Semester Packages for Exchange Students

April-July, Bachelor Advanced, unblocked modules - for 30 ECTS-Credits choose 5 modules

Learn about the social and environmental dimensions of agriculture and the role of innovations - get familiar with a range of interesting research methods:

• Innovations for Sustainable Agri-Food Systems
• International Business and Innovation
• Introduction to Machine Learning in Python
• Life-Cycle Sustainability Assessment of Biobased Value Chains
• Sustainability Marketing & Marketing Consulting
• Qualitative Research Methods in Rural Development Studies
• "Humboldt reloaded" - getting started in science

April-July, Bachelor Advanced or Master, blocked modules - for 30 ECTS-Credits choose 4 modules out of 9.

Learn about the effects of environmental changes on biodiversity and ecosystems.

• Combining Ecological Models and Data OR
• Spatial Data Analysis with GIS ,
• Field Course Agroecology and Biodiversity OR
• Vegetation and Soils of Central Europe OR
• Biodiversity and Genetic Resources ,
• Agroecology and Biotic Resource Conservation OR
• Landscape Change, Resilience, and Ecosystem Services ,
• Intensive Course Landscape Ecology OR
• Plant Ecology of Cultural Landscapes (in August!)

April-July, Bachelor Advanced or Master, blocked modules - for 30 ECTS-Credits choose 4 modules out of 8

Focus on sustainable agricultural systems with the goal of global food security:

• Interdisciplinary Practical Science Training AND
• Animal Breeding for Sustainable Development OR
• Integrated Agricultural Production Systems OR
• Postharvest Technology of Food and Bio-Based Products ,
• Crop Production Affecting the Hydrological Cycle OR
• Renewable Energy for Rural Areas ,
• Promotion of Livestock in Tropical Environments OR
• Irrigation and Drainage Technology

April-July, Bachelor Advanced or Master, unblocked modules - for 30 ECTS-Credits choose 5 modules out of 6

Gain from Hohenheim’s expertise in organic agriculture and food chains:

• Organic Plant Production ,
• Crop Protection in Organic Farming ,
• Global Agri-food Systems: Conventional, Organic, and Beyond ,
• Global Challenges & Local Answers – Approaches for Sustainable Human-Nature-Relations
• Past and future of food systems: perspectives of political economy
• Tutorial Global Agri-food Systems: Conventional, Organic, and Beyond (freiwillig)
• Sustainability Marketing & Marketing Consulting ,
• Problems and Perspectives of Organic Farming ,
• Fit for Innovation Support – Concepts, Methods, and Skills

April-July, Bachelor Advanced, 30 ECTS-Credits

Work in a department on a specific project that is individually agreed between you and your supervisor

• Research Project  
• Info presentation (Feb. 2023)
• Current topics (Feb. 13, 2023)

October - February, choose 30 ECTS-Credits from the list of modules below
OR 24 credits from modules + the 5 credits language course in September

Level: Bachelor Advanced or Master

Gain from Hohenheim’s expertise in organic agriculture and food chains with its interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary orientation

• Organic Food Systems and Concepts
• Processing and Quality of Organic Food
• Economics and Environmental Policy
• Basic Microeconomics
• Environmental Policy
• Exercises to Basic Microeconomics (optional)
• Exercises to Environmental Policy (optional)
• Organic Livestock Farming and Products
• Soil Fertility and Fertilisation in Organic Farming
• Organic Farming in the Tropics and Subtropics
• Agricultural Knowledge Systems and Advisory Services
• Policy Processes in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management

October - February, 30 ECTS-Credits of the list of modules below
OR the 5 credits language course in September + 22.5 credits from modules (in block 1 to 3) from October - January

Level: Bachelor Advanced or Master, blocked courses

Learn about the relationships between biodiversity, climate, soils, and land use with a focus on quantitative ecology, in particular on statistical ecology

• Landscape Ecology*
• Community & Evolutionary Ecology
• Conservation Biology
• Plant Ecology

* The number of places is limited due to a 5-days excursion in October. Registration for the excursion takes place in the beginning of September.

October - February, choose 30 ECTS-Credits from the list of modules below
OR 24 credits from modules + the 5 credits language course in September

Level: Bachelor Advanced or Master

Focus on sustainable agricultural systems with the goal of global food security and get prepared to lead multidisciplinary teams

• Crop Production Systems
• Ecology and Agroecosystems*
• Livestock Production Systems and Development
• Organic Farming in the Tropics and Subtropics
• Agricultural Knowledge Systems and Advisory Services
• Policy Processes in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management
• Farm System Modeling
• Farm System Modelling
• Modelling of Land Use Decisions with Mathematical Programming
• Introduction to Excel Spreadsheet Models (optional)
• Poverty and Development Strategies

*The number of places is limited