Ecology and Environmental Change

Ecosystems face challenges like climate change, land use, pollution. Students learn skills to understand organism responses to changing environments. Programme brings together animal and plant ecology, behavioural ecology, chemical ecology, conservation ecology, theoretical evolutionary ecology. Students learn to design lab/field experiments, acquire chemical-analytical methods, build eco-evolutionary models, strengthen statistical analysis and scientific communication skills.

Academic requirements

Deadline: 15 July for the following winter semester

Minimum GPA

No fixed minimum GPA is published on the current official programme page.

English requirements

English language skills, level B2 (minimum) If you have a high school or university diploma from an English-speaking institution, this is automatically fulfilled (please provide certificate). Otherwise, please provide an English language certificate recognised by German universities (TOEFL, telc, IELTS, Unicert, or Cambridge Certificate).

German requirements

German skills are not required

Accepted bachelor fields

Bachelor's degree in Biology or Environmental Sciences

APS Certificate

Yes

Thesis required

Yes

Tuition fee

None

Semester contribution

Since Bielefeld University does not charge tuition fees, every student only has to pay a social fee. The social fee includes the contribution to the social ticket for free public transport in the city and area of Bielefeld and on regional trains and buses in North-Rhine Westphalia for the whole semester. The current semester contribution is approximately 300 EUR.

ECTS credits

120

Funding info

Tuition: None Semester contribution: Since Bielefeld University does not charge tuition fees, every student only has to pay a social fee. The social fee includes the contribution to the social ticket for free public transport in the city and area of Bielefeld and on regional trains and buses in North-Rhine Westphalia for the whole semester. The current semester contribution is approximately 300 EUR.

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