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Master’s · Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Water Resources and Environmental Engineering M.Sc.

Leibniz University Hannover · Hannover · Official programme page

19 facts from 7 official pages · last checked 14 November 2026

Reviewed by Dennis Maaß, admission and immigration expert
Published 8 November 2026 · Last reviewed 8 November 2026

Key facts

Length, deadlines and costs

Language
English
Source
“Language of Instruction English Language Requirements English C1”

www.uni-hannover.de/en/studium/studienangebot/info/studiengang/detail/water-resources-and-environmental-engineering · checked 14 November 2026

Taught entirely in English (LUH's WATENV programme); only English (C1) is required for the application.

Study mode
On campus
Source
“If you are enrolled at Leibniz University, you will spend the first year in Hannover,”

www.uni-hannover.de/en/studium/studienangebot/info/studiengang/detail/water-resources-and-environmental-engineering · checked 14 November 2026

Teaching is in Hannover; the optional double degree with Tsinghua University (Shenzhen) adds two semesters in China. LUH flags its two distance-learning master's programmes as "Fernstudium" in the course type and charges additional fees for them; this programme is neither, and the page presents a stay abroad as the exception, so teaching takes place at the university in Hannover. No LUH page uses the words "on campus".

Length
4 or 6 semesters
Source
“Standard Course Duration 4 semesters, 6 semesters with double degree”

www.uni-hannover.de/en/studium/studienangebot/info/studiengang/detail/water-resources-and-environmental-engineering · checked 14 November 2026

Four semesters for the regular programme, six for the double degree with Tsinghua University (Major C: Resources and Environment).

Intakes
Winter
Source
“Course Start Winter semester Language of Instruction English”
“(1) Students may begin the master's degree programme Water Resources and Environmental Engi- neering in the winter semester.” page

www.uni-hannover.de/en/studium/studienangebot/info/studiengang/detail/water-resources-and-environmental-engineering · checked 14 November 2026

Non-EU deadline
15 Jan 2027 (winter 2027)The only deadline for applicants from non-EU countries; the window opens on 1 December 2026.
Source
“First-year students from Germany and the EU 1 December of the previous year - 15 January of the year for the winter semester 1 June - 15 July of the year for the winter semester (additional application period) First-year students from non-EU countries 1 December of the previous year - 15 January of the year for the winter semester”
“Applicants from EU Member States may apply in a second procedure by 15 July.” page

www.uni-hannover.de/en/studium/studienangebot/info/studiengang/detail/water-resources-and-environmental-engineering · checked 14 November 2026

The earliest deadline of all LUH programmes for applicants from non-EU countries: 15 January, nine months before teaching starts, and there is no second chance - the July round is open to EU applicants only. The uni-assist VPD must be applied for at least eight weeks earlier (so by mid-November), and Indian applicants need the APS certificate before that.

Non-EU tuition
None
Source
“Although tuition fees are no longer charged in Lower Saxony, it goes without saying that costs are incurred at university, such as the semester fee, accommodation and living costs, and costs for learning materials.”
“Long-term tuition fees of €500 are due as soon as students exceed the standard period of study plus six "tolerance semesters".” page

www.uni-hannover.de/en/studium/finanzierung-foerderung/studienfinanzierung · checked 14 November 2026

No tuition fee, whatever the nationality; students pay the semester fee of 453.16 EUR (winter semester 2026/27). Long-term study fees of 500 EUR per semester start only after the study credit is used up - for master's students whose bachelor's degree was earned abroad, at a private or at a non-state-funded institution that is usually after 8 semesters.

Application fee
€75 one-off uni-assist handling fee for the first VPD application in a semester; 30 EUR for each further application in the same semester.
Source
“Pay the processing fee (€75 for the first application, €30 for each additional application in the same semester).”

www.uni-hannover.de/en/studium/vor-dem-studium/bewerbung-zulassung/voraussetzungen-zum-studium/vorpruefungsdokumentation · checked 14 November 2026

LUH itself charges nothing for the application in its own portal, but applicants from non-EU countries cannot apply without the uni-assist VPD, so the uni-assist fee is unavoidable. One VPD can be used for several master's applications in the same semester.

