About the agreement
The agreement covers agriculture, forestry, biotechnology and food sciences.
Who can apply
For all Erasmus agreements it is necessary to have attained 60 credits on your current NMBU program before commencing on an exchange study abroad.
Number of study places
Seven students per semester or three students a year.
Language of teaching
Bachelor level: Only German. Bachelorstudents need to document their German level (B2 required).
Master level: German and English. Master students need to document their German level (B2 required).
Semester timing
Autumn semester: 1st October - 31st January.
Spring semester: Last week in February – last week in June.
Tuition fees
Erasmus students must continue to pay for NMBU’s semester fees, plus register with NMBU whilst they are on exchange. However, it is not necessary to pay any types of fee at the partner university.
Accommodation
The university can offer student rooms.
Example courses students have taken previously
M-AE
933303 European regulatory framework for organic production
933330 Conversion to organic agriculture - interdisciplinary project
933312 Interdisciplinary excursion on organic agriculture
933316 Organic farming and regional development
951332 Crop production in the tropics and subtropics
911333 Soil microbiology course
933308 Soil fertility and soil ecology in organic agriculture
912328 Agroforestry in mountain regions
169305 Facilitating change for sustainable development
731353 Food and agricultural policies in new institutional economics
169317 Participatory methods in development research and practice
912302 Experimental methods in forest ecology
B-MINA
120004 Intensive German Refresher Course - moderate advanced
911324 Soil management in tropical and subtropical developing regions
120034 German for Science (BOKU specific topics) - Course B (B+)
951324 International agriculture
M-BIOTEK
120003 Intensive German Course - Beginners
941327 Oncology for Biotechnologists
804304 Synthetic Bioarchitectures
791325 Flow Cytometry and Cell Sorting in Biotechnology
802302 Prokaryotic Glycoconjugates and Disease
804302 Biomimetic Model Lipid Membranes
M-BYREG
856110 Pedestrian and Bicycle Traffic
852115 Introduction to digital picture and text processing
854319 Project in landscape planning
854331 Global Aspects in landscape Planning
120004 Deutsch-intensivkurs fur Fortgeschrittene
M-FORNY
731333 Globalisation and Rural Development
816342 Possible Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources
816343 Environmental Risk Analysis and Management
814101 Atmospheric Pollution and Climate Change
811363 Industrial Water Management
816325 Flood Forecasting and Flood Protection
M-KB
120012 German Conversation II - Intermediate
791383 Bioinformatics - Selected Aspects
791379 Using Bioinformatics for Expression Profiling by Next Generation Sequencing
791384 Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition for Bioinformatics
851323 Multivariate Statistics
791355 Introduction to Metabolic Modelling
851319 Introduction to Programming
803303 Physical Chemistry (soft matter dynamics)
M-LA
874302 Landscape Design Project
856306 Traffic and Transport Planning
816338 Water Resources Planning and Management
811362 On site Solutions for Water Supply and Sanitation
855327 Sustainable Spatial Planning
856110 Pedestrian and Bicycle Traffic
852317 Design aspects in construction details
854318 Landscape planning project
853325 Planning for nature based tourism
B-MAT
958343 Field trip - viticulture and oenology
754325 Food microbiology for SIFC
752325 Food packaging technology
735334 International wine marketing
754316 Practical training in food microbiology for SIFC
754346 Sensory evaluation of food
733104 Organisational behaviour
Practical course in food processing
754323 Validation of cleaning processes and hygienic design
120004 Intensive German Refresher Course - moderate advanced
754335 Automatic identification technology in food industry
754354 Fat chemistry and technology
754314 Food safety and risk management
754326 National and international food safety authorities
752332 Processes in enzyme technology
754312 Seminar on food science
752344 Structure and function of proteins
Beautiful nature in Austria. Photo: spatravel
