Degree programme Hydrology (Master) accredited

Important information

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Admission requirements

In order to be accepted into the programme, you must have obtained a first university degree that qualifies you for a profession or a degree or qualification from a university or state/state-approved university of cooperative education that is recognised in Germany in the field of hydrology, hydroscience, engineering or a comparable degree programme. In addition, you must have:

• A minimum of 30 credit points from courses in maths, physics, chemistry and/or hydrochemistry, biology, hydrobiology, computer science, hydrocomputing or geocomputing, and
• A minimum of 50 credit points from courses in hydrology, meteorology, water management, domestic water supply, water supply, sewage systems, industrial water management, groundwater management, water quality, limnology, hydrometry, and
• A minimum of 35 credit points from other courses in engineering such as waste management, contaminated site treatment, redevelopment technology, engineering mechanics, hydromechanics, hydraulic engineering, river engineering, soil mechanics or geodesy.

Further details can be found in the Aptitude Test Regulations of the Hydrology degree programme.

English language at the B2 level according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages is required. This can be proven by presenting documentation such as a university entrance qualification, a UNIcert®-foreign language certification or other language tests (such as TOEFEL, IELTS), for example.

Aptitude assessment

Notes and Rules of Procedure for the Aptitude Test [Eignungsfeststellungsordnung] on the webpage of the discipline

German language requirements

International applicants and German applicants with foreign school leaving certificate please find information here: language requirements.

Application hints and tips

If, at the time of the application, proof of the first degree that qualifies for a profession cannot yet be provided, applicants will be admitted to the aptitude test procedure and the numerus clausus selection procedure if 80% of the achievable points of the university degree can be proven by a certificate of the university of origin (Examining Office), on the basis of a completed module exam, assignment paper or colloquium. The form can be found on the web pages of the Admission Office.

General information for the degree programme

Water, being the fundamental requirement for all life, has been part of the United Nations International Bill of Human Rights since 2010. However, global population growth, destruction of the environment, climate change, severe weather patterns and pollution are having an increasingly adverse impact on the availability and quality of water as a resource. In order to counter these negative influences, students in the Hydrology degree programme learn how to develop and implement application-orientated, innovative solutions for the sustainable management of natural water resources and for handling extreme events such as floods and droughts. State-of-the-art, high-performance computers with wide-ranging software as well as laboratory and field measurement systems are available to students.