The Master programme "Ecology and Environmental Change" at Bielefeld University is an English-language course that brings together different fields of ecology to explore how individuals, populations, communities and ecosystems respond and adapt to environmental change. Students learn to design and conduct laboratory and field experiments, acquire chemical-analytical methods, learn how to build eco-evolutionary models, and strengthen their statistical analysis and scientific communication skills.
In the first year, students take classes including Ecosystem Wadden Sea (with excursion), Environmental change and chemical communication, Models in conservation biology, Animal Ecology in a changing world, Effects of environmental change on plant chemistry, Plant ecology in a changing environment, Nature conservation and environmental protection (with excursion). The second year consists of individual research modules and the Master thesis.
All classes are taught in English and international applicants are very welcome! German skills are not required, but free German classes are offered for students at Bielefeld University.
The standard period of studies is 4 semesters. The studies Ecology and Environmental Change comprise 120 credit points.