Goals

The Doctoral Certificate Program  in Agricultural Economics offers the first permanent, structured training of doctoral students in the field of agricultural and food economics in Germany. The aim of the Program is to increase educational quality and efficiency in dealing with dissertation topics through systematic instruction in relevant theory and methods. Following Bachelor’s and Master’s studies, this doctoral program represents a third step in a consecutive education in agricultural, food and environmental economics.

Cooperation

The Doctoral Certificate Program is conducted jointly by

• the Faculty of Agriculture and Horticulture of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin,
• the Faculty of Agriculture of the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn,
• the Johann-Heinrich-von-Thünen-Institute (vTI) - Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries, Braunschweig,
• the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Nutritional Sciences and Environmental Management of the Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen,
• the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences of the Georg-August-Universität in Göttingen,
• the Leibniz-Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe (IAMO), Halle,
• the Agricultural Faculty of the Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg,
• the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences of the Universität Hohenheim,
• the Faculty of Organic Agricultural Sciences of the Universität Kassel,
• the Agricultural and Nutritional Science Faculty of the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, and
• the School of Management and the Center of Life and Food Sciences Weihenstephan of the Technische Universität München.

Through cooperation by numerous faculties and research institutes, a comprehensive set of modules can be made available that provides access to all relevant agricultural and nutritional research areas.