BSc Informatik und Nachhaltigkeit at University of Würzburg

Interdisciplinary single-subject Bachelor of Science that teaches the main areas of computer science and integrates environmental protection and sustainability, including contributions from geography and biology. It started in winter semester 2021 and has two specialisations: sustainable IT and IT for sustainability.

Faculty: Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science  |  Department: Institute of Computer Science  |  Duration: 6 semesters; 180 ECTS  |  Intake: Winter semester  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Würzburg, Bayern, Germany

What you will study

Core studies in computer science, mathematics and sustainability: algorithms and data structures, programming, software engineering, databases, computer networks, modelling and simulation of environment, ecosystems and climate, sustainability concepts and Earth and environmental observation with sensors; mathematics covers analysis, linear algebra, statistics and discrete optimisation. Electives: Sustainable IT (energy-efficient systems, security, reliability) or IT for Sustainability (climate, remote sensing, ecosystems and ecology); possible focuses include geography with climate or remote sensing, and biology.

Career pathways

Graduates are prepared for roles that combine IT with sustainability, developing sustainable IT systems such as energy-efficient green IT or applying computer science to environmental topics; they can continue to the master's programmes in Informatik, Luft- und Raumfahrtinformatik (LuRi) or eXtended Artificial Intelligence (XtAI).

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