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CADENAS GmbH Webinar: Landscape Architecture Students Given Fascinating Insight into Building Information Modeling (BIM)
© Prof. Dr. Andreas Thon

The number of webinars and other eLearning options at Hochschule Geisenheim University has been steadily increasing in recent years; since 2018, the University has been involved in the joint "Digitally Supported Teaching and Learning in Hesse" ...

Wine Business Management: Hochschule Geisenheim University to Launch its First MBA Degree Program in the 2021 Summer Semester

With its "Wine Business Management" distance degree program, Hochschule Geisenheim University is offering experts and managers employed in the wine industry the opportunity to complete a degree program in parallel to their professional careers.

With its first distance degree program "Wine Business Management" (MBA), Hochschule Geisenheim University is about to close a major gap in professional training circles in Germany. The degree program, which will be offered from the 2021 summer ...

Tips and Tricks for an Easy Introduction to Digital Teaching

The Hochschulforum Digitalisierung (Higher Education Forum on Digitization) and the Centrum für Hochschulentwicklung (Center for Higher Education Development) have compiled five straightforward tips and tricks in an informative article to help you get started with digital teaching.

The coronavirus pandemic is forcing the teaching professions to suddenly and unexpectedly come to terms with distance teaching. However, the crisis also represents an opportunity that is often overlooked during the normal course of ...

Hochschule Geisenheim University Partners DLG in its YOUNG WINES GERMANY Vintage Check Competition

In its inaugural year, more than 70 German wineries and winegrowers' cooperatives took part in the competition by entering wines from the 2019 harvest. Geisenheim alumni were among both the winners and on the jury.

What potential does a new vintage have? This is what an expert jury has been assessing this year as part of the DLG YOUNG WINES GERMANY Vintage Check before the wines goes on sale in spring. The YOUNG WINES GERMANY award granted by the German ...

Closing Date for Applications for Summer Semester 2020 Extended until April 15, 2020
Eine Gruppe junger Menschen sitzt auf einer Wiese. © Hochschschule Geisenheim

All those interested in applying for Masters degree programs in Landscape Architecture (M.Sc.), Crop and Horticultural Science (M.Sc.) or enrolling in a later semester of all Bachelors and Masters degree programs at Hochschule Geisenheim University for the 2020 summer semester can continue to do so until April 15, 2020.

The closing date for applications to Hochschule Geisenheim University for the 2020 summer semester has been extended until April 15, 2020.


You can enrol in the later semesters of the Bachelors degree programs as well as the first and later semesters ...

Higher Education Pact 2021 - 2025: Hochschule Geisenheim University to Benefit from Larger Basic and Refurbishment Budget
© Hessische Staatskanzlei / Thomas Lohnes

On March 11, 2020, Hesse’s state government signed the Higher Education Pact 2021 - 2025 together with the presidents of the state’s 14 institutions of higher education, which, among other things, will focus on enhancing the quality of study and teaching, dual study programs, environmental sustainability and networking in scientific partnerships.

"Hesse's competitive strength depends largely on the innovative capabilities of our universities They are the drivers of innovation", stated state premier Volker Bouffier at the signing of the Higher Education Pact in Wiesbaden on March 11, 2020. The ...

VINOEURO 2020 Czech Republic Postponed until 2021
[Translate to English:] In Zeiten von COVID-19 - Videokonferenz mit acht Nationen

The UENFW European Winemakers Football Championship (VINOEURO) in the Czech Republic planned for May 19-23, 2020 has been rescheduled for next year due to the changed conditions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The presidents of the eight participating European nations decided this unanimously via video conference last Saturday. "It was certainly not easy for all of us to postpone our sportive and friendly meeting in the Czech Republic, but the ...

Federal Agriculture Minister Julia Klöckner Hands Over State Grants for DigiKopter Research
Federal Minister for Agriculture Julia Klöckner hands over grants for DigiKopter research to Professor Hans-Peter Schwarz and Dr. Rainer Keicher from Hochschule Geisenheim University; picture credit: Department of Technology, Hochschule Geisenheim University

The field of research deals with digitization in viticulture using multicopters, networked sensor technology and satellite-based communication channels. The Department of Technology, the Department of General and Organic Viticulture and Department of Wine and Beverage Business at Hochschule Geisenheim University are involved.

On March 9, 2020, Federal Agriculture Minister Julia Klöckner handed over the final six state grants to fund digital experiments in the field of agriculture. All 14 experimental fields have now commenced their work. The Federal Ministry of Food and ...

Professor Alexander von Birgelen Elected Vice-President of Academic & Student Affairs
Professor Alexander von Birgelen at a guided tour of the park, Open Campus 2019; photo credit: Alina-Louise Kramer

The Professor of Plant Use regards digitization as one of the most important drivers behind innovative teaching

With effect from March 1, 2020, Hochschule Geisenheim University has a new Vice-President of Student & Academic Affairs: Professor Alexander von Birgelen. He was elected to the position for a period of three years by an elective assembly composed of ...