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Environmental Systems Sciences/Business Administration (USW/BW)

Bachelor’s programme

Faculty of Environmental and Regional Sciences and Education

University degree

Bachelor of Science „BSc“

ECTS

180

Start of studies

Winter term 2023/24

Duration of study

6 semesters

Teaching language

German

type of study programme

Full-time

Sustainable business administration

The bachelor’s programme in Environmental Systems Sciences/Business Administration offers you a unique combination of environmental and business-related topics that will prepare you specifically for the increasingly important area of sustainable business management.

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Is this degree programme right for you?

Interests that are a good basis for this study programme

You should be interested in business-related processes and issues and in the interaction between human activity and its impact on the environment. A basic understanding of mathematics will be an advantage for this study programme.

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About the study programme

Environmental Systems Sciences/Business Administration at the University of Graz

On the degree programme, you will get a thorough education in conventional business administration (e.g. management or accounting) as well as systems sciences (considering problems from a system perspective) and the future-oriented field of sustainability management. The systems sciences component will enable you to see problems from a holistic viewpoint and find new ways of solving them.

Institute Curriculum

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Further studies

Environmental Systems Sciences/Sustainability and Innovation Management (ESS/SIM)

The master’s programme in Environmental Systems Sciences/Sustainability and Innovation Management (ESS/SIM) builds directly on the bachelor’s programme, broadening and intensifying the knowledge and skills already acquired. At the University of Graz you also have the option of interdisciplinary master’s programmes and joint programmes, allowing further scope for individualised and specialised learning.

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Career prospects

Preparation for a wide range of career paths

When you graduate, your combination of business administration expertise and the overarching environmental systems sciences framework will allow you to take traditional business-related jobs such as controlling, logistics and marketing as well as export, country, risk, production and HR management or accounting. Alternatively, you will have opportunities in environmental, sustainability and project management, in planning and developing environmentally friendly products and processes, in environmental protection institutions, in the energy industry, in working on environmental sustainability audits or in advising and supporting companies.