Very well-founded and versatile education with a special focus on current topics of climate change and sustainability; The latest methods of recording and processing environmental data are taught; Many electives, exciting study projects, excursions and fieldwork; Practical relevance: Application of theoretical knowledge; Close cooperation with renowned research centres (including PIK, AWI, GFZ, UfZ) with joint courses and excursions as well as the opportunity to complete final theses and internships there; Insights into current environmental research projects.

Practical and in-depth education about solutions to urgent environmental problems in the 21st century (especially climate change); Focus on interactive seminars and project work; Increased offering of courses taught partly in entirely in English; Final theses are often supervised jointly with partners from professional practice (e.g. environmental protection and planning, consulting); Cooperation with ecological and geoscientific degree programmes provides students with access to interdisciplinary discussions and interdisciplinary teamwork (necessary for professional field)

International degree programme in CLEWS

Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, Istanbul, Türkei; Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, Frankreich; Universitetet i Bergen, Bergen, Norwegen; Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Rom, Italien; Uppsala universitet, Uppsala, Schweden; Universiteit Gent, Gent, Belgien; Univerzita Karlova, Prag, Tschechische Republik; Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spanien; University College London, London, Vereinigtes Königreich; Panepistimio Patron, Patras, Griechenland

In-house metrology available at the institute for various environmental applications (environmental analysis, soil laboratory, remote sensing laboratory, drone fleet, laser scanner, etc.); Access to various computer pools and high-performance computer networks; Possibility of borrowing various geoscientific and environmental measuring instruments from other institutes of the university or the research institutes (GFZ, AWI, PIK, etc.) in the surrounding area; Access to publication databases via the university or partner institutions (GFZ), in particular for geodata

Excellent scientific networking: diverse research cooperation with renowned, non-university research institutions, including the Potsdam Institute for Climate Research, Research Centre for Geosciences, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research and the German Centre for Environmental Research; particular strength with its own research projects and two DFG graduate programs in the fields of natural hazards and risk research as well as hydrology and climatology.

The University of Potsdam sees itself as an institution that promotes equal opportunities and diversity. Its diversity strategy serves as the basis for diversity and anti-discrimination work, formulates its guiding principles and the underlying understanding of diversity, and points the way forward for all diversity-related activities at the university. Education for Sustainable Development working group at the University of Potsdam.