Integrated Environmental Studies ERDE – (B.Sc.)

An ever-increasing world population demanding food, water, energy, health care, and education puts unprecedented pressure on the ”Earth System”. This concerns especially resources and the natural environment, and the institutions that provide access to and sitribution of resouces and education. Successful sustainable management of these global challenges, therefore, requires an integrated approach which combines elements from the natural and engineering sciences with those from social, political and economics studies. The study program Integrated Environmental Studies provides a broad and interdisciplinary education in these diverse fields within the multicultural environment of Jacobs University Bremen with its students from about 100 different countries. In addition to lectures and seminars, students will gain practical experience and skills during laboratory courses, excursions (on coal, power plants, renewable energy, environmental impact of mining, energy policy, development projects) and internships. The course language is English. The program offers to focus on three specialization areas, namely ”Environment and Resources”, "Energy Policy and Technology" and ”Sustainable Development”.