Master's programme in Environmental Sciences

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The overall objective of the English-language master's programme in Environmental Sciences is to achieve an in-depth scientific understanding of the Earth as a system and the pressing environmental challenges that it faces.

Students of the master's programme in Environmental Sciences and scientists from the fields of geo-sciences, life sciences, geography, chemistry, physics, mathematics, economics and law develop joint solutions for these challenges, always taking the global dimension of environmental impacts into account.

Key facts

Master's programme

  • In English, 4 semesters
  • Interdisciplinary and inter-faculty cooperation
  • Objective to develop an in-depth scientific understanding of the Earth's systems and of the interactions between the envirnment and humans
  • Curriculum includes topics such as the introduction to environmental sciences, fundamentals of environmental research and the diverse environmental systems, including marine, atmospheric, terrestric systems, environmental law, environment & economics

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