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Hochschule Geisenheim University presents new curricula of its Bachelor program „Horticulture“ at the International Plant Trade Fair “IPM” Essen 2019
Visit our team at booth 3E67! We are looking forward to seeing you there.

Future students and everybody interested is welcome to visit booth 3E67 to have a look at the future specialization of the Bachelor program Horticulture (B.Sc.): Urban Green. Geisenheim scientists do research on facade greening with a substrate-less system and try to find out which plants are suited best for the system.

We need an innovative and future-oriented study program that keeps pace with a rapidly changing professional world. This is particularly true when it comes to climate change, globalization and digitalization, especially for Geisenheim study programs ...

Geisenheim doctoral student receives sought-after OIV scholarship for research on labelling of wines
Evelyn Pabst

How do nutritional information labels on wine bottles affect international wine consumers?

Each year the International Organization of Vine and Wine (OIV) awards research scholarships to support priority programs as part of their strategy plan. The OIV is an intergovernmental, international organization in the wine business. The ...

Hochschule Geisenheim University takes part in “Digital-based teaching and learning in Hesse” project

Eleven universities are working together on a state-wide project to digitalize third-level teaching. ”The project aims to come up with innovative concepts for enhancing teaching and learning processes at third-level institutions”, says Hesse's science Minister, Boris Rhein.

Digital technologies have long become an indispensable part of teaching and study programs: Aiming to come up with innovative concepts, the state-wide project entitled “Digital-based teaching and learning in Hesse” will kick off on February 1, 2019. ...

Fight against climate change
Source: Prof. Dr. Claudia Kammann

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) mentions Biochar and PyCCS for the very first time in their special report, declaring them as promising negative emissions technologies (NET’s)

The IPCC’s special report of 8th October 2018 on global warming of 1.5 °C mentions Biochar for the first time as a promising NET. Even though the report is alarming, mentioning Biochar is an important step in the fight against climate change. Biochar ...

Inaugural event on cross terracing in steep slope viticulture
Source: Christian Frings

For centuries now, steep slope viticulture has shaped the scenery in regions such as the Middle Rhine Valley and the Moselle Valley creating diverse cultural landscapes. However, over the last decades the scene has changed. It is becoming increasingly difficult to manage today’s vertically planted vineyards profitably and the many fallow vineyards on the Middle Rhine and Moselle clearly reflect this development.

Since the beginning of 2018 Hochschule Geisenheim University has been investigating horizontal or cross terracing as a possible solution for steep vineyard sites.  Vineyard rows and alleys that run parallel to the hillside can be cultivated using ...

2018 DAAD Summer school „Wine Business“ in Georgia
Source: Dr. Sophie Ghvanidze

Hochschule Geisenheim University organizes Summer School: An ideal opportunity for students to get to know the University and learn about wine business

This year’s summer school organized by Hochschule Geisenheim University and Agricultural University of Georgia (AGRUNI) Tiflis and Armenian National Agrarian University (ANAU) Jerewan, is dedicated to wine business.


28 participants spent 5 days to ...

A true "Geisenheimer": Professor Helmut Dietrich retires after 37 years

Professor Dietrich – former head of the department of wine analysis and beverage research – loved teaching

In 1952 Professor Helmut Dietrich was born in Friedrichsthal. Between 1971 and 1977 he studied Chemistry at the University of the Saarland in Saarbrücken. In 1980 he completed his doctoral thesis on alcohol dehydrogenase. After working as a Post Doc ...

APPLY NOW: INTERNATIONAL AWARD 2019

The Rudolf Hermanns Foundation awards prizes of up to €12,500 for outstanding achievements in all areas of viticulture and horticultural science.

The aim is to reward papers from both scientific areas, which have led to the further development of these disciplines taking into account practical aspects.



The Rudolf Hermanns Foundation of Hochschule Geisenheim University has been awarding prizes ...

Geisenheim receives funding approval for “Zukunft Stadtgrün”, a joint program of the Federal Government and the Länder
Source: Ulrike Eschweiler, Geisenheim

The university town of Geisenheim has been officially accepted onto the “Zukunft Grün” (“Future Urban Greenspace”) funding program. In Frankfurt on September 5, 2018, the town’s mayor, Christian Assmann, accompanied by Stephanie Braun-Fischer from Hochschule Geisenheim University, was presented with the official notice of admission from Hessen’s Environment Minister Priska Hinz.

Hochschule Geisenheim University is acting as local partner in the funding application, and will thus play an advisory and initiatory role in the planned development of urban green infrastructure. Thanks to the existing cooperation between town and ...

Anniversary event: graduate school of Hochschule Geisenheim University celebrates its 200. seminar
Source: Tina Kissinger

Guest speaker of Hessian Agency for Nature Conservation & Environment and Geology give a talk on climate change in Hesse

On October, 25th 2018 the graduate school of Hochschule Geisenheim University celebrates its 200. seminar. The event was attended by Prof. Dr. Thomas Schmid, the president of the Hessian Agency for Nature Conservation & Environment and Geology ...