- Degree
- Master of Science (MSc)
- Course location
- Stuttgart
- Teaching language
- • English
- Languages
- The entire programme is taught in English.
- Full-time / part-time
- • full-time
- Mode of study
- Fully on-site with voluntary online elements
- Programme duration
- 4 semesters
- Beginning
- Winter semester
- Application deadline
- 15 March for non-EU citizens
15 September for EU citizens
- Tuition fees per semester in EUR
- Varied
- Additional information on tuition fees
- Currently, higher education is (almost) free at all public universities in Baden-Württemberg. Since the winter semester of 2017/2018, universities in Baden-Württemberg charge moderate tuition fees for non-EU international students. These fees amount to 1,500 EUR per semester. Students from the EU and the European Economic Area (EEA) as well as exchange students are exempt from these fees. Refugees are also not affected.
- Combined Master's degree / PhD programme
- No
- Joint degree / double degree programme
- No
- Description/content
- Experts for sustainable environmental protection
How can we provide for today’s global population without exhausting the natural resources future generations will need? One of the greatest challenges of the future is how to intensify food production with environmentally friendly and sustainable production systems. That is why this broad Master’s programme was developed with many opportunities for creating an individual profile.
• International programme with a focus on sustainability and environmental protection
• Consideration of ecological, economic, political, and administrative factors
• Many different career possibilities in national and international companies
Objectives
In this degree programme, you will acquire the following knowledge and skills:
• Analyse and understand the economic, political, and administrative interactions within agroecosystems
• Knowledge of physical, biological, and chemical properties of environmental chemicals to determine their persistence and impact on the environment
• Model development for environmental systems, conducting simulations and analysing the results
• Analysis of geodata using geographic information systems
• Development of integrative, global problem-solving approaches
Occupational fields
Graduates will acquire the knowledge to analyse and understand ecosystemical, economic, political, and administrative interdependencies and develop integrative solutions for problems.
They will be well qualified to work in:
• environmental and quality management in companies and organisations
• agricultural and environmental consulting companies
• research and development for international companies and organisations
• research institutions
The Master's programme also qualifies students to begin a doctoral project. Most universities and graduate colleges expect above-average grades in the Master's programme.
- Current information
- For further information on this degree programme, we invite you to attend our Master’s info event (online via Zoom): www.uni-hohenheim.de/en/masters-informational-events (https://www.uni-hohenheim.de/en/masters-informational-events).