34 Full-time Master's in Ecology in Germany

Leverage natural ecosystems to drive sustainable development with the Impact MSc in Ecosystem-Based Sustainability Solutions course from Tomorrow University of Applied Sciences.

The MSc international Master’s programme on Ecosystem Services from TU Dresden provides students with the knowledge base and methods to analyse pressing environ-mental problems and to develop societally relevant solutions.

The Applied Ecology program at the University of Kiel states that environmental protection is certainly the greatest current challenge to mankind as it plays a crucial role in economic and societal development throughout the world.  It is by rising to this challenge that we will be able to generate sustainable development within human societies.

The Evolution Ecology and Systematics Master offered at Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich is a program for German and international students with a background in biology or a related subject. It provides students with a broad biology background and trains them to become critically thinking scientists.

The objective of the Organismic Biology, Evolutionary Biology and Palaeobiology (OEP Biology) program at University of Bonn is to give students a broad understanding of all aspects of organismic biology. Evolutionary biology and biodiversity research combine various disciplines such as systematics, phylogenesis, palaeobiology, physiology, ecology, molecular biology, ethology and many more.

The Life Sciences programme of University of Würzburg is a very comprehensive, interdisciplinary and fast track preparation for performing a PhD project at the Graduate School of Life Sciences (GSLS), University of Würzburg.

Biodiversity, Evolution, Ecology from Biodiversity, Evolution, Ecology provides students with in-depth subject and methodological knowledge and enables them to pursue research- and practice-related careers in the field of biodiversity and ecological research.

The Marine Ecosystem and Fisheries Science MSc course from University of Hamburg is set up as a consecutive and research-oriented degree program.

At Forest and Ecosystem Sciences from University of Göttingen you will be looking at the forest and forest ecosystem from various perspectives: ecosystem analysis and modelling, ecosystems sciences and tropical forestry – you can specialise in one of these three foci as your individually chosen forestry topic.  

In the Ecology, Evolution and Conservation MSc course at the University of Potsdam you will learn about the state of the art in the various specialized fields of ecology, evolutionary research and scientific nature conservation. The program is research-oriented and concentrates on a broad spectrum of modern research methods, with a supplementary focus on application aspects. 

Biology - Ecology from University of Kaiserslautern-Landau provides a deepend, scientifically founded and research-oriented education in the fields of ecology, evolution and diversity of microorganisms of all three domains of life. 

 The Master program  Culture, Ecology, Change at University of Rostock enables students to grasp, and act upon, the world views and historical causes of these problems. 

The elite course in “Global Change Ecology" of the universities of Bayreuth (lead university), Augsburg and Würzburg addresses the most consequential environmental problem of the 21st century: the new types of global environmental changes.  The objective is to train highly qualified and motivated managers for science, environmental protection, politics and management consulting.

The Master program Ecology and Environmental Change at Bielefeld University brings together different fields of ecology (animal and plant ecology, chemical ecology, conservation ecology and theoretical evolutionary ecology) to explore how individuals, populations, communities and ecosystems respond and adapt to environmental change. 

The Ecotoxicology (Environmental Pollution Management) degree at University of Kaiserslautern-Landau integrates concepts of Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Toxicology, Ecology, Pollution Management and includes Social Sciences and Economics as well.

The Ecology course offered by the University of Bremen is a programme for European and Non-European students with a background in biology, ecology or a related subject. 

At Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution from University of Greifswald special emphasis is given to methodological and conceptual aspects as a prerequisite for independent scientific work.  

Sustainable Forest and Nature Management (SUFONAMA) from University of Göttingen is a two-year worldclass integrated programme aimed at qualifying graduates for dealing with the enormous challenges in sustainable management of natural resources.

The Industrial Ecology program at ITMO University trains specialists capable of implementing the principles of industrial ecology, industrial symbiosis, and cleaner production to prevent a wide range of environmental disasters and pollution in megapolicies.

Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution University of Tübingen conducts research applying an interdisciplinary approach to current challenges of societal significance. The University offers a variety of majors and fields of study, combining traditional disciplines with modern and ambitious research fields.