The University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) , Austria
Founded in 1872, the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, known too by its acronym "BOKU", now comprises 13 departments and four service centres in Vienna , as well as a number of experimental centres around Vienna . The principal university buildings are located in two areas, the Türkenschanze and Muthgasse. At Türkenschanze are located the departments which provide teaching and research and teaching in the agricultural sciences, forestry, wood technology, and landscape architecture and conservation; the departments concerned with food science, biotechnology, land and water management and civil engineering are based at Muthgasse.
Subject Choices
In order to fulfil the requirements of the EU's Bologna Agreement with respect to curriculum development, the university has redesigned its course structure, which now comprises 9 Bachelors and 19 Masters courses, including four international Masters held entirely in English. The change will improve comparability of studies and transparency at the international level.
The courses are, however, organised around the main teaching and research disciplines of BOKU - sustainable use of naturally growing raw materials both for energy supply as well as for innovative materials, protecting regenerable sources such as water, soil and atmosphere, shaping true to life production and health, protecting and shaping biotopes and environments, protecting the wellbeing of plants, animals and humans.
Further information concerning the University and its degree programs is available online at the following address: http://www.boku.ac.at/boku4you/seiten/internatstudent.html
Sound interesting? Have a look at the information about study opportunities at BOKU at http://www.boku.ac.at/home.html?&no_cache=1&L=1&CMD=singleView&uid=46
Support & Help
BOKU in Vienna provides many links, some of which lead to sites in German. If you read German, search the whole site at http://www.boku.ac.at/148.html?&L=1. If you can’t read German, take a look at this page http://www.boku.ac.at/2954.html?&L=1
But I can’t speak German…
At BOKU, there are more than 280 courses delivered in English scheduled for the 2007/08 academic year. So, understanding German is not a pre-requisite to going on exchange to Vienna. Just think, you can study at BOKU, learn in English, and develop some German language skills while you’re there!
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About Vienna
Vienna is both the capital and the biggest city in Austria with around 1.6 million inhabitants. Vienna is regarded as one of the cultural centres in Europe and can look back at a diversified 2000-year history.
Vienna covers an area of 41,495 hectares of which, 20,679 hectares are green space. The city is surrounded by the Vienna Woods and the River Danube, which is not just an important path for shipping traffic, but also a leisure paradise in the outskirts of Vienna.
After the first exciting days and weeks your experience of Vienna will be much more then the typical tourist places. It won’t be limited to the sights like the “Hofburg”, “St. Stephens“ and “Schönbrunn” but will reach into the daily routine of this city, with its traditions and originality but also it’s openness and tolerance. You will soon find that Vienna can neither be seen as part of Western Europe nor Eastern Europe. It is both European cultures combined and they give this city its special identity and its own rhythm.
