Degrees

When you have finished your studies and want to obtain a degree in Geography, Human Geography or Urban and Regional Planning, you must apply for a degree certificate.

In order to receive a certificate of a certain degree, the requirements for that degree must be met.

Bachelor's degree

The Bachelor's degree is achieved after completing courses totaling 180 higher education credits (3 years), of which at least 90 higher education credits must consist of studies with successive deepening within the main area of ​​the education. The studies within the main field must include an independent work of at least 15 higher education credits.

Master's degree

The master's degree is achieved after completing course requirements of a total of 120 higher education credits (2 years), of which at least 60 higher education credits must comprise advanced level courses within a main field. The studies within the main field must include an independent degree project of at least 30 higher education credits (or two independent degree projects of 15 higher education credits each).

It is possible to include courses from the basic level in a master's degree. The assessment of whether courses at first level can be included is made by the institution where you write your thesis at advanced level.

Please note that you cannot include a course included in your previous undergraduate degree into your advanced degree (some exceptions exist - see local transfer rules). In order for you to be able to obtain a master's degree, you must first have completed a bachelor's degree or professional degree of at least 180 higher education credits or an equivalent foreign degree.

Within each master's program and main field, there are special requirements for the degree, see the respective education plan. The courses that contain degree work for a master's degree in Geography, Humanl Geography or Urban and Regional Planning are offered by the Department of Human Geography only within programmes.

Doctoral Degree

The doctoral degree is obtained after the doctoral student has completed an education of 240 higher education credits in a subject at postgraduate level.

• Doctoral Programme in Geography with emphasis on Human Geography, 240 HECs

Requirements in course and programme syllabi

For those studying within a bachelor's or master's programme, there may be additional requirements to achieve the goals found in the educational plan for the program. Often this means restrictions regarding which courses can or must be included in the education and in which order these must be taken. In the same way, there may be eligibility requirements in syllabi (primarily syllabi for degree work for master's degrees) which set requirements for previously studied courses and thus for what can be included in the degree.

Restrictions

For many courses, special restrictions apply to the right to include the course in the degree. Broadly, this means that courses that fully or partially have the same content cannot be included in the same degree. See the respective syllabus or contact the study advisor.

Application for a degree certificate

The degree is not issued automatically when you meet the degree requirements. You must apply for the degree certificate. It sometimes takes quite a long time before the diploma is ready.

The degree certificate shows the title of the degree, main field and all completed courses (name of the course, number of higher education credits, grade and date).

Application for a degree certificate

Degree ceremonies

The master's promotion and doctoral promotion is a graduation ceremony to celebrate new master's degrees, master's degrees and others who have obtained an advanced level degree or newly earned doctorate.

Conferment of master's degrees

Conferment of doctoral degrees