*Translated: Horticulture. Language: German.
Are you interested in plants as much as in new technologies? Then our Horticulture studies are perfect for you!
Imagine being a Horticultural expert and advocating for regional, sustainable production. Does this vision excite you? Then make your Horticulture studies your career springboard. Because you'll gain hands-on knowledge about sustainable and efficient production of Horticultural products, as well as current trends and potential market developments in Horticulture. Additionally, you'll familiarize yourself with the latest insights from the fields of robotics, drones, and artificial intelligence. Exciting career prospects await you after graduation, such as managing Horticultural businesses or working in public administration.
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Your Horticulture studies offer you exciting career prospects in a technically demanding and future-oriented economic sector. Become, for example:
In the position of a manager, you're responsible for specific production segments of the company. You take on both strategic and administrative tasks, from planning and realizing production processes to controlling product quality. You always keep the company's target perspectives and performance indicators in mind. Coordination of work processes is in your hands, ensuring production processes that are as efficient as they are profitable and sustainable.
In the role of a leader, your main responsibility is to take care of marketable products in Horticulture. You develop product lines and are responsible for a sustainable and efficient manufacturing and sales process. As a consultant, you help the supplying and downstream industry – such as the chemical and processing industry – with topics such as economic development, successful introduction of technical innovations, or improving the ecological impacts of Horticulture.
In your role as a researcher at state or private research institutions, you are responsible for promoting Horticulture and agriculture through scientific innovations. You are responsible for planning, conducting, and evaluating test facilities to develop new or improved methods and technologies. Additionally, you work closely with scientific and technical groups to ensure the effective implementation of your research results into practice.
You can complete your Horticulture Bachelor's degree at IU through distance learning, 100% online. For maximum freedom and self-directed learning, you have access to an innovative mix of interactive teaching formats. In addition, IU distance learning offers numerous other advantages.
You study completely on your own terms. Get the perfect blend of innovative study tools, interactive study formats via video chat (live or on demand) and personal support.
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Good news: The IU is dispensing completely with a numerus clausus (NC). You don't have to go through an exhausting selection process or get credit for waiting semesters, because none of our degree programmes have a NC. We prefer to talk to you personally and to
You can study for your Horticulture Bachelor's degree completely independently and 100% flexibly. Thanks to the virtual learning format with interactive online lectures, you can complete your IU studies completely independently of time and location.
Yes, we also make that possible at IU. In addition to access authorization in the form of a high school diploma or technical diploma, interested individuals without a high school diploma also have the chance to enter our Bachelor's programme. You can study Horticulture without a high school diploma if you have completed an advanced training course, have a master craftsman's certificate, or have at least two years of vocational training and at least three years of professional experience.
The Horticulture Bachelor's degree takes 36, 48, or 72 months, depending on which time model you choose. If you need more time and semesters for your studies, that's absolutely no problem.
Our free student advisory service has all the answers for you! We take the time to advise you individually and without obligation.
With a degree, you open up new horizons: you expand your knowledge and are ready to take on additional responsibilities. This opens up entirely new career prospects and opportunities for advancement for you. You invest in your personal and professional skills, thus actively influencing your future career path. Studying can feel so good – especially when it's flexible and adapts to your lifestyle, like at IU.
In your Horticulture studies, you acquire comprehensive foundations in natural sciences and business administration, which are essential for successful and innovative work in Horticulture. Based on this, you gain deep insights into all aspects of Horticultural practice and are trained to effectively implement current trends in Horticulture. Expertise in handling digital technologies and competencies in sustainability complete your professional profile. An essential focus of the programme is on acquiring practical experience in Horticulture.
After your graduation, you could work, for example, as an operations manager in a large company, where you are responsible for individual production areas of the company. You take on strategic and administrative tasks from planning and implementing processes to monitoring product quality.
Additionally, you can kick-start your career as a consultant. You support the upstream and downstream industry – such as the chemical and processing industry – with topics such as economic development, successful introduction of technical innovations, or optimization of the ecological impacts of Horticulture.
If you want to advance the world of Horticulture scientifically, a career as a researcher at state or private institutions is also open to you.
