Sustainability Economics and Management
Hints and tips
Prof. Dr Bernd Siebenhüner's chair regularly offers the format "Impact & Insights - Sustainability in the Job" to prepare students on the SEM Master's degree programme for future career paths. This accompanying series of events brings practitioners and experts from the field of sustainability together with SEM students. They report on their day-to-day work, share their experiences and explain the key requirements and current developments in their field of work.
The series of events is intended to give future graduates of the SEM Master's programme an insight into various potential professional fields/images. The format (formerly: Sustainability Practice Forum) will be offered again in the summer semester of 2025 after a long break.
Sustainability Economics and Management
Welcome to the website of the Master's Programme in Sustainability Economics and Management (SEM) at the Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, one of the leading sustainability programmes in Germany.
We are pleased about your interest in the programme. On the following pages you will find information about the SEM programme. If you have any questions about the programme or studying in Oldenburg in general, please feel free to contact the SEM study counselling service or the SEM student council.
The Master's programme SEM is highlighted by WirtschaftsWoche as a role model for sustainability-oriented degrees. This exemplary function is reflected by the consistently high number of applicants. "Environment and sustainability with a focus on biodiversity and marine sciences, sustainability and future energy" and "Society and education with a focus on participation and social transformation" are two of the three guiding principles of the University of Oldenburg that are directly relevant for the SEM programme. The programme’s focus is further underlined by the number of sustainability-related chairs in economics, which is one of the largest in the country.
In the past years, more than 600 alumni have completed their degree and are now working as "change agents" for sustainability in companies, public administration and NGOs. This has led to, to the formation of a large alumni network, with meetings taking place annually/every year since 2013.