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Agrobiotechnology

Allgemeine Informationen zu Bachelor- /Master-Studiengängen

Degree

Master of Science (M.Sc.)

Standard period of study

4 Semester - 120 Credit Points (CP)

Date of first accrediation

2005 by ASIIN

Admission Requirements

The Admission Requirements are for a Master’s degree course is a Bachelor’s degree with a relevant subject profile and a minimum grade of ‘good’. The decision on whether or not the prior course of studies matches the required profile is taken by the faculty Board of Examiners.

Application

Foreign applicants outside the European Union who do not have a German ‘Abitur’ (university en-trance certificate) must submit their application to JLU Giessen via uni-assist (details)

For further information you may contact:
Studierendensekretariat
Goethestraße 58
Postal address: Postfach 11 14 40, 35359 Giessen
Tel.: 0641/99-16400 (Herr Erdmann)
Detailed information on the application process

Courses start

Winter Semester (Oktober) or Summer Semester (April)

What is "(Agro-) Biotechnology"?

Biotechnology has produced a new and leading technology that is helping determine the direction of Europe’s economic development and international competitiveness. Since the early 1990s, there has been rapid progress in this sector, caused mainly by the results of genome research and, more recently, by rapid developments in cell biology (cell factories). Growth in these areas is predicted to accelerate further. It is crucial for our future that the energies resulting from the knowledge explosion taking place in these fundamental domains be harnessed to the development of technologies useful to society at large.

Starting in the winter semester 2005/2006, Justus Liebig University set up a new international Master’s Degree in Agrobiotechnology to cope with the burgeoning world-wide importance of biotechnology, not least in university education, for plant and animal production, and for the nutritional sciences. Justus Liebig University was the first German university to take up the global challenge of inaurgurat-ing an internationally oriented degree course designed to provide the highest level of academic training for entry into the biotechnology and agriculture sector of the world economy. The overall objective of Giessen’s Master’s program in Agrobiotechnology is to equip scientists in both the traditional ‘pure’ disciplines and in the domains of agriculture and nutrition for coping with managerial tasks at the cutting edge of the agricultural and food sector.

One important educational goal is to teach students practical methods and expertise on a broad scientific basis. Of critical importance in fulfilling this aim are the following factors:
  • research-oriented study
  • the solving of problems in current farming practice
  • the acquisition of international expertise and the fostering of creativity and a willingness to innovate
  • alertness to the need for identifying and assessing the effects of technological processes

Plan of Degree Course

The Master’s degree course consists of 20 modules (120 credits):
  • 14 taught modules
Core - 8 specialist modules (48 credits)
Profile - 6 optional modules (36 credits)
  • Industrial internship (equivalent of 2 modules - 12 credits)
  • Master’s thesis (equivalent of 4 modules - 24 credits)
The course of studies is regarded as successfully completed if all required modules have been passed. The final grade is calculated from the average grades of the individual modules, the grade of the Master’s thesis being weighted by a factor of four.

The Core Modules (Compulsory Modules) are:
  • Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Plant Pathology
  • Bioengineering and Plant Protection
  • Biotechnology and Genomics
  • Microbial Food Biotechnology
  • Risk Assessment, Ethics, and Patent Law
  • Molecular Entomology
  • Industrial Intership

Course Specific Academic Counselling ("Studienfachberatung")

Prof. Dr. Peter Kämpfer
Institut für Angewandte Mikrobiologie,
Heinrich-Buff-Ring 23-32 (IFZ)
35390 Gießen
Tel. 0641 - 99 37352
Office hours: by arrangement
E-Mail: contact@agrobiotechnology.de

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