After your studies

Your future with a Bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Biology

With a Bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Biology in your pocket, many paths are open to you in a sector that will face growing challenges in the future. As an expert in agricultural production, you will therefore be increasingly in demand. But in which areas can you work with a Bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Sciences? What exactly can you do with your skills? Or would you perhaps prefer to start a Master’s degree program after all? We present the wealth of opportunities here and give you an outlook on potential jobs, employers, and Master’s degree programs.

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Career prospects

Diverse and interesting career possibilities

The topics of nutrition, food production, and the careful use of our resources are increasingly becoming the focus of social awareness. Political efforts are also being made to make agricultural structures fit for the future, to strive for climate neutrality, and to secure the food supply. As you have acquired the ability to understand and assess the growing challenges of different agricultural systems in a global context during your studies, you will be able to develop solutions together in a team.

As an agricultural biologist, you can play a responsible and active role in shaping what these solutions will look like in the future. There are many opportunities available to you: You can deal with innovative technologies, work in an advisory capacity, or join in research and development efforts. The choice is yours.

We see you in the following positions and activities, for example:

Research and development (e.g., product development)
Quality assurance
Microbiological and diagnostic procedures and analyses
Experts in government authorities and associations
Consulting and sales
Expert reviewer, typically as a freelancer

Potential employers include:

Chemical and pharmaceutical industry
Microbiological and diagnostic laboratories
Biotechnology companies
University and non-university research institutions
Agricultural and food industry
Ministries, environmental, and agricultural authorities
Feed, animal, and plant breeding companies

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Master’s studies

You want to know more?

Then simply continue your studies and acquire additional in-depth knowledge in a Master’s program. Once you have your Bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Biology in your pocket, you can either do a Master’s in the strongly research-oriented Agricultural Biology degree program or choose a degree program with a similar discipline, for example Agricultural Sciences, Biology, or Environmental Sciences.

Depending on your strengths and areas of interest, you decide which subject is right for you following your Bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Biology. With a Master’s degree, you can, for example, aspire to a managerial role in research and development or a business or start a scientific career.

At the University of Hohenheim, you can gain further qualifications with the following Master's degree programs:

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CareerCenter Hohenheim

We support you with career orientation and career entry.

The CareerCenter Hohenheim (CCH) is the first point of contact for you when it comes to career orientation and career entry. According to a nationwide survey by the market research institute Trendence, our students value CCH as a springboard to their career.

We will support you and answer your questions on the following topics:

Planning your studies in a career-oriented manner
Developing your own professional profile
Finding suitable positions for internships, working student jobs, and direct entry
Putting together application documents
Establishing contacts with companies

Every year in the summer semester, the CareerCenter organizes the “Life Science” career fair for agricultural and natural science degree programs. Here you will get to know future employers and get an impression of professional fields of activity.