Geography (Bachelor)
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The bachelor’s programme in Geography aims at developing students’ perceptive, research and problem-solving skills, enabling them to deal with developments in the natural, cultural and social environment and their consequences. Students acquire basic and specialised knowledge, allowing them to explore academic questions relating to space and social challenges independently, based on academic theories and methods and from a range of different paradigmatic perspectives. As part of the bachelor’s programme, students specialise in one of the following four areas: physical geography, human geography, spatial research and spatial planning, or cartography and geoinformatics.
Bachelor of Science
Degree Programme Code: 033 655
6 semesters / 180 ECTS credits (including 30 ECTS credits of extension curricula)
Language: German
NO entrance examination
Facts & Figures
- Students: 827
- Graduates in the last academic year: 77
- Number of semesters needed for graduation (median): 7,3
Data updated on: 26.11.2025
Information about presentation & calculation
Attention
Instruction Language German
Please note that the instruction language of this programme is German. To start the degree programme, you need to hold a certificate of German proficiency on C1 level.
Admission procedure
Information about the admission procedure
Getting Started
Orientation in the first semester
Introductory and orientation period (STEOP)
Getting Informed
StudiesServiceCenter Earth Sciences, Geography and Astronomy
Students' Representatives Geography
Study programme
The bachelor’s programme in Geography consists of an Introductory and Orientation Period (STEOP), a core phase (Physical Geography, Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Cartography and Geoinformatics, Methods) and a specialisation phase (four subject areas to choose from: Physical Geography, Human Geography, Spatial Research and Spatial Planning, as well as Cartography and Geoinformatics). To successfully complete the programme, students have to write a bachelor’s thesis.
Five concepts
which you will deal with during your studies:
- Spatial planning
- Geoinformation
- Cartography
- Relief
- Regional development
... and many more.
Overview of the programme structure & topics
Here you find the current offer of courses for this programme to gain better insight into the topics and structure. For more information please click on the respective level.
Introductory and Orientation Period (16 ECTS)
BA GG 1.1 STEOP: Principles and Concepts of Physical Geography (6 ECTS)
BA GG 1.2 STEOP: Principles and Concepts of Human Geography and Spatial Planning (6 ECTS)
BA GG 1.3 STEOP: Introduction to Cartography and Geoinformatics (4 ECTS)
BA GG 2.1 Physical Geography I: Climate, Hydrology and Vegetation (8 ECTS)
BA GG 2.2 Physical Geography II: Earth, Soil and Relief (13 ECTS)
BA GG 2.3 Physical Geography III: Methods and Practice (7 ECTS)
BA GG 3.1 Human Geography I: Demography, Economy and Society (14 ECTS)
BA GG 3.2 Human Geography II: Rural Areas and Regional Development (11 ECTS)
BA GG 3.3 Human Geography III: Urban Geography and Spatial Planning (8 ECTS)
Cartography and Geoinformatics (22 ECTS)
BA GG 4.1 Cartography and Geoinformatics I (10 ECTS)
BA GG 4.2 Cartography and Geoinformatics II (12 ECTS)
BA GG 5.1 Methods in Geography I (11 ECTS)
BA GG 5.2 Methods in Geography II (10 ECTS)
Alternative Group of Compulsory Modules: Specialisation Physical Geography (30 ECTS)
BA GG 6.1 Specialisation Physical Geography (15 ECTS)
BA GG 6.2 Bachelor’s Thesis Physical Geography (15 ECTS)
Alternative Group of Compulsory Modules: Specialisation Human Geography (30 ECTS)
BA GG 7.1 Specialisation Human Geography (15 ECTS)
BA GG 7.2 Bachelor’s Thesis: Human Geography (15 ECTS)
BA GG 8.1 Specialisation Spatial Research and Spatial Planning (15 ECTS)
BA GG 8.2 Bachelor’s Thesis: Spatial Research and Spatial Planning (15 ECTS)
Alternative Group of Compulsory Modules: Specialisation Cartography and Geoinformatics (30 ECTS)
BA GG 9.1 Specialisation: Cartography and Geoinformatics (15 ECTS)
BA GG 9.2 Bachelor’s Thesis: Cartography and Geoinformatics (15 ECTS)
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After Graduation
The comprehensive integrative and interdisciplinary orientation of the bachelor’s programme provides graduates with specialist knowledge of cartography, geoinformation, spatial research and spatial planning, allowing them to pursue a career in a wide range of occupational fields.
Master's Programmes
- Cartography and Geographic Information Science (Master)
- Geography: Global Change and Sustainability (Master)
- Global Demography (Master)
- Regional Research and Regional Planning (Master)
- Urban Studies (Master)
- Master Access Guide
Continuing after Graduation
- Alumni of the University of Vienna
- [Postgraduate Center - postgraduate programmes at the University of Vienna](http://www.postgraduatecenter.at/en)
- [Uniport - career service of the University of Vienna](https://www.uniport.at/uniport-fuer-studierende)
Graduates' Perspective on the Degree Programme
#### Degree programme in retrospect
Graduates ...
- say that this degree programme receives the grade: 2.1 (good)
- rate the level of difficulty as: 3.3 (appropriate)
→ These results are basd on feedback from 96 graduates.
*You can find further assessments of the degree programme from its graduates’ perspective in the graduate survey of thebachelor’s programme in Geography graduation survey (in German).
Graduates ...
- find employment within 2 months after graduation on average.
*You can find further information on career entry and career paths in the tracking of graduates "BA Geography".