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To switch to green energy, we need new solutions for the storage of renewable energy in the form of batteries or other chemical energy carriers such as hydrogen, and to maintain our standard of living, we need environmentally friendly and efficient packaging and building materials, fertilisers, and medicines, etc. Chemistry as the science of substances and substance transformation is tailor-made to find highly innovative solutions in this regrd. Based on a broad chemical background knowledge, the bachelor's degree programme in "Sustainable Chemistry & Energy" teaches approaches to solutions for a sustainable and innovative future. These includes renewable chemical energy storage, the conversion of classic large-scale processes to "green" CO₂ -neutral alternatives, the recycling of raw materials, and many other exciting topics.

The digital revolution is challenging both our society and economy. New opportunities and risks are emerging. They are changing the business processes of small and medium-sized enterprises as well as those of large corporations. Business processes and structures are being put to the test, while personnel management and corporate culture are changing. Completely new products and services are emerging and changing our lifestyles. The new bachelor's programme in Business Informatics at the University of Bayreuth will prepare you to help shape and reflect on this digital transition at the interface of business and computer science. Moreover, the interdisciplinary basic studies offer you the chance to develop your own individual profile in business informatics. Whether you wish to found a start-up, plan a career in a company, gain a master's degree, or go into research, everything is possible!

With its "Health & Food Sciences" (B.Sc.) programme, Faculty VII of Life Sciences: Food, Nutrition & Health of the University of Bayreuth will kick off its first bachelor's degree programme of on the Kulmbach campus in the 2021/ 22 winter semester!

The focus of the programme is on the current global challenges in the area of nutrition and health, and addressing them with an integrative and interdisciplinary approach. The interdisciplinary degree programme combines natural science topics in the fields of biology, chemistry, biochemistry, and sports science with law and economics, data analysis, and statistics with social science topics such as "public health" and "behavioural sciences".

Our graduates will be thoroughly equipped for careers in research as well as for positions of responsibility in health management, health insurance companies, the food industry, media, and other areas of politics, administration, and business.

Supplying our society with sustainable, non-climate-damaging energy is one of the great challenges of the 21st century. Today we assume that by 2030, global demand for batteries for electric vehicles, stationary storage, and consumer electronics will increase at least 14-fold. This enormous demand is leading to a massive expansion of production capacities throughout Europe and urgently requires highly qualified professionals who have the necessary battery know-how along the entire value chain. The engineering-oriented Bayreuth master's programme "Battery Technology" addresses the central issues of energy storage in an interdisciplinary way, and is training top professionals in the field of battery technology.

Access to sustainable and renewable energy represents one of the great challenges in the 21st century. Therefore, electrochemical energy storage, in particular batteries, will be an essential tool for the future. The English-taught Master's degree programme "Battery Materials and Technology" will prepare its students for these future challenges. It addresses central issues of energy storage in an interdisciplinary manner, and focusses questions like efficiency and safety of new battery materials within a scientific orientation.

During the last two decades it has been proven that environmental and climate changes are related to substantial physical and mental hazards of humans. There is an increase in infectious diseases, in cardiovascular diseases, in allergies as well as a rising incidence in tumor diseases. For an appropriate management of climate-, environment and health-associated difficulties in near future, an emphasis must be given in the understanding of the correlation between environment, climate change and health from a scientific and educational point of view.  

The study programme "Electrical Engineering & Information Systems Engineering" offers a unique mixture of information technology and its applications in engineering, and is thus the perfect programme to cross the border between computer science and electrical engineering. Current engineering tasks are increasingly being shaped by information technology, and the degree programme provides coordinated expertise from both worlds.

The degree programme combines content-related, methodical and project-based courses primarily from business informatics as well as entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship.

The interdisciplinary and action-oriented approach of the degree programme keeps you open to a theoretical and methodological diversity that is attuned to the requirements of both academia and corporate practice.You will have the unique opportunity to apply, expand and deepen the knowledge gained during your studies within practical projects that run over several semesters. Thus, you will not only better understand complex problem-solving processes, but also be able to implement them. At the same time, you will work directly on your soft skills and pitch your self-developed business models and prototypes in accompanying end-of-semester events of the participating institutions in front of a broad audience from practice and research. Based on the events and the accompanying team events, a sense of community is created in each cohort and the process of product and business model development is not only simulated, but also tested on the requirements of real market participants.

How can the world’s ecosystems and climate be protected while at the same time providing a growing world population with sufficient raw materials and energy? What environmentally friendly technologies can we use to recover valuable secondary raw materials, e.g. from waste streams? How do we continue to develop renewable energy? In the master's programme in Environmental & Resource Technology at the University of Bayreuth, you combine aspects of engineering and geoscience in a unique way. You will address the pressing issues of environmental protection, raw material scarcity, and climate change. Your master's programme will have an engineering focus that is combined with environmental and resource-relevant disciplines. You will study at both the Faculty of Engineering Science and the Faculty of Biology, Chemistry & Earth Sciences at the University of Bayreuth.

The new International Legal Studies supplementary course of study for law students at the University of Bayreuth offers the unique opportunity to acquire a comprehensive and practice-oriented insight into international law.
 
Students are introduced to the world of international law, and encounter other countries and their legal systems. In addition, foreign language skills are strengthened, and expertise in the areas of comparative law, business and corporate law, and African perspectives and law is expanded. Legal knowledge and the ability to work with foreign languages are increasingly important criteria in the globalised world, and thereby also in the labour market.
 
According to § 37 of the Working and Examination Regulations for Lawyers (JAPO), students are granted an "exemption extension" after successful completion of the supplementary programme.

In the supplementary study programme Data Literacy, students acquire knowledge and skills to collect, manage, analyse, and apply data in a critical way. The supplementary study programme serves to provide academic as well as professional skills, and prepares students for professional tasks that they will have to fulfil in a digitalised economy and society.

The Entrepreneurship supplementary course of study is designed to give students the opportunity to build up competencies in the field of entrepreneurship. This gives them the opportunity to become familiar with entrepreneurial thinking and action, and to develop the corresponding key skills.