahmenordnung
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Prüfungsordnung M.Sc.: Anlage A
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Prüfungsordnung M.Sc.: Umweltwissenschaften/Environmental Sciences
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Prüfungsordnung M.Sc.: Umweltwissenschaften/Environmental Sciences
(Nur bei Studienbeginn vor dem 1. Oktober 2023; Abschluss des Studiums bis spätestens 30. September 2026)
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Prüfungsordnung M.Sc.: Umweltwissenschaften/Environmental Sciences
(Nur bei Studienbeginn vor dem 1. Oktober 2017; Abschluss des Studiums bis spätestens 30. September 2020)
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