Places
Unrestricted
Source
“Admission Unrestricted admission”
“For master's degree programmes with unrestricted admission , all applicants who fulfil the admission requirements will be admitted a university place.” page

www.uni-hannover.de/en/studium/studienangebot/info/studiengang/detail/water-resources-and-environmental-engineering · checked 14 November 2026

No cap on places: everyone who meets the requirements is admitted; the regulations provide for a ranking by final mark only if applications exceed the places available.

Admission

What you need to apply

3-year bachelor’s
Case by case
Source
“a bachelor's degree or an equivalent degree in a suitable previous degree programme at a Ger- man university or at a university in a Bologna signatory country”

www.uni-hannover.de/fileadmin/luh/studium/ordnungen/zugang/englische_uebersetzungen/zo_m_EN_water_resources_and_environmental_engineering.pdf · checked 14 November 2026

The regulations set no minimum length or credit count for the first degree, but they do require 78-90 credit points in named subject areas, which a three-year 180-credit degree can meet. Equivalence of a foreign degree follows the ZAB/anabin assessments, and the selection committee may set a subject aptitude test when the documents leave the suitability unclear.

Subject background
A bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in civil engineering, civil and environmental engineering or a related subject with at least 18 credit points in mathematics for engineers, 12 in computer science/programming, 18 in natural sciences and 30 in water or environmental engineering (or 20 plus a final project in water engineering), and English at C1. The selection committee decides on suitability and may require missing modules within two semesters.
Source
“Suitable previous degree programmes include, as a rule, degree pro- grammes in Civil Engineering and in Civil and Environmental Engineering as well as related de- grees if they include at least the following credit points: 2 - 18 CP Mathematics for Engineers (including Probability Theory/Statistics/Data Analysis) - 12 CP Computer Science/Programming - 18 CP Natural Sciences (including Physics/Biology/Chemistry/Fluid Dynamics/Thermodynamics)”
“- 30 CP in the area of Water or Environmental Engineering (including Hydrology, Water Re- sources Management, Sanitary Engineering, Fluid Dynamics or Process Engineering, Sustaina- bility Engineering) or 20 CP from areas of Water or Environmental Engineering mentioned and in which evidence is also provided of a final project/bachelor's thesis in the area of Water Engineering.” page

www.uni-hannover.de/fileadmin/luh/studium/ordnungen/zugang/englische_uebersetzungen/zo_m_EN_water_resources_and_environmental_engineering.pdf · checked 14 November 2026

Minimum grade
Not stated by the university
2 pages checked, 14 Nov 2026

No minimum grade; admission is unrestricted and the mark only matters if a ranking has to be drawn up.

How your grade is converted
Foreign grades are converted into the German grading system by uni-assist in the Vorprüfungsdokumentation (VPD); LUH's selection then uses that converted grade. LUH publishes no conversion table or formula of its own.
Source
“For applicants from non-EU countries , grades will be converted by uni-assist and listed in the VPD.”
“In addition, your grades are converted into the German grading system.” page

www.uni-hannover.de/en/studium/vor-dem-studium/bewerbung-zulassung/voraussetzungen-zum-studium/zulassungsarten · checked 14 November 2026

Applicants from Germany and the EU have their grades converted by LUH's own admissions team instead. The converted grade is what the ranking list is built on.

