Sustainable Business and Technology Trier University of Applied Sciences

Modules are taught in English, but German and foreign language modules are integrated in the curriculum.

This interdisciplinary Bachelor's programme at Germany's most sustainability-oriented university incorporates all of the aspects necessary to meet the demands of students seeking a global perspective at the edge between business and technology.

Over the course of six semesters, students will study innovative learning concepts in the fields of business and engineering. Our focus on sustainability and green technologies as well as our globally interrelated perspective provides future graduates with excellent key qualifications and enables them to master the challenges of our time.

Real-life business projects as well as training in organisation, methods, and communication skills complete our students' academic and personal profiles.

As an added benefit, German language and intercultural communication modules may even pave the way for a possible professional life in Germany or a position at a German enterprise abroad.

Non-EU and non-EEA applicants: 15 May for the following winter semester

EU and EEA applicants: 31 August for the following winter semester

First semester:

• Mathematics I
• Physics
• Fundamentals of Sustainable Business I
• Fundamentals of Accounting
• Intercultural Communication
• German I (Foreign Language / Elective)*

Second semester:

• Mathematics II
• Chemistry and Ecology
• Thermodynamics
• Principles of Engineering I
• Accounting
• German II (Foreign Language / Elective)*

Third semester:

• Principles of Engineering II
• Information Technology
• International Law and International Economic Policy
• Scientific Methods and Concepts
• Corporate Finance
• German III (Foreign Language / Elective)*

Fourth semester:

• Sustainable Waste and Waste Water Treatment Technologies
• Sustainable Energy Systems
• Lab Work
• Manufacturing Technology
• Cleaner Production and Operations Management
• German IV (Foreign Language / Elective)*

Fifth semester:

• Ethics and Society
• Elective
• Elective
• Interdisciplinary Project
• German V (Foreign Language / Elective)*

Sixth semester:

• Elective
• Elective
• Career Planning and Employability
• Bachelor's Thesis and Colloquium

* The “German I-V / Foreign Language / Elective” modules include the courses “German as a Foreign Language I-V” for foreign students. Students whose native language is German and foreign students who have proven knowledge of German can take other languages or elective courses from the compulsory elective module catalogue of this degree programme.

No tuition fees

Approx. 350 EUR per semester
The exact amount differs from semester to semester. The semester contribution also allows for free rail travel in the region/Germany.

Approx. 920 EUR per month

German entrance qualification for universities of applied sciences or equivalent

You can find out whether your higher education entrance qualification (UEQ) from your home country qualifies you to study directly in Germany or whether you will first have to attend a preparatory course ("Studienkolleg") by finding further information on the information portal on the recognition of foreign educational qualifications (ANABIN).

Additionally, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) operates a website where you can check whether your school leaving certificate qualifies you to study in Germany.

If you have a foreign university entrance qualification, it must be evaluated by our university as part of the application process.
Please note that we do not cooperate with uni-assist and this examination is carried out exclusively by our university.

Please see here for a step-by-step guide for your application.

The Sustainable Business and Technology programme is offered entirely in English. It is therefore necessary to provide proof of language qualification (Certificate of English language proficiency or an equivalent):

• TOEFL Test (iBT72)
• TOEIC Test (Listening and Reading 785 + Speaking 160 + Writing 150)
• IELTS (band 5.5)
• Cambridge First Certificate in English + Grade B or C (FCE)
• B2 Certificate English of the Language Test Centre of Trier University
• English as an examination subject or an advanced course with grade “good” or “very good” (Information for German students: Abiturzeugnis Leistungskurs Englisch mit mindestens 10 von 15 Punkten im Durchschnitt der letzten zwei Schuljahre oder Abiturzeugnis Grundkurs Englisch mit mindestens 11 von 15 Punkten im Durchschnitt der letzten zwei Schuljahre)

The aforementioned proofs of English language do not have to be provided if your schooling or studies were completed in English, if you are a native speaker, or if you come from a country where the official language is English.

Non-EU and non-EEA applicants: 15 May for the following winter semester

EU and EEA applicants: 31 August for the following winter semester

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We strongly urge you to arrange your accommodation before arrival. A limited number of student apartments are available directly at the campus.
Hence, students are advised to book a private accommodation in time. Students can also live in private flats shared with other students. There are a number of popular online portals for finding a flat in Germany.

Buddy Programme: Students at the Environmental Campus Birkenfeld support international students and welcome them to Germany.

Our campus is one of the three sites of the Trier University of Applied Sciences, which is more than 30 years old and cooperates with more than 140 partner institutions worldwide. Founded in 1996, the Birkenfeld Environment Campus is still very young. Nonetheless, it is well equipped. We follow a residential campus concept with academic departments, libraries, and residences as well as social and sports facilities in one place. We not only develop sustainable technologies – we also use them. Energy and heat are supplied by a neighbouring combined biomass heat and power station, which uses waste wood and biogas. All roofs are equipped with solar panels; the lighting and geothermal climate systems are highly energy efficient. The Environmental Campus is located near the town of Birkenfeld on the Nahe river, close to the major European centres of Frankfurt, Luxembourg, and Trier. The campus has its own railway station and is close to the Kaiserslautern-Trier motorway. It has a direct rail connection to Frankfurt Airport (less than two hours), and Ryanair's Frankfurt-Hahn hub is only 40 minutes away.

Study in the heart of Europe – in the dynamic triangle between Germany, France and the Low Countries.

Experience Europe's oldest cultural landscapes and cities while living on campus next to Germany's youngest National Park.

Benefit from the direct rail link to the major transportation hubs of Frankfurt and Paris.