Overview

Horticultural Sciences are an integrated discipline which focuses on the humans’ needs always keeping sustainability in mind. In future this calls for an increased interdisciplinary understanding of plant production, wellbeing, nutrition and environment; and furthermore cost effectiveness is required throughout. Graduates are to contribute to providing consumers with healthy, safe products of high quality.

Career

The Horticultural Sciences program at University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna offers numerous other key career qualifications:

recognising and analysing problems and working out and implementing solution strategies,
analytical thinking and acting in both regional and international contexts
applying and expanding acquired knowledge
team proficiency, being open to innovations and advanced communication skills
aptitude to be active in know-how management and to be involved in the international scientific community services

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Plant Physiology and Chemistry

Breeding and Biotechnology,

Plant Pathology and Protection,

Production Process Design and Quality Management,

Horticultural Economy/Horticultural Systems – Management and Resources

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-10-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-07-31 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2025-09-30 00:00:00 , EEA/EU

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

90

Credits

120 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Horticulture and Crop Science

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

90

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Other requirements

General requirements

Graduates of agricultural, horticultural and biological bachelor´s programmes offered by the partner universities within the consortium are also eligible for admission with no further requirements.

For graduates of other bachelor’s programmes, mastery of the following learning outcomes is required for admission:

Horticultural and agricultural plant-production (minimum 12 ECTS credits)
Plant-health-management (plant protection) (minimum 6 ECTS credits)
Horticultural/agricultural management, business and social sciences (minimum 6
ECTS credits)
Life sciences (minimum 12 ECTS credits)
Science of human nutrition or landscape or garden design (minimum 3 ECTS credits)

Tuition Fee

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International

1454 EUR/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 727 EUR per semester during 24 months.
EU/EEA

726 EUR/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 363 EUR per semester during 24 months.

Living costs for Vienna

861 - 1331 EUR /month

Living costs

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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Scholarships Information

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