Prospective Students
Dear prospective students,
It is great that you are interested in studying at the Department of Geography - because if you want to understand the world better and actively shape it, you have come to the right place.
Our earth is changing - rapidly, profoundly and on a global scale. Humans influence the earth system in many ways, often with complex and long-term consequences. Understanding these changes, analysing them, and developing sustainable solutions requires more than specialist knowledge: it requires geographical thinking - interdisciplinary, interconnected, and application-oriented.
Do you want to...
- Understand the complex interactions between economy, society, environment, and space - and learn how geographical thinking helps to systematically analyse and interpret phenomena such as climate change, urbanisation, migration, economic disparities, and global inequalities?
- Discover the world - not only in the lecture hall, but also through exciting excursions, fieldwork, and cultural exchange?
- Think and work across disciplines - at the intersection of the natural and social sciences?
- Build strong methodological skills - using state-of-the-art technologies, geographic information systems, remote sensing, statistics, and social science methods?
- Ensure excellent career prospects- whether in research, environmental and spatial planning, development cooperation, education, consulting, or the private sector?
- Go beyond observation - and develop concrete solutions to today's and tomorrow's challenges?
Then studying at the Department of Geography in Marburg is the perfect choice for you! You can look forward to exciting bachelor´s programmes, diverse and specialised master´s programmes, as well as the teacher training programme in Geography. All our study programmes offer a wide range of options and opportunities for specialisation, individual support, and an inspiring learning environment - right in the heart of the vibrant university town of Marburg.
If you would like to learn more about studying Geography in Marburg, our special courses, the structure of our programmes, the department, or campus life, you will find plenty of additional information on our website. Simply use the navigation and its subpages to guide you. Step by step, you can discover everything our department has to offer - and how your path in Geography can begin with us.
We look forward to welcoming you to the Department of Geography at Marburg University!