Viticulture and Enology, B.Sc.
Innovative robotics in the vineyard, the most modern production processes as well as traditional techniques in the cellar and the direct transfer of research findings in the practice characterize the degree program. Budding enologists receive the basic tools for the growing and development of high quality wines as well as their sales. Through many internships and projects they will have the opportunity to gain career-relevant experience. The expertise in organic viticulture in Geisenheim as well as in vine cultivation and climate change research provides the students with a real increase in knowledge – and so does the international network.
Programme facts
| Degree | Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) |
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| Duration | 6 semesters, 180 ECTS |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Required German | B2 |
| Study mode | Full-Time, Dual Study |
| Start | Winter semester |
| Application | Via uni-assist, winter semester until 15.08 |
| Tuition fee | €0 per semester for international students |
| Semester contribution | €314.84 per semester |
What the tuition fee consists of
Will I get in
How the selection works and how strong the competition is — we go through it against your certificate when we select programmes for you.
Programme selection →About the programme
For all teachers one thing is in the foreground: They prepare the students for the challenges of everyday working life in a targeted and practical way. The students get the tools for the installation and removal of high-quality wines and their sales at hand. In many internships and projects they have the opportunity to gain professional experience at home or abroad.
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The dual entry into the bachelor's degree in viticulture and oenology is also possible at the Geisenheim University of Applied Sciences. Interested parties can begin their studies parallel to their apprenticeship and reduce their training time to 18 to 24 months. The model is flexible and can be customized.
What you study
The viticulture and oenology degree program at Geisenheim University of Applied Sciences is characterized by its close connection to practice.
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
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The well-founded and practice-oriented Bachelor's degree program in Geisenheim completes students with a professional qualification. This enables them to enter directly into the diverse professions of the national and international wine and beverage industry.
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Graduates are trained to work independently and on their own responsibility; For example, they later work as directors of wineries, wineries or wine cooperatives.
The focus of his professional activity is the management of vineyards, the development of wines, the management and marketing. There are also versatile application possibilities in sales and marketing organizations as well as in the supply industry - crop protection and wine treatment agents, apparatus engineering or the machine industry. Graduates can also start in the service sector, wine and food monitoring, viticultural consulting and research, as well as training.
Cost of study
| Tuition fee of the federal state (Hesse), international students | €0 |
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| Semester contribution | €314.84 |
Requirements and application
| Previous education | A school certificate that gives access to university in Germany — directly or after a Studienkolleg. |
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| Language | German B2 — confirmed by a certificate when you apply |
| Application | Via uni-assist, winter semester until 15.08 |
The procedure and the set of documents depend on your certificate. We check the university's requirements against your documents and give you a list: what to submit, how to certify and translate it, where and when to apply.
Check the requirementsHow to get into this programme
- 1Check your certificate and its recognitionDirect admission, a year at a university at home, or Studienkolleg first — this decides the whole plan.
- 2German up to B2 and a certificateDSH or TestDaF has to be passed before you apply.
- 3Documents and translationsCertified translations of the certificate and transcript, an APS if required. 3–4 weeks.
- 4Application via uni-assist until 15.08uni-assist checks documents for 4–6 weeks — send them well before the deadline.
- 5Admission, visa, movingPlan 2–3 months for the visa and the blocked account in parallel.
How to apply
You can submit the application yourself or with our help — the university decides on admission in both cases.
Applications go through the university's portal or uni-assist. Typical mistakes:
- ×incorrectly made certified copies and translations
- ×a wrong set of documents
- ×the application submitted the wrong way
- ×errors or gaps in the application form
- ×the application submitted at the wrong time — too early or too late
An incomplete or incorrectly prepared application is excluded from the selection — it can no longer be corrected after the deadline.
StudyInFocus does not represent the university and does not influence the admission decision. We do not sell study places and do not guarantee admission — this is a service for preparing and submitting documents on the applicant's side.
If your level is not enough yet
The two most common stoppers are a language level below the requirement and a certificate without direct admission. Both can be solved, but they take months — plan them now, not after a rejection.
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Don't postpone the application
The deadline is 15.08.2027 (305 days left). Language, translations and the document check take months, not weeks. In 30 minutes we will build a plan backwards from the deadline and tell you honestly whether you can make it.