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Leuphana University Luneburg · Germany

Global Environmental and Sustainability Sciences

A three-year environment degree in Luneburg.

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Where
LuneburgGermany
Degree
BSc
Length
3 years
Taught in
English
Starts
October 2027
Apply by
15 July 2027
Last cut-off
All applicants admitted2025 · 70 places
EU/EEA fee
Freesemester fee about €453
More facts
Degree
BSc
Length
3 years
Taught in
English
Starts
October 2027

Deadlines

  1. 6 July 2027*

    IB results released
    Details

    Early July, which is what places an IB candidate in the later medicine group rather than the earlier one.

    Source

  2. 15 July 2027

    Application deadline for winter semester 2027/28 (window opens mid-May)
    Hard deadline
    DetailsSource

* Last year’s date, not yet confirmed.

Every date in Germany

What it is

Sustainability problems studied through ecology, sociology and economics at once, with models, statistics, lab and field work; you can add an integrated year at a partner university abroad, making it a four-year degree.

What you need

  • The IB must meet Germany's KMK rule. 30% of places go on grade alone, the rest on grade, extracurricular points and an optional English study-skills test. English: IB English A HL at 6, or e.g. IELTS 6.5.
Requirements in full

Where it says so

Its entry requirements

Check it on leuphana.de

How places are decided

    • IB grades
    • Test score (SAT, ACT or similar)
    2026 criteria; 2027 not yet published. Grade plus extracurricular points (and a study-skills test in years it is used); every valid applicant was admitted in 2025/26.
The last cut-off

Last admitted in 2025: All applicants admitted.

A past result, not a prediction.

Where it is published

Sources (3)
  1. Global Environmental and Sustainability Sciences at Leuphana — checked 2026-09-30
  2. Entry requirements
  3. Cut-off, 2025

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