title: The German postgraduate degree program in ecotoxicology (SETAC GLB and GDCh): a success story.
abstract: This article gives a comprehensive overview on the strategy, the development and the progress of the German postgraduate degree program in ecotoxicology (SETAC GLB and GDCh). The program soon prompted positive results: more than 10 years now the courses had an average enrolment rate of 90 %, and employment-seeking graduates from the first courses mostly succeeded in quickly finding employment relevant to their training. With over 450 students enrolled to date, the degree program contributes significantly to the field of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Water Protection MESOCOSM GmbH, Neu-Ulrichstein 5, 35315 Homberg (Ohm), Germany.
authors.forename: Klaus Peter
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Ebke
authors.affiliation: Consultant [formerly Umweltbundesamt (Federal Environmental Agency)], Ahrenshooper Zeile 1A, 14129 Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ahlers
authors.affiliation: Aquatic Ecology and Toxicology, Center for Organismal Studies, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 230, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Braunbeck
authors.affiliation: Department Aquatic Ecotoxicology, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Max-von-Laue-Str. 13, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
authors.forename: Jörg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Oehlmann
authors.affiliation: ToxRat Solutions GmbH, Naheweg 15, 52477 Alsdorf, Germany.
authors.forename: Toni
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ratte
authors.affiliation: Quantitative Landscape Ecology, Institute for Environmental Sciences, Fortstrasse 7, 76829 Landau, Germany.
authors.forename: Ralf B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Schäfer
authors.affiliation: Umweltbundesamt (Federal Environmental Agency), Wörlitzer Platz 1, 06844 Dessau-Rosslau, Germany.
authors.forename: Adolf
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Eisenträger
authors.affiliation: Chair of Environmental Biology and Chemodynamics, RWTH Aachen, Worringerweg 1, 52056 Aachen, Germany.
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schäffer