English
Level C1. IELTS 7 · TOEFL iBT 95 · TOEFL band 5 · Home Edition accepted · PTE 76. Cambridge: C1 Advanced (previously CAE). telc English B2/C1 University, UNIcert III and the Leibniz Language Centre's Pathway to Master's are also accepted. TOEFL, IELTS, PTE and Pathway to Master's certificates are valid for two years; telc, Cambridge and UNIcert certificates have no expiry date.
Source
“Test of English as a Foreign Language ( TOEFL® , iBT or Home Edition ) with a result of 5.0 or 5.5 (previously at least 95 points) International English Language Testing System ( IELTS Academic, paper-based, digital or online) with a result of at least 7.0 C1 Advanced (previously CAE ) Pearson Test of English ( PTE Academic, paper-based or digital) with a result of at least 76 points telc English B2⋅C1 University UNIcert ® III Pathway to Master's (LLC)”
“- sufficient English language proficiency (level C1 of the Common European Framework of Refer- ence for Languages).” page

www.uni-hannover.de/en/studium/vor-dem-studium/bewerbung-zulassung/voraussetzungen-zum-studium/sprachnachweise · checked 14 November 2026

English at C1 is an admission requirement in its own right here, not an alternative to German. The minimum is the CEFR level in the admission regulations; the accepted certificates and scores come from LUH's central list of language certificates (edition 02/2026). TOEFL iBT Home Edition is accepted and the TOEFL minimum is given on both scales (old 0-120 score and the 1-6 band scale of January 2026). The Duolingo English Test appears on no LUH page, so it is not among the accepted certificates, but LUH does not say it is refused either; the central page warns "The information provided here is not exhaustive." TOEFL scores can be sent electronically, for which the web page gives DI code 7122 and the PDF list DI code 7211 - ask the Admissions Office which is current.

German
Not needed when applying
Source
“Language of Instruction English Language Requirements English C1”

www.uni-hannover.de/en/studium/studienangebot/info/studiengang/detail/water-resources-and-environmental-engineering · checked 14 November 2026

The programme page lists English C1 as the only language requirement, and the admission regulations ask for English rather than German.

Selection
No selection in practice (unrestricted admission); a ranking would follow the final or average mark with lots for ties. Applicants must say which track they want, and the selection committee may invite them to a subject aptitude test if the documents leave the suitability of the previous degree unclear; passing it means admission. Both an online and a written application are required.
Source
“(3) The selection committee may conduct a subject-related aptitude test if it is not possible to deter- mine clearly from the documents whether the previous degree programme is a suitable degree pro- gramme.”

www.uni-hannover.de/fileadmin/luh/studium/ordnungen/zugang/englische_uebersetzungen/zo_m_EN_water_resources_and_environmental_engineering.pdf · checked 14 November 2026

Students on "Major C: Resources and Environment" can add a double degree with Tsinghua University; the deadline for that is 15 January as well.

India, Pakistan, Nigeria

Rules for applicants from India, Pakistan and Nigeria

English test waiver
Not stated by the university
3 pages checked, 14 Nov 2026

The admission regulations make English C1 an admission requirement and name no exemption - no route for a degree taught in English, a school certificate in English or an English-speaking country - so applicants from India, Nigeria and Pakistan should expect to need one of the accepted test certificates.

Rules that name these countries
  • India: Applicants with Indian school or university transcripts must submit an individual APS certificate with their application, and need it before they can apply for the uni-assist VPD; group APS certificates are not accepted.
    Source
    “Applicants with school or university transcripts from Vietnam, India, and China (excluding Macao and Hong Kong) must submit an individual APS certificate or an APS certificate with their application. This is required in order to apply for the VPD .”

    www.uni-hannover.de/en/studium/vor-dem-studium/bewerbung-zulassung/voraussetzungen-zum-studium/aps-bescheinigung · checked 14 November 2026

    China and Vietnam are named in the same rule. LUH exempts applicants from India who already live in Germany without a visa procedure, who earned their highest relevant university degree outside India, who passed a Studienkolleg assessment test, or who hold a German or EU scholarship. No rule on LUH's pages names Nigeria or Pakistan.

The rules for your country across all universities, and the visa rules on English tests, are on the India, Pakistan and Nigeria pages.

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Every value was read on an official page and is stored with a verbatim quote; open “Source” to see it. “Not stated by the university” means none of the pages we checked says, and lists those pages. Rules change: confirm with the university before you apply or pay.