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05/12/2023 | Pressemitteilung

New Master: Experts for the agricultural and food revolution

Starting in the winter semester, the University of Kassel is offering the master's program Agriculture, Ecology & Societies (AGES). It enables students to explore agriculture as a complex socio-ecological system and thus prepare for activities related to the agricultural and food transition.

Students in the field.Image: Sonja Rode.
The master's degree provides in-depth agronomic content.

To this end, the program combines in-depth agronomic content with an examination of how agriculture is embedded in society and economic processes. With a wide range of electives, AGES enables students to shape their studies according to their interests and career goals. The program emphasizes interdisciplinary, critical thinking, and project-based learning. At international partner universities, students can specialize in agroecology, rural development, and environmental management, among others. All AGES modules are taught in English.

The program prepares graduates for jobs in agricultural policy institutions, agroecological extension or research institutes. Here they can play a role in the shift towards more agroecology, climate protection, biodiversity or animal welfare. A bachelor's degree in agricultural sciences, social sciences, economics or humanities is a prerequisite for this master's program. The departments involved are Ecological Agricultural Sciences, Humanities and Cultural Studies, Social Sciences, Architecture - Urban Planning - Landscape Planning (ASL) and Economics.

Application is possible from 1.6.
Information and application at: uni-kassel.de/go/m_ages