- Degree
- Master of Science
- Course location
- Hamburg
- Teaching language
- • English
- Languages
- Courses are held in English (100%), and the Master's thesis has to be written in English.
- Full-time / part-time
- • full-time
• part-time (study alongside work)
- Programme duration
- 4 semesters
- Beginning
- Winter semester
- Additional information on beginning, duration and mode of study
- The programme starts in the third week of October with an orientation course to get all information about the Universität Hamburg, the Institute of Marine Ecosystem and Fisheries Sciences and the Master's programme itself.
- Application deadline
- The application period starts in the winter semester of the same year: 15 February to 31 March.
- Tuition fees per semester in EUR
- None
- Combined Master's degree / PhD programme
- Yes
- Joint degree / double degree programme
- Yes
- Description/content
- The Master of Science in Marine Ecosystem and Fisheries Sciences is set up as a consecutive and research-oriented degree programme. Graduates will have learned the practical and theoretical methods of the research fields of Biological Oceanography (BO) and Fisheries Science (FS) and will be able to apply them in laboratory, field and theoretical studies. Students will possess the ability to develop scientific hypotheses through problem analysis and are able to select approaches to best test these hypotheses. Graduates will be familiar with the current discourse on anthropogenic effects on marine ecosystems and, with their professional knowledge, will be able to contribute to social debates regarding the management and conservation of ocean ecosystems and living marine resources. Consequently, graduates will be in a position to excel in a future scientific career and/or to contribute to assessment and management of the status of ocean ecosystems.