Global Environmental and Sustainability Sciences (BSc) Leuphana University Lüneburg

CONTRIBUTE TO A MORE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
While studying Global Environmental and Sustainability Sciences in an international setting, you will acquire the knowledge to scientifically explain and assess global climate and environmental issues. Moreover, you will learn to understand the social values, norms, and behavioural patterns contributing to these problems, enhance your critical thinking abilities, and develop new approaches for a more sustainable processing of natural resources.

As a student of the Global Environmental and Sustainability Sciences programme, you will explore the current sustainability challenges from various disciplinary perspectives to attain a comprehensive understanding of the problems at hand.

In this programme, you will acquire a general foundational knowledge of the subject matter and methodological approaches of both natural and social sciences, including mathematics, statistics, ecology, environmental chemistry, and sustainability communication as well as sustainability management and sustainability governance.

Furthermore, you can establish an individual profile by selecting from a broad spectrum of electives from both the social and natural sciences. Additionally, you will engage in an internationally oriented interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary sustainability research project, collaborating with partners in the field to develop solutions for real-world social challenges related to sustainable development.

Join Leuphana University of Lüneburg, at the forefront of interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches, specialising in sustainable development in research and teaching for over 30 years.

STUDYING AT LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG
The Bachelor's degree programme at Leuphana University of Lüneburg consists of four basic elements: the Global Environmental and Sustainability Sciences major (90 ECTS credits), the minor (30 ECTS credits), the Leuphana Semester (30 ECTS credits), and the complementary studies (30 ECTS credits).

The Bachelor's degree programme in Global Environmental and Sustainability Sciences begins with the Leuphana Semester, where you will learn the methodological and disciplinary fundamentals of your academic specialisation in environmental and sustainability studies. Starting from the second semester, your Bachelor's programme will comprise the Global Environmental and Sustainability Sciences major, along with the minor of your choice (e.g. spatial sciences, economics, or philosophy) and the complementary studies. In the complementary studies, you can try out new ways of working and thinking from other disciplines, allowing you to expand your interdisciplinary skills.

You can find a detailed overview of the programme content on our website.

Admission requirements include the following:

• university entrance qualification
• sufficient knowledge of the English language

Find out now – click here to see if you meet the admission requirements.

The programme is particularly suitable for students coming from the European Union / EEA countries. Five percent of the study places are available for students from non-European Union / non-EEA countries.

You do not have to pay tuition fees. You only have to pay a semester contribution of approx. 450 EUR per semester (subject to change). This will entitle you to receive a "semester ticket", which covers public transport in Lüneburg and the surrounding area.

Approx. 900 EUR per month to cover personal expenses in Lüneburg:

• Accommodation: 300 to 450 EUR
• Food: 200 to 230 EUR
• Health insurance: 110 EUR
• Leisure activities, books, clothing: 80 to 250 EUR

Proof of adequate financial resources is required for the visa application.

International students with a residence permit are allowed to undertake a limited amount of paid employment (a maximum of 120 days per year, or alternatively, 240 days part time — up to four hours a day).

Leuphana Career Service

Websites and relevant addresses for finding accommodation in Lüneburg are listed on the website of the International Office.

The Leuphana University of Lüneburg emerged from the special legal mandate of the Lower Saxony state parliament to rethink university and create a model university for the Bologna Process. It is supported by a foundation under public law and sees itself as a space for freely pursuing knowledge, imagination, personal development, and social commitment. For its educational programmes, it has developed a multi-award-winning study model featuring three schools, which is still unique in Germany today. The sponsors of transdisciplinary science initiatives are the five faculties, which align with Leuphana's research priorities in the realms of education, culture, sustainability, management and entrepreneurship, and public affairs.

As a city renowned for its salt, the Hanseatic League, and the Heath, as well as being a university town, Lüneburg offers numerous leisure activities to enrich student life — from the Salt Museum to water-based activities, and from the Heath landscape to student initiatives. For those who would like to explore the surrounding area, the North Sea and Baltic Sea, Hamburg, Hannover, and Bremen are all located nearby. A small, but certainly not comprehensive, glimpse into the leisure activities in Lüneburg can be found below.

Student life in Lüneburg