Atmospheric and Climate Sciences

Admission requirements

• BSc in Meteorology or Atmospheric Sciences or
• BSc in Physics or a related field of study with a minor in Meteorology or Atmospheric Sciences or
• an equivalent university degree in the same or a closely related field (i.e. Atmospheric Sciences)

given the programmes have a standard period of study of 6 semesters or a minimum of 180 CP.

_The examination board may demand additional courses (max. 60 CP) to be taken from the BSc Meteorology programme (mostly taught in German)._

• English language skills on the level of at least B2, proven by:
• high school diploma (A-levels diploma), or corresponding high school certificates and transcripts, or
• certification of classes in english 5 years, or
• TOEFL test (score at least 87 points), or
• IELTS score of 6.0 or above, or
• UNIcert-2 certificate, or
• Bachelor's Degree from a study program taught completely/mostly in English
• an equivalent certificate, pending decision by the Admissions committee

_Applicants who do not have a German university entrance qualification, nor do they have a degree from a German higher education institution, are recommended to obtain German language skills on the level of at least B1 (GER)._

Students are expected to have

• thorough knowledge of physics (especially fluid dynamics)
• good mathematical skills (algebra, mathematical analysis)
• knowledge of basic chemistry

Programming skills are required in all courses for numerical simulation, data evaluation and visualisation.