Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) -- Major: Environmental and Sustainability Sciences

A university entrance qualification, plus a motivation letter and an essay each independently evaluated (minimum grade 4.0 on the German 1-6 scale, where 1 is best). One of four Majors -- Environmental and Sustainability Sciences, Life Sciences, Governance, or Culture and History -- is chosen after the shared first-year Core, and determines whether the eventual degree is a BA or BSc. Selective programme, 80 places/year across all Majors combined; non-EU applicants without a German school-leaving certificate are admitted via a separate 20% quota rather than the grade-based procedure used for EU/German applicants. German is NOT an admission requirement -- no German-language certificate is asked for at the point of application. However, it is a graduation requirement, learned alongside the degree: the programme's own Study and Examination Regulations (Section 4a, 'Language skills') require every student to pass a language test by the end of the 4th study semester. Students whose native language is English must reach at least CEFR level A2 in German (plus A2 in a further modern or ancient language); students who are native speakers of neither German nor English must reach at least CEFR level C1 in English plus A2 in German; native German speakers instead need C1 English. A student who has not passed this language test by the end of the 5th semester forfeits their entitlement to sit the Bachelor's examination -- so this is a genuine 'learn German alongside your studies' model (a light A2 bar, not a prerequisite) rather than either 'German required before you start' or 'no German ever needed.'