The program focusses on landscape ecology and environmental research with biological and geographical methods. There are seven mandatory modules with 48 ECTS in total, all taught in English. Students are free to set their own priorities by selecting seven elective modules (42 ECTS in total) out of the ones offered. Focal areas of the program are biodiversity, terrestrial ecology, aquatic ecology, tropical ecology, geo-ecology, regional development, and man and environment.