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Funding grant for the “Nico Tico” project goes to our university
source: David Haase

The “Hessen Ideen” grant for young start-up entrepreneurs from Hessen’s higher education institutions awarded for the first time.

On March 20, 2018, 30 funding grants were awarded to young start-up entrepreneurs from Hessen’s higher education institutions.  Science Minister Boris Rhein congratulated the first awardees of the new grants program for university start-up ...

3rd Case Study Day in Geisenheim – A Networking Event for Companies and Students

The Department of Wine and Beverage Business Initiates Successful Knowledge Exchange between University Studies and Practice

Where can students solve current problems arising in businesses today and at the same time meet potential employers? How can companies operating in the wine business get fresh marketing ideas and at the same time come to know motivated young talents ...

Green & edible: Hochschule Geisenheim University’s contribution to the Street Food Festival 2018

Green, tasty produce and gardening know-how in Geisenheim town centre

At this year’sStreet Food Festival held on the Mother’s Day weekend the focus was on flavour and horticulture. Hochschule Geisenheim University contributed to the town’s event by offering a mix of green, tasty produce and horticultural know-how: at ...

Hochschule Geisenheim University's Study Info Day on May 2
Eine Frau erklärt zwei jungen Mädchen etwas anhand einer Broschüre. © Hochschule Geisenheim

Find your way into our degree programs!

Hochschule Geisenheim University opens its doors on May 2, 2018, to prospective students. At the Study Info Day we present our Bachelor degree programs through a mix of presentations by current students about their projects and practical lab courses ...

BDO – Are You Orange? Winemaking out of Mainstream
source: Tina Kissinger

61st BDO Symposium does not only scrutinize Natural Wines

As we all know, enologist are the winemakers. In this connection, the word "making", here describing human influence in the wine-making process, plays an important role.   Although it is common knowledge that the quality of a wine is created in the ...

1st place position in 2 categories: Hochschule Geisenheim convinces with its international profile
Landkarte von Europa mit pins

A study about the international approach of German universities shows that, of all small universities (< 5,000 students) in Germany, Hochschule Geisenheim University has the highest number of students doing an ERASMUS internship abroad – and the most international cooperations.

One in four students (25.2%) at Hochschule Geisenheim University takes an internship abroad under the ERASMUS program as part of his or her studies. This means that in this ranking Hochschule Geisenheim University clearly takes first place position ...

Hochschule Geisenheim Signs Charter of Diversity

The President of Hochschule Geisenheim University, Prof. Dr. Hans Reiner Schultz, states, "We assume the social responsibility that we have in addition to our commitment to research and teaching.“

By signing the Charter of Diversity, Hochschule Geisenheim University, represented by its President, Prof. Dr. Hans Reiner Schultz, has declared its fundamental commitment to fairness and appreciation of all its members of staff and students. ...

ArnikaHessen honoured as a project of the UN-Decade on Biodiversity
ArnikaHessen
Arnika-Projektteam with Dr. Matthias Kuprian from Hessen’s Ministry of the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (HMUKLV), photo: Bernhard Neugirg

On 14th March 2018 ArnikaHessen, a joint project of the Botanical Gardens Marburg, Hochschule Geisenheim University and the Philipps University Marburg, was officially honoured as a project of the UN-Decade on Biodiversity. The award was presented by Dr. Matthias Kuprian from Hessen’s Ministry of the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (HMUKLV) during an ArnikaHessen event at the Naturschutz-Akademie Hessen (NAH), Hessen’s Nature Conservation Academy. This prize is awarded on behalf of the UN-Decade on Biodiversity Agency to projects that promote the preservation of biological diversity in an exemplary manner.

A yellow sea of flowers as far as the eye could see.  Arnica (Arnica Montana) is a medicinal plant that was once a common sight in many parts of Germany. In recent decades, however, populations of the plant have declined dramatically, in Hessen as ...

New LOEWE-cluster to conduct research into aromas and flavorings from vines and fruit

The Federal State of Hessen to invest around 4.4 million Euros by 2021

Wiesbaden/Geisenheim. Today, Boris Rhein, the Minister for Higher Education, Research and the Arts, introduced the new LOEWE-cluster “AROMAplus – From plant-based raw materials to microbiological production – Aromas and functional ingredients from ...

Airplanes in My Stomach – Kerosene in My Nose
[Translate to English:] ProWein-Stand unserer Hochschule

Get to know interesting aspects of the special aroma component of Riesling wines at our ProWein stand

Most of us will certainly have experienced the legendary „Airplanes in the Stomach“. But why then do we have the smell of kerosene in our noses when we taste Riesling wines? Given the fact that there is hardly any vintner who is a pilot at the same ...