Organic farming and food systems

full time

Master of Science

Master
Degree

4 semesters

Standard period of study (amount)

Eberswalde

Location

September 2025 (Germans and inhabitants)

July 2025 (EU), May 2025 (Non-EU)
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Overview and admission

Study Type

graduate

Admission semester

Winter Semester only

Area of study

  • Agricultural Economics
  • Agriculture
  • Forestry
  • Nutritional Science
  • Business Administration

Focus

Ecosystem Services of the Agricultural System, Quality Assurance in Organic Food Production, Process Engineering and Resource Management, Research Methods, Regional Value Added Agriculture and Food, Analysis and evaluation of arable and plant production systems, Business Models in the Organic Agri-food Industry, Sustainable business management in the agricultural and food industry, Enterprise Resource Planning Systems in the Food Industry, Ecological and sustainable agriculture and food management

Target group

Bachelor's or graduate degree in agriculture or other landscape, business, or food-related field of study

Annotation

The degree course 'Organic Agricultural Management (M. Sc.)' was renamed 'Organic Agriculture and Food Systems (M. Sc.)' for the winter semester 2021/2022.

Admission modus

Without admission restriction

Admission requirements (Link)

Admission requirements

Certificate of academic degree (Bachelor 180 ECTS points) - or Diplom in agriculture or related courses of study (e.g. horticulture, agricultural and forest sciences, forestry, landscape planning, regional development, environmental or nature conservation, food management/ecotrophology, business administration). In the case of other academic degrees and above all in the case of combined degrees, the modules that have been completed, in which subject-relevant knowledge and methodological-practical skills have been acquired, must be presented with ECTS points in tabular form in an attachment to the letter of application. The required knowledge must be demonstrated in a scope of at least 90 ECTS points. The appendix must be supplemented by a list of further subject-relevant knowledge, skills and experience gained outside the degree course - these must be proven.

Lecture period

  • 23.09.2024 - 21.02.2025
  • 20.03.2023 - 04.08.2023

Application deadlines

Winter semester (2024/2025)
  • Deadlines for International Students from the European Union

    01.04.2025 - 15.07.2025

    Deadline for enrolment according to the acceptance letter

  • Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union

    01.04.2025 - 01.05.2025

    Deadline for enrolment according to the acceptance letter

  • Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants

    01.06.2025 - 05.09.2025

    Deadline for enrolment according to the acceptance letter

  • Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students

    01.06.2025 - 05.09.2025

    Deadline for enrolment according to the acceptance letter

Languages of instruction

Main language

German