- Degree
- Master of Arts or Master of Science, depending on specialisation
- Course location
- Witzenhausen
- Teaching language
- • English
- Languages
- The programme is taught in English.
- Full-time / part-time
- • full-time
- Programme duration
- 4 semesters
- Beginning
- Winter semester
- Additional information on beginning, duration and mode of study
- This programme starts annually in October. Please refer to the programme website (https://www.uni-kassel.de/uni/en/study/agriculture-ecology-and-societies-master) for up-to-date information. Before lectures start, there will be a Welcome Week and introduction sessions for new international students, which provide valuable information.
- Application deadline
- • Application period with a degree earned outside Germany: annually 1 December to 1 March
Applications are screened beginning in December – please apply as early as possible in order to allow time for registration, financing, and visa.
• Application period with a degree obtained in Germany: annually 1 June to 1 September
- Tuition fees per semester in EUR
- None
- Combined Master's degree / PhD programme
- No
- Joint degree / double degree programme
- No
- Description/content
- In the two-year Master's programme in "Agriculture, Ecology & Societies" (AGES), students explore sustainable agriculture from an interdisciplinary perspective. Depending on their career objectives and thematic interests, students may combine courses in the following areas of expertise:
• the natural sciences and biophysical basis for sustainable agroecologies
• ecological land and farm management practices
• the social organisation (governance) and economics of agriculture, rural geographies and rural-urban linkages
• political demands and voices within the food system
• agricultural beliefs and ethics
• critical food systems research and advocacy
The programme emphasises interdisciplinary, critical and project-based learning, and is taught by scholars from a variety of (inter-)disciplinary backgrounds. Its common denominator is the search for more sustainable, equitable food systems, and the need to train and equip young change-makers with an interdisciplinary skill set for food system transformation.
AGES is offered by the Faculty of Organic Agricultural Sciences (https://www.uni-kassel.de/fb11agrar/en/), which has been a core research and education hub for the German and European organic agriculture movement for 40 years. As a transdisciplinary programme, AGES combines the expertise and facilities of four more faculties at the University of Kassel:
• Faculty of Humanities
• Faculty of Social Sciences
• Faculty of Economics and Management
• Faculty of Architecture, City and Landscape Planning
We maintain a unique network of partner institutes abroad where students can further specialise in agroecology, agricultural development and environmental governance, among other focus areas.
Click here (https://www.uni-kassel.de/fb11agrar/infothek/kurzfilme/englischsprachige-filme)to visit our webpage with videos about the degree programme and find out more.