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“Higher Education Manager of the Year”:
University of Hohenheim has the Best University President in the State [14.10.2019]
A university needs many bright minds - and leadership with foresight. Prof. Dr. Stephan Dabbert has led the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart, Germany, since 2012. Now the CHE Centre for Higher Education and the weekly newspaper DIE ZEIT are honoring his leadership performance with a nomination for "Higher Education Manager of the Year 2019". This makes the president of the...more
Combating the climate crisis:
Plantations bind CO2 and bring rain to the desert [04.09.2019]
Large-scale plantations in desert regions offer several advantages. Firstly, plants bind carbon dioxide and thus help to store carbon. Secondly, large plantations can lower the mean temperature and trigger precipitation in arid regions. This special bio-geoengineering method is particularly relevant to the climate crisis, as the plantations can thus counteract water scarcity...more
Contract Signed:
European universities join forces to create a new generation of experts [03.07.2019]
JOINT PRESS RELEASE from the Universities of Hohenheim, Bologna, and Eastern Finland, AgroParisTech, BOKU Vienna, and Wageningen University and Research Centre In a bid to educate a new generation of experts, six European universities combine their strengths. The official start of the cooperation was the signing ceremony of a Memorandum of Understanding in Brussels. Under...more
Agricultural Research and Food Sciences:
University of Hohenheim Remains Germany’s #1 [24.06.2019]
At the top for the sixth time in a row: The National Taiwan University (NTU) ranking once again confirms that the University of Hohenheim has the highest level of agricultural and food science research in Germany. Last Monday, the NTU Subject Ranking for 2019 was published. Throughout Europe, the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart is ranked 6th and in the worldwide...more
Research-based learning:
Innovative teaching needs freedom, equipment, and more staff [07.06.2019]
Students should be actively involved in research from the very beginning, instead of just reproducing memorized knowledge: This is the central postulate of the international conference "focus Undergraduate Research Experiences (focusURE)," which is taking place today at the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart. Students, universities, employers, and society would benefit...more