Environmental Systems Science - Dual-Subject Bachelor
Whether climate change, environmental pollution or the invasion of alien animal species - many problems can hardly be solved with the help of individual scientific disciplines alone. Environmental systems scientists develop formal approaches, for example mathematical equations or simulation software, to analyze such complex issues and thus maintain an overview.
In the dual-subject Bachelor, you study two core subjects or combine a major subject with a minor subject. Environmental Systems Science is offered as a core subject. Please note the valid subject combinations.
This subject cannot be studied with the aim of Teacher Education.
Whether climate change, environmental pollution or the invasion of alien animal species - many problems can hardly be solved with the help of individual scientific disciplines alone. Environmental systems scientists develop formal approaches, for example mathematical equations or simulation software, to analyze such complex issues and thus maintain an overview.
In the dual-subject Bachelor's degree course in Environmental Systems Science, students deal with human-environment systems, consider water, soil and air as resources, for example, analyze the associated local and global risks and develop new approaches to environmental and resource protection. The study program is closely linked to the research topics of the Research Center Institute of Environmental Systems Research (IUSF), where students can also complete their study projects and Bachelor's thesis.
The career prospects in business, public authorities and associations are very good and varied. Your knowledge of mathematics and computer science is currently in high demand on the job market. Your interdisciplinary training makes you particularly attractive for professional activities at the "interfaces" between individual disciplines. Examples in the environmental sector include jobs in the field of wind power or solar plants, traffic and mobility planning or environmental protection and monitoring.
Many graduates also find employment, e.g. in the IT sector, logistics companies or insurance companies, thanks to the diverse course of study.
Particularly after an advanced Master's degree, you can take on tasks in the fields of environmental research, risk analysis and assessment (e.g. of chemicals or financial products), management consultancy or the development of climate adaptation strategies and transformation processes (e.g. for dealing with water and soil resources or within agriculture).
The subject Environmental Systems Science is offered as a core subject as part of the dual-subject Bachelor's degree program and must be combined with another subject. Here you will find an overview of the valid subject combinations. You can find particularly obvious combinations with Environmental Systems Science on the page Becoming an Expert in Sustainability.
During your studies, you will not only deal with the two chosen subjects, but also supplement them with content from interdisciplinary professional skills development. Depending on whether you are aiming for a specialist Master's degree or an immediate career after completing your Bachelor's degree, you will have a different profile.
General information about university admissions may be accessed at Admission Requirements. The German Higher Education Entrance Qualification (Abitur) entitles students to commence a first degree qualification at Osnabrück University. The term “first degree qualification” refers to a period of study that culminates in a student’s first professionally-relevant university degree (Bachelor’s degree or First Legal State Examination). Information about the conditions that apply for people seeking to embark on an undergraduate degree without the higher education entrance qualification may be found at Studying without an Abitur.
Applicants in possession of international certification must demonstrate sufficient levels of German Language Proficiency.
This program is not subject to admission restrictions.
All information pertaining to the application process may be found at Application, Admission and Enrollment.
German and international applicants with German certification can enroll directly for this subject that does not have admission restrictions. You can find all information on enrollment and the enrollment deadline for the desired semester under Bachelor's Degree Programs (two Subjects) - open admission.
Important: If one of the subjects in your chosen subject combination has admission restrictions and you are therefore obliged to submit an application for it, you must also enroll for the subject that does not have admission restrictions within the Application Deadline for the subject that does have admission restrictions!
Please note: different application conditions and deadlines may apply for Applicants with Non-German Certification!
The examination regulations do not prescribe an obligatory period of study abroad. However, a number of Options for Studying Abroad are available to you within a range of exchange programs. The International Office will be happy to answer any questions you might have.
Studying at Osnabrück University means you will be subject to semester fees. Depending on how much of your study credit (standard period of study plus tolerance semester) you have used up, you may also have to pay long-term study fees. Additional information on this topic may be found at How Much does Studying Cost?
Our Central Study Counseling Service will be happy to provide you with all the information you need about studying, admission requirements and the structure of your chosen program.
Each department’s Departmental Study Counselling Service will answer any questions you might have about the content of individual programs.
If you are interested in a Master's degree course at Osnabrück University, please take note of its regulations on access, in which the respective admission requirements are regulated.
In addition to the consecutive degree programs listed below, it may be worth considering other Master's degree programs and checking whether you can be admitted. You will usually receive appropriate advice from the departmental study counseling service or the course coordinators.
This degree program has been accredited by the German Accreditation Council.