Home Economics and Nutritional Sciences, B.Sc.
Home Economics and Nutritional Sciences is an interdisciplinary degree program combining various fields in a comprehensive scientific context. The word 'ecotrophology' is formed from the ancient Greek words oikos (home and household), trophos (nutrition), and logos (theory).
At the site in Haste, students have the opportunity to gain insight both into various production stages along the food chain (from primary production to the end consumer) and into consumer behavior. In the Ecotrophology degree program, this leads to a special focus on information, consulting, and education.
Programme facts
| Degree | Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) |
|---|---|
| Duration | 6 semesters, 180 ECTS |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Study mode | Full-Time |
| Start | Winter semester |
| Application | Via uni-assist, winter semester until 15.06 |
| Admission | Admission restriction (NC): a competition of school grades |
| Tuition fee | €0 per semester for international students |
| Semester contribution | €359.82 per semester |
What the tuition fee consists of
Will I get in
The programme has an admission restriction: the average grade of your certificate, converted to the German scale, decides. The cut-off changes every year — last year's value shows the order of magnitude, not a promise.
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 →About the programme
Ecotrophology comes from ancient Greek and is made up of oikos (households and households), trophos (nutrition) and logos (Teaching) together. During their studies, ecotrophology students learn to apply the knowledge they have acquired in the natural, social and economic sciences in a target group-oriented manner in accordance with the respective operational or advisory method requirements. At the same time, they acquire an interface competence of household and nutritional science that is increasingly required in many specialist disciplines.
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Knowing the various causal factors of work and counseling problems, which can result from the person himself and / or from their relationship with other people, the students will later be able to develop problem solutions and make decisions to facilitate.
The following goals are particularly important for studying ecotrophology at the Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences:
Students can
- Edit and manage target-oriented projects. The practical projects with interdisciplinary topics that are part of the course are an essential prerequisite for this.
- Take on management and leadership tasks and motivate and deploy specialists in a targeted manner. The necessary key qualifications are taught and tested in projects and working groups.
- Comprehensive analysis of information and counseling problems in the ecotrophological context and methodically and technically well-founded approaches to those seeking advice, and evaluation of counseling and information transfer processes. In addition, intensive interdisciplinary technical and methodological knowledge is imparted.
- Qualify target-group-oriented adults methodologically and didactically with ecotrophological training and further education offers. Knowledge of systematic planning, implementation and review through evaluation is imparted.
The wide-ranging specialist knowledge, paired with methodical-didactic competence, is a guarantee for success on the job market, especially for ecotrophologists.
What you study
The study of ecotrophology is divided into the bachelor's degree after six semesters and, if necessary, the master's degree after another four semesters. The Bachelor's degree consists of five semesters and a final semester with an integrated practical project, which is completed with the Bachelor's thesis. With the course, the academic degree Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) is achieved.
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
Pick programmesCareer
The professional and occupational fields of ecotrophologists at Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences are as diverse as the entire course. The previous graduates are employed in the following fields:
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- Training and further education
- Advice on domestic services such as vacation on the farm, direct marketing, regional development and more.
- Budget and debt advice
- Energy and environmental advice
- Nutritional information and advice
- Health counseling
- Food retail
- Management of domestic services
- Marketing and sales
- Public Relations and Journalism
- Product Development
- Product information and advice
- Quality and environmental management
- Tourism
- Consumer information and advice
- Association work
- Wohnberatung
Cost of study
| Tuition fee of the federal state (Lower Saxony), international students | €0 |
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| Semester contribution | €359.82 |
Requirements and application
| Previous education | A school certificate that gives access to university in Germany — directly or after a Studienkolleg. |
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| Application | Via uni-assist, winter semester until 15.06 |
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.
- 2Documents and translationsCertified translations of the certificate and transcript, an APS if required. 3–4 weeks.
- 3Application via uni-assist until 15.06uni-assist checks documents for 4–6 weeks — send them well before the deadline.
- 4Admission, 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.
Questions about this programme
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Don't postpone the application
The deadline is 15.06.2027 (244 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.