# Environment and Georesources Management (Umwelt- und Georessourcenmanagement) (MSc) at KIT

New BGU interdisciplinary master combining geosciences with environmental technology, law, economics and simulation, addressing climate and environmental change, the circular economy and raw-material security. Students take at least 18 LP in each of three competence areas in the first year, then a research or professional project plus thesis in the second. Admission statute enacted 26 February 2026, first intake WS 2026/27. German-taught. Based at KIT Campus South in central Karlsruhe.

University: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Karlsruher Institut für Technologie) (https://studygermany.dev/universities/kit.md)
City: Karlsruhe (https://studygermany.dev/cities/karlsruhe.md)
HTML page: https://studygermany.dev/programmes/kit-msc-environment-and-georesources-management/

## At a glance

- Degree: MSc
- Language of instruction: German
- English requirement: not confirmed
- German requirement: DSH-2, TestDaF 4x4 or CEFR C1 for enrolment.
- ECTS: 120
- Duration: 4 semesters
- Intake: Winter & summer
- Tuition: €1,500 per semester (rate depends on student category; see fee notes)
- Semester contribution: €201.50
- Semester ticket included: no

Fee notes: KIT is a Baden-Württemberg state university. Non-EU/EEA students pay tuition of €1,500/semester IN ADDITION to the semester contribution of €201.50/semester (total €1,701.50/semester for non-EU students). EU/EEA students pay only the semester contribution. The contribution breaks down as €80.00 administrative charge + €109.50 Studierendenwerk Karlsruhe (including student liability insurance) + €12.00 Students Union. The semester ticket is NOT included — only about €17.50 of the Studierendenwerk charge funds a limited off-peak KVV base ticket (weekdays 18:00–06:00, all day at weekends and on public holidays); budget separately for a KVV Studikarte or Deutschlandticket. A second degree costs €650/semester. Source: https://www.sle.kit.edu/english/imstudium/703.php Confirmed exemptions from the Baden-Württemberg €1,500 non-EU tuition: EU/EEA citizens, holders of a German Abitur, Erasmus Mundus / double-degree / EUCOR / cooperation-programme students, doctoral students, Baden-Württemberg-Stiftung scholarship holders, and students grandfathered from before WS 2017/18.

## Admission requirements

- Prior degree: Above-average bachelor of at least 180 LP in Environment and Georesources Management or a substantially equivalent degree
- Minimum grade: Qualitative access procedure benchmarked to the KIT bachelor cohort average; a hard NC or limited-capacity flag is not definitively confirmed
- Prerequisite credits: Geology at least 30 LP including 5 LP field training and 5 LP geoinformatics; Physics at least 5 LP; Chemistry at least 5 LP; Mathematics at least 10 LP; Law at least 5 LP; Economics at least 5 LP; At least 20 further LP in natural, geo or engineering sciences — conditional admission for gaps of up to 5 LP in geology, mathematics, law or economics
- Also required: Brand-new programme: the admission statute was enacted on 26 February 2026 with the first intake in WS 2026/27. Deadline caution: the statute states 30 September (winter) / 31 March (summer), while KIT typically applies 15 July / 15 January for non-EU applicants — verify the split on the live SLE page before relying on it. EU and non-EU applicants alike apply directly through the KIT Online-Portal of the International Students Office; KIT performs its own foreign-degree equivalence check. No uni-assist, no VPD, no application fee. APS certificate required for applicants from China, Vietnam and India.

## Application deadlines

- All applicants, winter semester: 2026-09-30. Per the admission statute (26 February 2026). The non-EU split is NOT confirmed — KIT typically applies 15 July / 15 January for non-EU applicants. Verify before relying on this date.
- All applicants, summer semester: 2027-03-31. Per the admission statute (26 February 2026). The non-EU split is NOT confirmed — KIT typically applies 15 July / 15 January for non-EU applicants. Verify before relying on this date.

## How to apply

- uni-assist required: no
- Application portal: https://bewerbung.studium.kit.edu
- Official programme page: https://www.sle.kit.edu/english/vorstudium/master-environment-georesources-management.php

## External resources

- [Official programme page](https://www.sle.kit.edu/english/vorstudium/master-environment-georesources-management.php)
- [KIT admission statute (26 February 2026)](https://publikationen.bibliothek.kit.edu/1000191185)
- [Application portal](https://bewerbung.studium.kit.edu)


## Focus areas

- Geosciences
- Environmental technology
- Interdisciplinary competencies (environmental law, economics, numerical methods and simulation)

## Provenance

Last checked: 2026-08-09

- KIT — Master Environment and Georesources Management central degree page (language of instruction: German): https://www.sle.kit.edu/english/vorstudium/master-environment-georesources-management.php
- KIT Zulassungssatzung Umwelt- und Georessourcenmanagement (26 February 2026) — verbatim credit prerequisites: https://publikationen.bibliothek.kit.edu/1000191185
- Inferred — non-EU deadline split and limited-capacity flag not confirmed on the live SLE page; statute dates used pending verification: https://www.sle.kit.edu/english/vorstudium/master-environment-georesources-management.php
- KIT — Charges and Fees (semester contribution €201.50 WS 2026/27: €80.00 administrative + €109.50 Studierendenwerk + €12.00 Students Union): https://www.sle.kit.edu/english/imstudium/703.php
- KIT International Students Office — tuition fees for third-country students (€1,500/semester since WS 2017/18, Art. 3 LHGebG): https://www.intl.kit.edu/istudies/12606.php
- KIT International Students Office — application route: direct via the KIT Online-Portal, no uni-assist and no VPD: https://bewerbung.studium.kit.edu/en