# M.Sc. Water Resources and Environmental Management (WATENV) (MSc) at LUH

LUH's long-standing English-taught master combining water management, waste management, environmental technology and sustainable development into one degree — strong Global-South relevance. Complements TropHEE (TU Darmstadt) and WAREM (Universität Stuttgart) as a third, distinct water-focused master on this platform.

University: Leibniz Universität Hannover (https://studygermany.dev/universities/luh.md)
City: Hannover (https://studygermany.dev/cities/hannover.md)
HTML page: https://studygermany.dev/programmes/luh-msc-water-resources-and-environmental-management/

## At a glance

- Degree: MSc
- Language of instruction: English
- English requirement: General LUH English-taught floor (aggregator-sourced): IELTS 6.0 / TOEFL iBT 87 — confirm the exact level on the programme page.
- German requirement: not required — LUH's own label is "English-language".
- ECTS: 120
- Duration: 4 semesters
- Intake: Winter semester
- Tuition: €0 per semester (public university)
- Semester contribution: €453.16
- Semester ticket included: yes (Deutschland-Semesterticket)

Fee notes: Leibniz Universität Hannover is a Lower Saxony public university — €0 tuition for all students, including non-EU. The semester contribution is €453.16 (WS 2026/27, confirmed on LUH's own Rückmeldung page) — the highest in Germany, but roughly €270 of it funds the Deutschlandsemesterticket (nationwide regional transport, historically very wide-reaching to Kassel, Bielefeld, Lübeck, Hamburg and Bremen, plus 30 free sprintRad bike-share minutes per trip in Hannover), with the remainder covering Studierendenwerk and student-body fees. No application fee to LUH, but a non-EU/EEA degree requires a uni-assist VPD (€75 for the first application). The AStA offers interest-free loans for the semesters when the contribution falls due. Fully exempt on an approved leave semester (Beurlaubung).

## Admission requirements

- Prior degree: not confirmed
- Minimum grade: not confirmed
- Also required: Admission type not confirmed per programme — LUH states roughly 61% of its master's programmes are admission-free (mygermanuniversity, platform-wide figure).

## Application deadlines

- Non-EU applicants, winter semester: 2027-05-31. Non-EU/EEA-degree holders close six weeks earlier than EU applicants because a uni-assist VPD must be obtained first (itself taking weeks) — start the VPD process well before this date.
- EU / German-degree applicants, winter semester: 2027-07-15. EU/EEA-degree holders (and holders of a German degree) apply directly in the LUH portal, no VPD required.

## How to apply

- uni-assist required: yes (the deadline notes show who this applies to)
- Application portal: https://www.uni-hannover.de/en/studium/bewerbung/
- Official programme page: not confirmed

## External resources

- [English-language degree programmes at LUH](https://www.uni-hannover.de/en/studium/studienangebot/english-speaking-degree-programmes-at-luh)
- [LUH application portal](https://www.uni-hannover.de/en/studium/bewerbung/)
- [Apply via uni-assist (VPD)](https://www.uni-assist.de/en/)



## Provenance

Last checked: 2026-07-22

- LUH — Rückmeldung / Semesterbeitrag (contribution €453.16, WS 2026/27): https://www.uni-hannover.de/studium/im-studium/studienorganisation/rueckmeldung
- LUH — English-language degree programmes at LUH: https://www.uni-hannover.de/en/studium/studienangebot/english-speaking-degree-programmes-at-luh
- LUH Faculty of Mechanical Engineering — master admission & deadlines (two-tier EU/non-EU deadline system): https://www.maschinenbau.uni-hannover.de/en/study/before-the-study/information-on-masters-admission/