BSc Environmental Sciences at Justus Liebig University Giessen

Programme overview

Gives a broad natural-science foundation in biology, chemistry, physics and ecology and teaches students to analyse environmental systems from multiple perspectives, building analytical, statistical and digital skills for challenges such as climate science and hydrology.

Faculty: Fachbereich 09 - Agricultural Sciences, Nutritional Sciences and Environmental Management | Department: Environmental Sciences | Duration: 6 semesters (3 years), 180 CP | Study mode: full-time; English-taught | Intake: Winter semester | Location: Gießen, Hessen, Germany

What you will study

20 compulsory core modules (120 CP), 8 optional profile modules (48 CP) and the Bachelor's thesis (12 CP). Core modules include Ecology and Biodiversity, Soil Sciences, Climate Science, GIS, Environmental Modelling and Life Cycle Assessment; two German-acquisition modules are compulsory.

Career pathways

Graduates work in the environmental and agricultural sector, government agencies, corporate environmental and sustainability management, quality assurance and international environmental organisations.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Admission: no admission restriction (no NC). A recognised higher education entrance qualification (Hochschulzugangsberechtigung) is required; foreign qualifications are checked via anabin. No pre-study internship is required. Applicants with a foreign entrance qualification must also meet the German-language proof requirement. Application deadlines for winter semester 2027/28 are not yet published. English at CEFR C1 is required as the programme is taught in English (TOEFL iBT, IELTS, Cambridge, PTE Academic, TOEIC, telc, UNIcert or IGCSE, or entrance qualification or Bachelor's degree from an English-speaking country). Basic German at CEFR A2 is also required.

Intake: Winter semester

Duration: 6 semesters (3 years), 180 CP

Apply through the official page: https://www.uni-giessen.de/de/studium/bewerbung

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