Bioeconomy

Overview

Key facts

At the same time, they learn to consider the requirements for innovations that need to come from the organizations working in the bio-based economy as well as the corresponding political framework conditions.

• Focus on system and value chain approaches
• Interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary methods
• Europe’s first bioeconomy degree program
• International perspectives on bioeconomy
• Reasons to Choose Hohenheim

Objectives

The inter- and transdisciplinary approach of the Bioeconomy program at the University of Hohenheim encourages critical thinking, and graduates have the skills necessary to develop and execute diverse activities within a biobased economy. In particular, “Hohenheim bioeconomists” are able to

• plan, assess, and analyze the production and processing of renewable resources;

• coordinate the production of biobased products, adapted to specific locations;

• consider the interconnectedness and interdependencies of different utilization pathways for biomass;

• understand the key technologies used for the production of biobased products and advance their economic use;

• consider the societal requirements for biobased products and their production methods;

• organize the market launch of new biobased products;

• understand how (new) biobased products are embedded in value chains from micro- and macroeconomic perspectives; and coordinate the cooperation among different stakeholders in the development of biobased value chains.

Occupational fields

• Organizations that support the bio-based value networks (including consulting organizations and financial companies)

• Ministries and agencies that support the bioeconomy

• International organizations that support the bioeconomy including international development organizations

• Project management

• Founding a start-up