University of Hohenheim

The largest faculty is the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, which comprises around fifty percent of all students enrolled at Hohenheim University. Approximately 30 percent of students are enrolled at the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, and around 20 percent at the Life Sciences Faculty.
The University of Hohenheim has a unique selling point due to its particular profile that covers the entire chain of the development of natural and economic values through finishing processes, economic utilisation and sustainable return into the ecosystem. The University’s profile topics are the nutrition sciences as part of the food chain, the contribution of agriculture to energy and raw material supply, biological signals as well as innovation and services.

Research has a 200 year-long history at the University of Hohenheim. From its earliest beginnings it has been very application-orientated and has consistently pursued innovative inter-disciplinary and internationally-orientated research at the highest level in natural sciences, agricultural science and economic and social sciences.

Large collaborative research centres and research institutes in Natural Sciences, Agriculatural Sciences, Economic and Social Sciences, research groups from the German Research Association (DFG) in the broader field of Life Science and further research institutions, such as research training groups and doctoral theses are producing seminal work. Common inter-faculty research projects are taking place. Hohenheim research scientists from every faculty are working on national and international joint research projects and in industrial collaborations. Scientific centres are coordinating inter-disciplinary research and supporting this with a high level of scientific equipment. The remarkably high percentage of third-party funding in the University's research budget is evidence of the high level of scientific research and the involvement of Hohenheim scientists. This is honoured with the presentation of numerous awards.

Faculties (with institues and disciplines)

• Faculty Natural Sciences
• Faculty Agricultural Science
• Faculty Business, Economics and Social Sciences

Test laboratories and research institutes (Landesanstalte)

Hohenheim has five research laboratories. They are all research laboratories and educational institutions within the University. The research laboratories deal with the cultivation, protection and breeding of plants, horticulture, the biology of livestock and ecological agriculture and animal husbandry, breeding and the breeding of small animals.

An important role in hands-on research and in linking science and practice is fulfilled by the research institues (Landesanstalte), which have been linked to the University for more than 100 years.

Scientific centres

The six scientific centres within the University of Hohenheim enable intensive and practice-related research into the most diverse fields. The inter-faculty orientation of this work emphasises the inter-disciplinary nature of the research and promotes international collaboration.