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Geography University of Marburg

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Degree

ist abhängig vom gewählten Hauptfach

Standard period of study (amount)

6 semesters

Location

Overview and admission

Study Type

undergraduate

Admission semester

Winter Semester only

Area of study

  • Geography
  • Physical Geography
  • Geoinformatics
  • Statistics

Focus

Overview of the subject of Geography and its sub-areas including the most important research approaches, theories and methods, Acquisition of the basic skills for scientific work, Acquisition of subject-related and methodological knowledge and special terminology in the selected sub-areas of Human Geography and Physical Geography, Methods and techniques of cartography, information processing, visualisation of spatial data, geographic information systems and remote sensing, Learning methods and techniques of empirical social research and statistics, Acquisition of subject-related and methodological knowledge and technical terminology, above all in German, but also in European spatial planning and regional planning

Annotation

Minor subject in the combination Bachelor's degree course - only possible in combination with a major subject Standard period of study: 6 or 8 semesters (depending on combination) The degree depends on the major subject chosen. Further information on the structure of the combination Bachelor's degree course can be found here: https://www.uni-marburg.de/de/studium/studieninteressierte/studienmoeglichkeiten/kombibachelor Early on in the minor subject sub-course "Geography" you can acquire scientific competences from all areas of geography and focus on human geography, physical geography or human-environmental relations. Courses on geoinformatics, cartography, statistics and other field and laboratory methods are the ideal preparation for advanced modules that teach, for example, planning skills for site analysis and environmental planning. An integral part of the degree course is the MarSkills programme, in which you acquire attractive and future-oriented key skills (see https://www.uni-marburg.de/de/fb09/igs/arbeitsgruppen/sprechwissenschaft/marskills/was-ist-marskills).

Admission modus

Without admission restriction

Admission requirements (Link)

Lecture period

  • 22.04.2025 - 25.07.2025
  • 13.10.2025 - 13.02.2026

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Tuition fee

Fees

Currently, the German federal state of Hesse does not charge tuition fees.

Languages of instruction

Main language

German

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