Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences

The interdisciplinary bachelor's program in Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences is devoted to processes of plant and animal production, and associated fundamentals relating to the natural sciences, economics, and ecology. These play a role in both agrarian and horticultural value-added chains. Of central importance here is the production of high quality food and feed products, ornamental plants, and biogenic raw materials. The purpose is to exploit the substance and energy that these products contain, in the context of a sustainable and multi-functional agricultural and horticultural sector. The preservation of natural resources is also an important factor in this context.

The bachelor program offers students content that gives equal coverage to basic knowledge of the natural sciences, engineering, and economics, as well as of discipline-specific matters. In accordance with their individual interests, students can choose whether to specialize in agricultural sciences or in horticultural sciences. Depending on their choices, the discipline-specific modules incorporate content from

• soil science and site feasibility,
• causal relations in agricultural ecosystems as regards material and energy flows,
• methods of plant cultivation and precision agriculture,
• fundamentals of phytopathology and plant protection,
• modern methods of plant breeding and genetic engineering,
• fundamentals of systems engineering in arable farming, horticulture, livestock farming,
• principles of plant nutrition and agricultural chemistry,
• corporate leadership, production theory, accounting systems,
• as well as marketing and research.

For a comprehensive description of the program, please refer to the degree program documentation:

• Degree program documentation for the bachelor's program in Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences (PDF, German)

• Your schooling must comprise 12 consecutive school years.
• You have to fulfill the curricular requirements set out by the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder in the Federal Republic of Germany (Kultusministerkonferenz). For more information, please consult the legally binding regulations can be found in the  resolution of the Kultusministerkonferenz (German PDF, 156kb).
• Please note that only an IB with German A as Higher Level is recognized as proof of German language skills. Otherwise, you need so supply separate proof of sufficient German skills with your application at TUM.