Hochschule Geisenheim University

Students: 1,146

– First-semester students: 238 (21%)
– Female students: 551 (48%)
– International students: 149 (13%)

Plus 34 students from our partnership with JLU Giessen

Total number of students: 1,180

Number of degree programs: 17 (7 bachelor's programs and 10 master's programs), 5 bachelor's programs are also offered as dual work-study programs

^{(based on preliminary figures for the winter semester 2026/27. Last updated: Oct. 16, 2026)}

Total number of staff: 545

– Professors: 40 of which 38 are currently filled
– Scientific staff: 127
– Administrative & technical staff: 361
– Trainees: 19

As well as 3 adjunct professorships and 3 joint appointments with the Julius Kühn Institute. 1 jointappointment with ZALF is currently under development

^{(Last updated: October 1, 2026)}

Around 120 ongoing externally-funded projects

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

Number of doctoral students: 83 (47% of them women)

Completed doctorates since the university was founded: 65

                                                       ^{(Last updated: January 1, 2026)}

Around 180 cooperations with partner universities and research institutions worldwide

Around 180 international students in the winter semester 2025/26 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

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 plant breeding
– 1.9 ha vegetable crops
– 13.6 ha fruit crops
– 5 ha parks