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Hochschule Geisenheim Appoints Dr. Johanna Döring as the World’s Only Professor of Organic Viticulture

Hochschule Geisenheim University is pleased to announce that Dr. Johanna Döring has been appointed Professor of Organic Viticulture. This one-of-a-kind professorship underlines the university’s leading role in the research and teaching of organic viticulture.

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GiESCO 2025 to be hosted by Geisenheim University

The 23rd international GiESCO conference, which will take place at Hochschule Geisenheim University from July 27 to 31, 2025, will be focused on new solutions for the viticulture of today and tomorrow. Under the motto "Above and Below - Towards the Future", the conference will engage with...

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Hochschule Geisenheim University Welcomes 318 First-Semester Students and Presents two Awards for Voluntary Commitment

On October 16, 2023, Hochschule Geisenheim University welcomed 318 new students for the start of the winter semester 2023/24. During the welcome event, University President Prof. Dr. Hans Reiner Schultz, Vice-President of Academic & Student Affairs Prof. Dr. Mirjam Hey and the Mayor of Geisenheim...

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Academic Graduation Ceremony 2023: Congratulations to 162 Graduates

162 students graduated with Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at the graduation ceremony marking the end of the summer semester 2023. The ceremony was held on Friday, July 28, in the Laiendormitorium of Kloser Eberbach. Three former doctoral students were also presented with their doctoral degrees....

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Refugee Project – Learn German! at Hochschule Geisenheim University

Since the beginning of the year, Hochschule Geisenheim University's International Center has again been supporting refugees in the Rheingau region as part of a project funded by the Hessian Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Science and the Arts (HMWK). Part of the current project, which is...

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Powerful Wine Expertise and a Firework of Culinary Delights: Masters of Wine Visit Hochschule Geisenheim University

On the evening of June 30, 2023, Hochschule Geisenheim University was proud to welcome a group of 20 guests from among the 500 participants of the 10th International Symposium of the Institute of Masters of Wine.

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Hochschule Geisenheim University Joins ICA Biodiversity Challenge (BioBlitz) 2023

As a member of the “Association for European Life Science Universities” (ICA) Hochschule Geisenheim University will be joining the ICA Biodiversity Challenge/BioBlitz 2023 from May 22 to June 30, 2023. The challenge, which is open to students, staff and visitors, is designed to raise awareness of...

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Eye-Tracking Study on the Beauty of Vineyard Scenery

A research cooperation between the Department of Landscape Planning and Nature Conservation, the Department of Fresh Produce Logistics and the Institute of Landscape Planning of the Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic.

 

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Sustainable Wine Roundtable Proposes 'Pact for Packaging'

Sustainable Wine Roundtable (SWRT) online members’ meeting to discuss 'pact for packaging' was held on February 23, 2023.

 

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Geisenheim Alumnus Jo Wessels Ranks 7th in ASI Best Sommelier of the World Contest

Jo Wessels, B.Sc. International Wine Business graduate from South Africa, came 7th in the ASI Best Sommelier of the World Contest 2023, which was held in Paris in February 2023. A total of 68 candidates from 65 countries competed for the title. In the end, Latvia’s Raimonds Tomsons took home the...

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