Contents
         •   Scope
         •   Profile of the supporting faculties
         •   Integration of research 
         •   Aims
         •   Career options
         •   Study programme specialisations
         •   Structure and study plan example
         •   Scope for cooperation
         •   Admission requirements and how to apply
         •   Summary
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        Scope
        SIA is a joint study programme of the agricultural 
           faculties of the University of Göttingen and the 
           University of Kassel – Witzenhausen
        The programme aims to meet global challenges
        •  in food supply and degradation of agro-
           environments
        •  by proposing knowledge based options for the 
           intensification of production systems
        •  while saving and enhancing the productive potential of 
           natural resources for future generations.
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    Agricultural Faculty Göttingen  - Facts
    One of the largest research-oriented agricultural faculties in 
     Germany.
    30 professors teach 
    Three experimental farms
    Göttingen is a friendly middle-sized city in the centre of 
     Germany and very famous for its university.
    Founded in 1737, the University of Göttingen is internationally 
     renowned for its great research tradition and its remarkable 
     spectrum of disciplines. 
    In 2007 it was recognized as one of the top nine universities in 
     Germany for its strategy for the future.
    www.agrar.uni-goettingen.de
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   Research focus in Göttingen
   • In system-oriented interdisciplinary projects 
    the faculty members study sustainable 
    agricultural land use options in temperate, 
    tropical and subtropical regions. Particular 
    emphasis is laid on:
     – The application of molecular biology and 
      biotechnology in livestock and crop sciences.
     – The biodiversity management in European 
      agrarian landscapes.
     – Resources protection and food security in rural 
      areas of the Tropics and Subtropics.
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