23 Master's degrees in Environmental Economics & Policy in Germany

The Master in Economic Policy program from University of Siegen prepares its students for the challenges which an increasingly globalizing economy imposes on businesses, economic policy and society.

In the Master’s programme of Geographical Environmental Research at Freie Universität Berlin, societal processes are analysed in the context of development and transformation based on theories, models and methods from the social sciences. 

The Applied and Environmental Geoscience programme at the University of Tübingen is an international research-oriented study program focusing on the evaluation and solution of environmental problems. 

The Physical Geography - Environmental History programme offered by the University of Bremen  focuses on the reconstruction of environmental and climatic history as scientific expertise in this field is paramount today.

The University of Kassel's master’s degree course in Global Political Economy and Development (GPED) aims to help students to develop a critical understanding of the numerous theoretical approaches and practical issues as well as the wide spectrum of institutions, players and processes in the Global Political Economy. The course also seeks to enable students to apply this knowledge in practice.

Sustainability Science - Ecosystems, Biodiversity And Society programme from Leuphana University of Lüneburg is unique in that it recognises that effective ecosystem management hinges on in-depth understanding of ecosystem processes and how they are interlinked with social-ecological system dynamics.

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 Applied Economics and International Economic Policy at University of Wuppertal graduates are faced with special challenges in terms of combining theoretical knowledge and empirical analysis. 

SPRING - Regional Development Planning and Management is a two-year Master´s degree programme from TU Dortmund University that addresses current topics of spatial planning in developing and emerging countries.

The Economic Behaviour and Governance degree from University of Kassel emphasises the main research areas of the faculty at the Institute of Economics. The objective is to provide students with profound knowledge in behavioural economics with a strong focus on applied research questions.

The thematic focus of the Bioeconomy master's program from Technical University of Munich is on environmental, behavioral & innovation economics in combination with inter- and transdisciplinary elements. In addition to the core economic topics, extensive knowledge of sustainability and key technologies such as biotechnology, digitalization, energy technology and process engineering is taught.

MBA Renewables is the first and only distance-learning MBA programme focusing on renewable energy and energy efficiency. This international online study programme has been jointly offered by Berliner Hochschule für Technik (BHT) and the Renewables Academy since 2011.

The focus of the Environmental Physics programme offered by the University of Bremen  is to educate students by providing knowledge of the complex relationships between atmosphere, hydrosphere (ocean), cryosphere (ice region) and solid earth (land). 

Students in the academic programme South Asian Studies from Heidelberg University focus on historical, societal and current political and economic developments and events, as well as physiogeographical processes, in the countries of South-East Asia.

The Information Technologies for the Built Environment master's program from Technical University of Munich provides knowledge and competencies on information technologies from architecture, civil engineering, and geodesy. Capture, generate, interpret, utilize, and adapt digital data and information at the interface of different digital systems. 

The Urban Ecosystem Sciences at TU Berlin trains you to become a specialized expert and researcher, able to develop intelligent and sustainable concepts for the urban environment.

The M.Sc. Environmental Governance  from University of Freiburg addresses this special need. Unique worldwide, its focus is on facilitating the institutionalisation of context-effective environmental governance arrangements that combine the regulation of market, state and civil society for sustainable development.

The Clean Energy Processes at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) aims at providing graduates with the skills required to successfully address and work on answers for current and future questions about energy systems and conversion and use of energy in chemical industry.

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. 

Sustainability, Society and the Environment from University of Kiel has been designed to empower students to become change leaders for sustainable development.