University of Freiburg (Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg) Freiburg im Breisgau
Geographie des Globalen Wandels (Geography of Global Change) is a German-taught M.Sc. at the University of Freiburg over 4 semesters with 120 credits, starting in the winter semester with 30 places. It explores the major challenges of the 21st century, the roles of politics, economics and ecology, and how relations between society and environment can be shaped sustainably at global, regional and local level. You build solid theoretical and methodological skills for analysing complex interrelationships, gain research experience through project studies and field trips, and use elective modules to develop an interdisciplinary profile. Graduates work in public administration, consulting, research institutions and national and international organisations. You need German at C1.
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has obtained a first degree with an average grade of at least 2.7 from a German university in a Bachelor's degree program in geosciences, in particular geography or environmental sciences, or in an equivalent degree program lasting at least three years at a German or foreign university and
2\. has knowledge of the German language that corresponds to at least level C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
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