The diversity of geographical sub-disciplines offered by experts from the field, non-university research institutions and foreign universities is a special feature of the content. The methodological diversity and the interlocking of methodological training with questions of human-environment research in contexts of research-based learning are among the focal points. Students can continue to gain practical experience through internships.

Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spanien; Universiteit van Amsterdam, Niederlande; Stockholms Universitet, Schweden; Lunds Universitet, Schweden; University of Birmingham, UK; Universitè Toulouse Le Mirail, Frankreich; Universitè Jean Moulin Lyon, Frankreich; Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Österreich; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA; University of Florida, USA

Amenities include: Humboldt Weather Station Berlin-Adlershof: continuous measurement of weather, soil and air quality in the measurement garden and on the roof of the institute; diverse climate measurement technology; computer cluster with over 160 processors and more than 200 TB of storage space (climatic geography, geomatics); soil-hydrological-air-analytical teaching-learning laboratory; historical rock collection; historical map, aerial photo and photo collection with approx. 100,000 entries from the 19th century. - 21st century; remote sensing spectrometry lab; drone with multispectral and thermal camera.

Colleagues of the institute lead a Marie Curie ITN, participate in the SFB "Refiguration of Spaces", take part with two subprojects on radiation modelling and air quality measurement in the large BMBF programme "Stadtklima im Wandel/Urban Climate under Change (UC2)" and collaborate in international research networks (Global Land Programme, Future Earth, USGS Landsat Science Team).