Hochschule Geisenheim University

Facts & Figures

Student Numbers

Eine Dozentin hält ein Prüfgerät in der Hand und erklärt es den umstehenden Studierenden, daneben liegen Tomaten © Hochschule Geisenheim / ppsstudios.com

Students: 1,334

– First-semester students: 292
Female students: 627
International students: 183

Plus 39 students from our partnership with JLU Giessen

Total students: 1373

 

Number of degree programs: 18 (8 bachelor's programs and 10 master's programs)

(Last updated: winter semester 2025/26)

Staff

Total number of staff: 576

– Professors: 41
– Scientific staff: 139
– Administrative & technical staff: 374
– Trainees: 22

As well as 6 honorary professorships and 3 co-appointments with the Julius Kühn Institute 

(Last updated: December 1, 2024)

Research & Knowledge Transfer

Eine rothaarige Studierende im Laborkittel schaut durch ein Mikroskop © Hochschule Geisenheim / ppsstudios.com

Around 100 ongoing externally-funded projects

3 research focus points across the entire value chain of specialty crops

Number of doctoral students: 97 (52% of them women)

Completed doctorates since the university was founded: 44

                                                       (Last updated: May 1, 2025)

Internationalization

Around 180 cooperations with partner universities and research institutions worldwide

Around 200 international students in the winter semester 2024/25 from 50 different nations

Top ranking in the HSI monitor, e.g.:

1st place (2020): percentage of outgoing Erasmus interns
1st place (2021): total number of international cooperations (non-including Erasmus)
2nd place (2021): percentage of foreign students pursuing a doctoral degree

Campus & Infrastructure

Die Gewächshäuser und Forschungsflächen der Hochschule Geisenheim. © Winfried Schönbach

Our buildings and facilities cover an area of 40,743 m2

8,471 m2 of that area are used for greenhouses

Total cultivation and research area: 56.5 ha:

36 ha viticulture and grapevine breeding
1.9 ha vegetable crops
13.6 ha fruit crops
5 ha parks

Data information

Students: non-including students on leave of absence, non-including enrolled doctoral students, including second degree, only first degree is counted 
Cluster 'small institutions with up to 5,000 students'; project "HSI-Monitor - Profildaten zur Hochschulinternationalität"