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• Winter semesters begins in October • Summer semester begins in March/April. • Students requiring visa must apply accordingly.

Compulsory Modules and Specializations

 Groundwater Modeling

•  introduces the basic concepts of quantitative subsurface hydrology in different geological environments.
• Students acquire general competences in the basic physical principles of groundwater flow. They can calculate groundwater flow for simple geometries and are aware of the underlying assumptions.
• The students know how to set up a computer model for groundwater flow and how to calibrate it.
• Practical experience in groundwater-flow modeling provides them with necessary key competences needed to tackle standard hydrogeological problems and enables them to use professional standard software packages.

Environmental Chemistry

• covers chemical thermodynamics in aqueous systems, sorption and partitioning processes of organic and inorganic compounds in the hydrosphere, and practical case studies.
• The objective is to gain quantitative evaluation and prediction capabilities for important hydrogeochemical parameters based on sound thermodynamic concepts and quantitative structure-activity relationships. By this, the fate and behavior of chemicals in the environment can be predicted.

 Global Change

• establishes a fundamental quantitative scientific understanding of various global-change processes.
• Different topics are presented and discussed in a combination of lectures and seminar presentations introducing and comparing climatic systems of the past and presence, climate change models, possible impacts of global change processes on various environmental systems and compartments (regions, species, pollution, land use) and future effects.

The two additional compulsory modules, namely Scientific Practice and Scientific Presentation (semesters 3-4)

• allow the students to gain practical interdisciplinary skills in the course of their studies.
• They acquire methodological, conceptual, as well as practical skills for scientific research in close interaction with staff and research groups.
• Scientific Practice in the third semester is targeted at the formulation of a research agenda for the M.Sc. thesis in the fourth semester.
• Scientific Presentation includes: the preparation and presentation of a poster with results of the Master Thesis project at the Master Day, an oral presentation in the respective research group, the participation in a workshop on presentation techniques and the attendance of at least 8 institute seminars.
• The third and fourth semesters focus mainly on the elaboration of a Master Thesis, which can be started in the third semester

Elective Modules

For each of the three specializations (Hydrogeology, Environmental Chemistry and Environmental Microbiology or Environmental Physics), a combination of three elective core modules (for a total of 18 credits), which are of special relevance, are defined and must be incorporated in the respective program of studies.

• Specialization in Hydrogeology requires
• Hydrogeological Field Investigation Techniques
• Remediation of Contaminated Sites
• Groundwater Modeling

2 Specialization in Environmental Chemistry and Environmental Microbiology requires

• Biotransformation of Pollutants
• Hydrogeochemical Modeling

 Environmental Analytical Chemistry Specialization in Environmental Physics requires

•  Physics of the Earth’s Surface
• Climate Dynamics
• Atmospheric Physics

The remaining necessary forty-two credits can be chosen from any of the available elective modules. The following figures show the degree program for all three specializations. Upon request, additional modules related to the content and qualification objectives of the course can be admitted as elective modules by the chairperson of the examination board.

Tuition fees apply only to non-EU citizens.

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Geosciences, Geoecology, Environmental Science, Geophysics, Mineralogy, Physical Geography, Soil Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Computer Sciences, Civil Engineering or a field related to environmental sciences with an overall grade (CGPA) equivalent to or better than 2,5 German grading system.
• Good background in mathematics, chemistry, physics and geosciences

• English language proficiency equivalent to CEFR level B2 (e.g. TOEFL 79 iBT, IELTS 6

• Application form
• Curriculum Vitae
• Educational Documents (transcripts/Mark sheets)
• Motivation letter
• Language proficiency certificate
• Work experience letter
• APS certificate for Chinese & Vietnamese applicants etc.
  Note: List of documents may change from time to time, please check on course website.

• For international (non-EU) citizens: 31 March
• For German and EU citizens: 15 July

• For questions regarding the application process, please contact the International Students Admissions Office by e-mail: study@uni-tuebingen.de.
• For Online application, pleaes click here.

• Yes, Finding a part time employment is possible once you arrive in Germany. If you speak German, then it gets easy for you.
• You are permitted to work for certain number of hours e.g.20 hours/week with a valid study permit.
• Please check on your visa document, it is mentioned on it.

Please check with university after you get an admission.

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• As of 2019 the university has once again been distinguished with the title of “excellent” by academic experts as well as the local and federal government. As a core facility the methods center is set to play a central role in the university’s exellence strategy.v