Soils, Inland Waters, Contaminated Land (M.Sc.)
Program overview
Degree program Soils, Inland Waters, Contaminated Land, compact
- Degree title,
German M.Sc. Boden, Gewässer, Altlasten
- Degree title,
English M.Sc. Soils, Inland Waters, Contaminated Land
- Language
German (English in Modules of the International Semester)
- University degree to be awarded
Master of Science (M.Sc.)
- Standard period of study
4 Semesters (3 study semesters, 1 semester Master thesis)
- Start of studies
Wintersemester
- Application deadline
July 15 of the respective year (different deadline for applicants with foreign university entry qualifications, for details please refer to application deadlines with uni-assist)
- Semester fee
Approx. 340 Euro per semester (e.g. for public transportation ticket) Details: Semester fees
- Contact
Prof. Dr. H. Meuser / Prof. Dr. J. W. Härtling
- Telefon
+49(0)541 969-5028 / +49(0)541 969-4273
- Entrance requirements
According to admission regulations
- Vocational placement / practical phase of studies
No vocational placement required / Two months after the second semester
- Core competencies
Individual, social and methodical competencies (project orientation, practical orientation, research orientation, interdisciplinary approach, international flavour)
- Spezialization options
- Soil use / soil protection
- Knowledge of inland waters / protection of inland waters
- Contaminated land / soil protection
- Professional fields of activity
- Applied research or basic research
- Work on contaminated land and planning of renovations (preparation of reports)
- Environmental analysis
- Soil construction and soil mechanics (monitoring of building sites)
- Soil mapping and application of geoinformation systems
- Environmental planning (UVP, landscape planning)
- Monitoring the good subject-related practice in soil management in agriculture and forestry
- Implementation of the Water Framework Directive and agriculture which saves groundwater in water protection areas
- Renaturation of flowing waters
- Cleaning up of lakes
- Public relations
- Examples of employers/industries
- Engineer or Planning Offices
- Authorities (Lower Soil Protection or Water Authority, state offices)
- Chambers of Agriculture
- Facilities for environmental training
- Industry
- Water suppliers
- Research institutes and universities (doctorate)