Master of Science in Integrated Climate System Sciences (ICSS)

The English language M.Sc. program “Integrated Climate System Sciences” (ICSS) is part of the School of Integrated Climate and Earth System Sciences (SICSS) at the Universität Hamburg. It has been established at the Department of Earth Sciences within the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics, and Natural Sciences (MIN) in close collaboration with the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences.

The Master of Science program in Integrated Climate System Sciences offers three study tracks:

• Physics of the Climate System

• Biogeochemistry of the Climate System

• Climate-Related Economics and Social Sciences

You will study all three tracks during your first semester. After the second semester, you can give your curriculum either an in-depth focus on one of the three tracks, or an interdisciplinary approach whereby you combine various courses from the three tracks.

Additionally, the ICSS program also offers many technical skills elective courses, which provide you with working knowledge in tools used for scientific programming and data analysis or software development. Some of these courses are listed below.

The University Universität Hamburg is the largest institution for research and education in northern Germany. As one of the country’s largest universities, we offer a diverse range of degree programs and excellent research opportunities. The University boasts numerous interdisciplinary projects in a broad range of fields and an extensive partner network of leading regional, national, and international higher education and research institutions. Sustainable Science and Scholarship Universität Hamburg is committed to sustainability.

All our faculties have taken great strides towards sustainability in both research and teaching.

Excellent research

As part of the Excellence Strategy of the Federal and State Governments, Universität Hamburg has been granted clusters of excellence for 4 core research areas: Advanced Imaging of Matter (photon and nanosciences), Climate, Climatic Change, and Society (CLICCS) (climate research), Understanding Written Artefacts (manuscript research) and Quantum Universe (mathematics, particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology).

An equally important core research area is Infection Research, in which researchers investigate the structure, dynamics, and mechanisms of infection processes to promote the development of new treatment methods and therapies.

Excellent University

Furthermore, alongside 10 universities and 1 university alliance, Universität Hamburg was named a University of Excellence and was deemed a "flagship university."

Outstanding variety: 180-degree programs

Universität Hamburg offers more than 180-degree programs within its eight faculties:

• Faculty of Law Faculty of Business
• Economics and Social Sciences
• Faculty of Medicine Faculty of Education
• Faculty of Mathematics
• Informatics and Natural Sciences
• Faculty of Psychology and Human Movement
• Faculty of Business Administration (Hamburg Business School).

Universität Hamburg is also home to several museums and collections, such as the Herbarium Hamburgense, the Geological-Paleontological Museum, the Loki Schmidt Garden, and the Hamburg Observatory.

History

Universität Hamburg was founded in 1919 by local citizens. Important founding figures include Senator Werner von Melle and the merchant Edmund Siemers. Nobel Prize winners such as the physicists Otto Stern, Wolfgang Pauli, and Isidor Rabi taught and researched at the University. Many other distinguished scholars, such as Ernst Cassirer, Erwin Panofsky, Aby Warburg, William Stern, Agathe Lasch, Magdalene Schoch, Emil Artin, Ralf Dahrendorf, and Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, also worked here.