Environmental Sciences, B.Sc.
Keeping an eye on the environment: What happens when you fertilise a field? The plants grow better. But what effects does the fertiliser have on the soil, the groundwater, the atmosphere? These are the kinds of questions you deal with as an environmental scientist.
If you are interested in the interrelationships within an ecosystem and the interaction between humans and nature, environmental sciences is a great choice.
Programme facts
| Degree | Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) |
|---|---|
| Duration | 6 semesters, 180 ECTS |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Required German | C1 |
| Study mode | Full-Time |
| Start | Winter semester |
| Application | Directly to the university, winter semester until 15.07 |
| Admission | No admission restriction: every eligible applicant is admitted |
| Tuition fee | €0 per semester for international students |
| Semester contribution | €440 per semester |
What the tuition fee consists of
Will I get in
Every applicant who meets the formal requirements is admitted — but places can run out before the deadline, so apply at the start of the window.
How the selection works and how strong the competition is — we go through it against your certificate when we select programmes for you.
Programme selection →What you study
In the Bachelor's degree programme in Environmental Sciences, you will receive an interdisciplinary, natural science education that will enable you to understand the processes in nature and the problems caused by human use. You will study the scientific fundamentals in chemistry, mathematics, physics and biology and gain a sound knowledge of special geosystems and the processes that take place within them.
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
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Environmental scientists work wherever the environment and environmental protection is an issue:
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- in industry
- in municipalities, authorities and associations
- in research and teaching
- in development cooperation
- in engineering, consulting and planning offices.
In accordance with the broad education and the diverse special knowledge, your future fields of work will range from
- from environmental analysis
- waste management, remediation of contaminated sites,
- agriculture and forestry,
- nature conservation
- environmental impact assessment, eco-auditing, environmental management and environmental education.
- and environmental education.
Cost of study
| Tuition fee of the federal state (Lower Saxony), international students | €0 |
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| Semester contribution | €440 |
Requirements and application
| Previous education | The interdisciplinary Environmental Sciences degree programme is based on knowledge and methods especially from mathematics, chemistry, physics and biology. |
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| Language | German C1 — confirmed by a certificate when you apply |
| Application | Directly to the university, winter semester until 15.07 |
The procedure and the set of documents depend on your certificate. We check the university's requirements against your documents and give you a list: what to submit, how to certify and translate it, where and when to apply.
Check the requirementsHow to get into this programme
- 1Check your certificate and its recognitionDirect admission, a year at a university at home, or Studienkolleg first — this decides the whole plan.
- 2German up to C1 and a certificateDSH or TestDaF has to be passed before you apply.
- 3Documents and translationsCertified translations of the certificate and transcript, an APS if required. 3–4 weeks.
- 4Application directly to the university until 15.07Send the documents well before the deadline — an incomplete application cannot be completed after it.
- 5Admission, visa, movingPlan 2–3 months for the visa and the blocked account in parallel.
How to apply
You can submit the application yourself or with our help — the university decides on admission in both cases.
Applications go through the university's portal or uni-assist. Typical mistakes:
- ×incorrectly made certified copies and translations
- ×a wrong set of documents
- ×the application submitted the wrong way
- ×errors or gaps in the application form
- ×the application submitted at the wrong time — too early or too late
An incomplete or incorrectly prepared application is excluded from the selection — it can no longer be corrected after the deadline.
StudyInFocus does not represent the university and does not influence the admission decision. We do not sell study places and do not guarantee admission — this is a service for preparing and submitting documents on the applicant's side.
If your level is not enough yet
The two most common stoppers are a language level below the requirement and a certificate without direct admission. Both can be solved, but they take months — plan them now, not after a rejection.
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The deadline is 15.07.2027 (274 days left). Language, translations and the document check take months, not weeks. In 30 minutes we will build a plan backwards from the deadline and tell you honestly whether you can make it.