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Environment and Georesources Management (Umwelt- und Georessourcenmanagement) (M.Sc.)

at KIT in Karlsruhe

⚠ This programme is taught in German. DSH-2 is required before enrolment. That is university-entrance German (approximately C1). For a beginner this typically means one to two years of intensive study before enrolment.

At a glance

Language
German-taught
Duration
4 sem 120 ECTS
Intake
Winter & summer
Tuition
€1,500 per semester; see fee notes
Semester fee
€201.50

● Open: apply now All applicants · Winter semester

Focus areas: Geosciences · Environmental technology · Interdisciplinary competencies (environmental law, economics, numerical methods and simulation)

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.

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
English
not confirmed
German
DSH-2, TestDaF 4x4 or CEFR C1 for enrolment.
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.

Deadlines & timeline

Deadlines differ by where your degree is from. Dates change every cycle, so always confirm on the official page before planning. Where no fixed calendar date exists or none is confirmed yet, the Details column explains each case.
Who Intake Deadline Details
All applicants Winter semester 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 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.

Fees & funding

Tuition
€1,500 per semester
Semester contribution
€201.50
Semester ticket
not included

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.

Scholarships are listed per university: see KIT scholarships.

How to apply

uni-assist
not required
Application portal
bewerbung.studium.kit.edu
Official page
www.sle.kit.edu

EU applicants and holders of German degrees usually apply directly via the university's Campusportal instead of uni-assist; the deadline table above says which route applies to you.

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