Agribusiness*

Agricultural expertise and economic know-how

Agriculture is a booming business. But global competition, resource scarcity and increasing demand are challenging the sector in new ways. For companies to remain competitive, they will need talented specialists who are well-versed not only in the state of agricultural and food industries, but also understand the issues driving regional development, sustainability management and environmental policy.

Agribusiness B.A. trains these types of specialists: graduates able to combine business expertise and advanced management skills tailored to the agricultural and nutritional sciences. During your studies you will explore in great detail how companies can not only navigate rising consumer expectations in the food industry and increasingly complex production logistics, but do so and thrive. As part of your studies, you will even practice building your own company. Close ties with regional agribusiness and agricultural institutions both in Germany and abroad ensure that the knowledge and skills you acquire in this degree programme are practical and oriented towards real industry application. This practical element is combined with a solid theoretical foundation, ensuring you have the necessary academic skills to pursue a master’s degree if you decide to. Refer to the course schedule for this degree programme for a more detailed breakdown of topics you will study.

Career paths and skills

This degree programme will open the door to a variety of interesting career paths in the private and public sectors, each with very bright prospects for future growth. You will be qualified, for example, to coordinate sales and distribution, develop marketing strategies, optimise business and organisational processes, provide consulting services to companies for the areas of cultivation, quality assurance and logistics.

Course content and qualification profile

Bachelor's degree programme Agribusiness is an interdisciplinary, application-oriented economic and business management course that focuses on management skills in the areas of marketing, logistics and consulting for the analysis and optimisation of value chains in the agricultural sector. The graduates are qualified accordingly and, due to their wide-ranging agricultural and economic competences and qualifications, can be employed in various areas along the entire agricultural value chain.

Due to a broad instruction in the economic and social disciplines of the agricultural sector, fundamental competences in agricultural production systems, as well as methodological and personal competences, the graduates are able to analyse and manage the complex interactions in agricultural supply chains. The development of an entrepreneurial way of thinking is an important goal of the study programme. 

The theoretical and practical knowledge acquired during the studies is deepened through applied projects and exercises. These enable the graduates to develop the ability to work in teams and projects, to communicate results and knowledge and to solve conflicts. The graduates have acquired competences in the areas of social-ethical questions and have thus extended their ability to assume social responsibility. 

Admission requirements

• Secondary school qualifications sufficient for admission to a German institute of higher education (university entrance qualification)
• English level B2 (with internationally recognised certificate)

Detailed study information can be found in this degree programme’s examination regulations and under Admission Requirements.

Application process and deadlines

Please visit Application and Admission for information about the application process. Applications can only be submitted online. The annual application deadline for the winter semester is usually 15 July.

* The degree programmes offered are suitable for part-time study in accordance with Section 62a (2) HG NRW.