Teaching in the Bachelor's degree programme focuses on those areas of human geography or physical geography and landscape ecology in which the researchers have their comparative strengths, as proven in publications and third-party-funded projects. Therefore, in addition to a topical basic education, the focus is deliberately placed on enabling students to specialise as early as possible in certain sub-areas in which Geography in Hanover is particularly strong.

The Master's degree programme in Landscape Sciences focuses on "Biodiversity & Ecosystems", "Soil Protection & Land Use", "Hydrology & Water Management", "Atmosphere & Climate Change", "GIS & Spatial Modelling" and "Human-Environmental Relations & Ecosystem Services". In the Master's degree programme "Economic Geography", there is a consistent focus on those subject areas in which the institute has its comparative strengths in research, as well as on demanding methodological training, especially in the area of statistical procedures.

Support for individual stays abroad as part of professional internships, theses and studies abroad; Support for incoming students, internships and visiting scientists; Annual study project in Finland; Regular summer and winter schools with Yamagata University Japan; Research and teaching are characterized by strong application references in combination with theory and methodological training.. Both master's degree programmes offer the option of a double degree in cooperation with a foreign university.

University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finnland; Paris Lodron University Salzburg, Österreich; University of the Azores, Portugal; University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland; Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia; Universiteit Utrecht, Niederlande; Aalborg University, Dänemark; Lund University, Schweden; Universiteit Gent, Belgien; Queen's University, Belfast, Großbritannien; Uniwersytet Jagielloński wrakowie, Polen; Universität Wien, Österreich; University of Salford, Salford, Großbritannien

The Department of Geography has two computer pools that are used both for teaching and by students for the research and completion of coursework. The computer workstations (total of about 45) are regularly updated with the latest hardware and software and can also be used by students in the evening and at the weekend by means of a transponder rental system. In addition, numerous field devices (including handheld GPS, field tablets) can be borrowed for your students' own work. State-of-the-art techniques (UAV remote sensing with several drones, laser scanner) used in teaching.

Research and teaching are characterized by strong application references in combination with theory and methodological training. Key subject areas include soil erosion research and ecosystem services. The Human Geography Department in Hannover heads the Germany country team of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM's largest global consortium for start-up research) and is involved in the Research Institute for Social Cohesion (FGZ), with the FGZ sub-institute in Hannover.; At no other university does geography have such a research profile. Numerous Erasmus partnerships with universities in other European countries

A new lecture "Sustainable Economic Geography" will be permanently integrated into the curriculum of the Master's degree programme in Economic Geography. One of the key research areas of the Institute of Physical Geography and Landscape Ecology is "Global Change – Climate Change, Urbanization and Environmental Justice". In the Master's programme in Landscape Sciences, the modules "Global Change and Environmental Justice" and "Ecosystem Services and Human-Environmental Relations" can be taken in the study area "Ecosystem Processes and Environment", which deal directly with aspects of sustainability.