University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna
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The University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
, or simply BOKU (derived from its German name Universität für Bodenkultur, literally University for Soil Culture), founded in 1872, is a Vienna university. There are currently around 10500 students enrolled at BOKU.
's 18th and 19th districts. The Departments of Sustainable Agriculture, Viticulture, Soil Science, Horticulture, and Animal Husbandry are still headquartered at this original campus. Another campus, located near the Heiligenstadt subway station, is the headquarters for the biotechnology, chemistry, plant sciences, water resource management, and food sciences departments. A new building with chemistry and food sciences laboratories, facilities, and lecture halls was completed at this campus in 2009. There is also a research facility in Tulln, north of the city, with biotechnology and agricultural sciences laboratories and facilities.
The changeover also restructured the faculty and department organization at BOKU. The existing 40 "institutes" of faculty were converted to 13 "departments," although there are currently 15 departments at the university.
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, or simply BOKU (derived from its German name Universität für Bodenkultur, literally University for Soil Culture), founded in 1872, is a Vienna university. There are currently around 10500 students enrolled at BOKU.
Campus
The original campus was built in 1896 in the Türkenschanzpark in ViennaVienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
's 18th and 19th districts. The Departments of Sustainable Agriculture, Viticulture, Soil Science, Horticulture, and Animal Husbandry are still headquartered at this original campus. Another campus, located near the Heiligenstadt subway station, is the headquarters for the biotechnology, chemistry, plant sciences, water resource management, and food sciences departments. A new building with chemistry and food sciences laboratories, facilities, and lecture halls was completed at this campus in 2009. There is also a research facility in Tulln, north of the city, with biotechnology and agricultural sciences laboratories and facilities.
Conversion to European Union University Structure
During the 2004/2005 school year, the school began the switch to the European Union system of higher education (Universitätsgesetz (UG) 2002), meaning that they initiated a three-tier system of studies. From that point on, the university offered bachelor-type degrees, masters degrees, and doctoral degrees. This was a change from the older Austrian system of Diplomstudien, in which graduates left the University with a diploma representing something more specialized and involved than a bachelor's degree, but less so than a master's degree. In the years from 2005 to 2009, the last of the Diplom students completed their studies at the University, and no new Diplom studies were begun.The changeover also restructured the faculty and department organization at BOKU. The existing 40 "institutes" of faculty were converted to 13 "departments," although there are currently 15 departments at the university.
Departments
- Department for Material Sciences and Process Engineering (Department für Materialwissenschaften und Prozesstechnik)
- Department for Biotechnology (Department für Biotechnologie)
- Department of Water-Atomsphere-Environment (Department Wasser-Atmosphäre-Umwelt)
- Department of Chemistry (Department für Chemie)
- Department for Integrated Biology and Biodiversity Research (Department für Integrative Biologie und Biodiversitätsforschung)
- Department for Food Sciences and Food Technology (Department für Lebensmittelwissenschaften und -technologie)
- Department of Landscape, Spatial and Infrastructure Sciences (Department für Raum, Landschaft und Infrastruktur)
- Department of Economic and Social Sciences (Department für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften)
- Department of Sustainable Agriculture Systems (Department für Nachhaltige Agrarsysteme)
- Department of Civil Engineering and Natural Hazards (Department für Bautechnik und Naturgefahren)
- Department of Forest and Soil Sciences (Department für Wald- und Bodenwissenschaften)
- Department for applied Plant Sciences and Plant Biotechnology (Department für Angewandte Pflanzenwissenschaft u. Pflanzenbiotechnologie)
- Inter-University Department for Agrobiotechnology, IFA-Tulln (Interuniversitäres Department für Agrarbiotechnologie, IFA-Tulln)
- Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology (Department für angewandte Genetik und Zellbiologie)
Areas of study
- Agricultural engineering and water management
- Food and biotechnologyBiotechnologyBiotechnology is a field of applied biology that involves the use of living organisms and bioprocesses in engineering, technology, medicine and other fields requiring bioproducts. Biotechnology also utilizes these products for manufacturing purpose...
- Landscape architectureLandscape architectureLandscape architecture is the design of outdoor and public spaces to achieve environmental, socio-behavioral, or aesthetic outcomes. It involves the systematic investigation of existing social, ecological, and geological conditions and processes in the landscape, and the design of interventions...
- NARMEE Programme (Natural Resource Management and Ecological Engineering) http://www.boku.ac.at/narmee/
- Forestry
- Wood and Fibre Technology
- Applied economics ( Agricultural economics and rural economy)
- Management of Environment and Natural Resources
- Environmental Engineering
- Food Science and Biotechnology
- Organic farming
- Mountain Risk Engineering
- Phytomedizin
- Mountain Forestry (http://www.boku.ac.at/mf.html)