The EMMA program is an interdisciplinary and international master's program offered in cooperation with the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy . This double-degree program, conducted in English, focuses on sustainable landscape development as well as ecosystem and agro-ecosystem management in mountain areas. It provides insights and knowledge on topics supporting the environmental management of mountain regions, including Alpine ecology, landscape ecology and planning, agriculture and forestry, wastewater and waste treatment, geoinformatics, and environmental and resource management.
In the first year, held at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, all students complete mandatory basic courses (30 ECTS) during the first semester. Subsequently, students choose between two optional curricula (30 ECTS) that focus either on sustainable agriculture or environmental protection.
The second year, conducted at the University of Innsbruck, includes one compulsory module (7.5 ECTS) and several elective modules (22.5 ECTS), allowing students to select modules based on their personal interests and career goals. Most courses are offered in the 3rd (winter semester) as the 4th semester is mainly dedicated to the writing of the master’s Thesis (28 ECTS).
2024 WS
CM1: Current Aspects in Environmental Management
PS Selected Topics in Environmental Management
PJ Project Study Environmental Management
EM1: Fundamentals of Sanitary Engineering and Waste Management
VU Fundamentals of Sanitary Engineering and Waste Management
UE Fundamentals of Sanitary Engineering and Waste Management
EM2: Water and Sediment Management
VU Water and Sediment Management
UE Water and Sediment Management
EM3: Natural Hazard Management
VO Natural Hazard Management
EU Recording and Management of Natural Hazards
EM4: Advanced Landscape Ecology
PJ Analysis of Landscape Patterns and Geostatics
SE Advanced Landscape Ecology
EM5: Ecology of Global Change (MSc Ecology and Biodiversity EM4)
VO Ecology of Global Change
SE Landschaftsökologie für Fortgeschrittene
EM6: Biodiversity (MSc Ecology and Biodiversity EM3)
VO Biodiversity
UE Biodiversity
EM11: Use and Protection of Mountain Ecosystems (MSc Ecology and Biodiversity EM21)
VO Use an Protection of Alpine Habitats and Species
PS Use an Protection of Alpine Habitats
EM12: Scientific Practice: Data Analysis
VU Data Analysis
UE Data Analysis
EM13: Selected Chapters in Environmental Management
VU Selected Chapters in Environmental Management
VU Selected Chapters in Environmental Management II
2025 SS
None take place in the summer term.
EM8: Interdisciplinary Excursion
EU Interdisciplinary Excursion
EM9: Sustainable Resource Management
VU Sustainable Resource Management
UE Sustainable Resource Management
Subject to change