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Hochschule Geisenheim University and the Foreign Affairs Office of Ningxia Autonomous Region, China sign Letter of Intent
The General Director of the Ningxia’s Foreign Affairs Office, Kang Zhanping, and the President of Hochschule Geisenheim University, Prof. Dr. Hans Reiner Schultz © Hochschule Geisenheim University

The goal of this agreement is to promote cooperation between Hochschule Geisenheim University and the higher education institutions of the Ningxia Region. This applies to research projects as well as student exchanges.

At the beginning of August 2018 Hochschule Geisenheim University played host to a high-ranking delegation from the Autonomous Region of Ningxia Hui, China. During the visit the General Director of the region’s Foreign Affairs Office, Kang Zhanping, ...

Hochschule Geisenheim University bids farewell to 149 graduates
The Graduates © Hochschule GeisenheimUniversity / Winfried Schönbach

On the occasion of the academic graduation ceremony the University and other donors also awarded four prizes: the Landscape Architecture Study Prize, the Dr. Werner Hoffmann Prize, the Rudolf Hermanns Foundation Prize and the Karl Bayer Prize.

Radiant faces and flying caps in the historical park of Hochschule Geisenheim University on Friday July 13, 2018. At the end of the 2018 summer semester the University honored 149 successful students at the graduation ceremony. They are now setting ...

Prize Award for Concept Ideas on the Historical Show Vineyard of Eberbach Monastery
Source: Tina Kissinger

Students of Landscape Architecture Provide Concepts for Future Use of the Spitalberg

The Foundation Kloster Eberbach as well as the Hessische Staatsweingüter (Hessian State Wineries) GmbH Kloster Eberbach in cooperation with SlowFood Rheingau and the Verein zur Förderung des Historischen Weinbaues im Rheingau e.V. (Association for ...

Viticulture in (climate) change: challenges for production and the product
Prof. Dr. Hans Reiner Schultz and Prof. Dr. Alain Blanchard.

Experts from Hochschule Geisenheim University, the Institut des Sciences de la Vigne et du Vin of the University of Bordeaux and the OIV - Organisation Internationale de la Vigne et du Vin discussed the problems and opportunities for the wine sector in Brussels.

Wine has long outgrown its classic growing regions, with wineries operating as successful businesses in countries where they were regarded as a curiosity just a few decades ago. In addition to globalization, climate change is the main driver of this ...

22nd International Geisenheim Conference on Grapevine Propagation
Source: Winfried Schönbach

An event offering a unique international platform for experience exchange

 

Over 160 participants from 20 countries showed considerable interest in the International Geisenheim Conference on Grapevine Propagation which was held at Hochschule Geisenheim University from 28 – 30 June 2018.


The introduction of the phylloxera ...

Steillagen-Allianz

Scientists and winegrowers cooperate to make steep slope viticulture fit for the future

For centuries steep slope vineyards have been a dominant feature of the majority of cultural riverscapes. These unique landscapes and their winegrowers face major challenges within the context of climatic developments, the massive loss of ...

Summer School "Cover Materials for Greenhouses": Call for Students

Greek-German Research and Teaching Network: Productivity, Future and Environmental Compatibility of Protected Cultivation – ZuGAbe – offers a Summer School on Cover Materials for Greenhouses from September 24 - 30, 2018 at the University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece.

In the framework of a collaboration project between Hochschule Geisenheim University (HGU) and the University of Thessaly (UTH) called ZuGAbe, a summer school on Cover Materials for Greenhouses will take place between the 24th and the 30th of ...

Hochschule Geisenheim University signs ‘Family at University’ Charta
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University president Prof. Dr. Hans Reiner Schultz: “The compatibility of family and study or career is one of our primary concerns and thus forms an integral part of our university development strategy.”

Hochschule Geisenheim University supports students and staff to help them achieve the best possible balance between their academic or professional careers and the needs of their families. It promotes family-oriented working conditions and helps ...

Visit from the north

Students from Denmark visit our university

From June 4 to 6, 2018, our university was visited by students of the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Copenhagen. The 20 students from Denmark were from the fields of nutritional science, food technology and agricultural science and met ...

50th Anniversary of Geisenheim’s Rheingau Stadium

Exciting football event between the Weisweiler Eleven, the German Wine Eleven and our university team FC Campus

On May 18 2018 the Geisenheim Weingau Stadium hosted a unique university sporting occasion to celebrate its 50th anniversary. University sports coodinator Laura Nelles invited the Weisweiler Elf – the renowned veteran team from Borussia ...