A full-time course is expected to take six semesters, i.e. three years of study, to complete a Bachelor's degree in Environmental Engineering. Part-time studies last between eight and twelve semesters, depending on the intensity of the course.

The full-time Bachelor's degree course in Environmental Engineering is expected to require 30 contact lessons per week as well as individual self-study and exam preparation.

It cannot be said with certainty that the specializations of the degree course in Environmental Engineering this semester will be identical to those in three or four semesters. It is possible that individual specializations will be exchanged and replaced by others, perhaps even all of them. It is therefore important to find out at an early stage about the specializations offered by the individual Universities of Applied Sciences (UAS) or Federal Institutes of Technology (FIT) for the semester in question.

The degree course in Environmental Engineering comprises 180 ECTS credits, which students collect over the course of their studies. In the first semester, seven compulsory modules are taken in full-time study. For the winter semester 2016/2017, these are: Climatology and Computer Science; Culture and Languages 1 (English 1, Culture, Society, Language 1); Biology 1 (Botany 1, Microbiology), Use of Natural Resources (Use of Natural Resources, Flora and Fauna 1); Natural Sciences 1 (Chemistry 1, Mathematics for Environmental Engineers 1); Earth Sciences (Geology, Soil Science 1); and Nature and Society (Nature and Society 1, Project Week UNR). In the second semester, prospective environmental engineers again attend compulsory modules (Culture and Languages 2; Biology 2; Ecology - with Ecology and Environmental Analysis; Natural Sciences 2; Applied Mathematics and Statistics; Physics 1; Nature and Society 2; and Project Management. In addition, students choose a specialization and attend a foundation module in this specialization. In the third semester, the curriculum again includes basic modules for the respective specialization, as well as a large selection of modules that can be taken individually or as a minor. By attending a large number of modules in a minor, such as species knowledge, field diagnostics and analytics, life cycle assessment and label management, or education and consulting, students determine a further focus and can thus individually design their environmental engineering studies. In the third semester, "Visual Communication" is added as a compulsory module, followed by a term paper in the fourth semester and the compulsory Bachelor's thesis in the sixth semester. For a detailed module overview, please contact the individual Universities of Environmental Engineering directly.

For the fall semester 2016, the following specializations are offered in Environmental Engineering: Organic Agriculture and Horticulture; Environmental Systems and Sustainable Development; Renewable Energy and Eco-Technologies; Urban Ecosystems. Each specialization comprises nine modules, which must be attended and usually begin with a basic specialization module.