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MSc Ecology and Environmental Change at Bielefeld University

Bielefeld University, Germany

Programme overview

English-taught programme bringing together animal and plant ecology, chemical ecology, conservation ecology and theoretical evolutionary ecology to study how individuals, populations, communities and ecosystems respond to environmental change.

Faculty: Faculty of Biology  |  Duration: 4 semesters (2 years)  |  Study mode: full-time; English-taught  |  Intake: winter semester  |  Location: Bielefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

What you will study

Students learn to design and run laboratory and field experiments, acquire chemical-analytical methods, build eco-evolutionary models, and strengthen statistics and scientific communication; first-year classes include Ecosystem Wadden Sea with an excursion.

Career pathways

Graduates can work in research and development and in environmental and nature conservation organisations.

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Application information

Entry requirements

First professionally qualifying higher education degree of at least six semesters, as set out in the subject-specific regulations (Fächerspezifische Bestimmungen) of the programme; applicants with a foreign degree are admitted if the degree is deemed sufficient and language requirements are met. Admission-restricted (NC). Application deadline (per the university deadlines page): winter semester 01.06.-15.07. (dates are day.month). No German proof required for international applicants; English at CEFR B2 per university guidelines.

Intake: winter semester

Duration: 4 semesters (2 years)

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