AGRO Education
The Education Team is responsible for running the study programmes at the Department of Agroecology in both Aarhus and AU Viborg. The team consists of four staff members—three responsible for academic programmes and one handling administrative processes and recruitment for the programmes.
Plant and Food Science
Plant and Food Science is a bachelor’s degree programme based at AU Viborg. The programme focuses on plant life—from microorganisms to ecosystems—as well as knowledge on how to cultivate land with consideration for climate, biodiversity, the environment, yield, and the healthy foods of the future.
Facts about the programme
Admission quota (Quota 1) 2025: All applicants admitted
Language of instruction: Danish | Study location: Viborg | Start: August / September
Read more about the programme here: Bachelor’s degree programme in Plant and Food Science
Bachelor of Engineering in Agricultural Systems
Plant and Food Science is a bachelor’s degree programme based at AU Viborg. The programme centres on plant life—from microorganisms to ecosystems—and provides knowledge on how to cultivate land with consideration for climate, biodiversity, the environment, yield, and the production of healthy foods for the future.
Facts about the programme
Admission quota (Quota 1) 2025: All applicants admitted
Language of instruction: English | Study location: Viborg | Start: August / September
Read more about the programme here: Bachelor’s degree programme in Plant and Food Science
Plant and Soil Science
The MSc in Plant and Soil Science is a new two-year Master’s degree programme offered from 2027 by the Department of Agroecology. The programme replaces the MSc in Agrobiology (specialisations in Crop Nutrition and Health and Agronomy and Environment), which will admit students for the final time in 2026.
The programme is taught in English and has a capacity of 30 Danish and EU students, supplemented by students from non-EU countries. The MSc in Plant and Soil Science has a strong focus on the green transition and sustainable crop production, and builds on the Bachelor’s degree in Plant and Food Science.
The programme will also be offered as a work-integrated Master’s degree programme from 2028, where the course runs part-time over four years. In this format, students combine a relevant job with their studies and typically spend around 25 hours per week studying. The scheme enables continuous application of theory in practice while also supporting companies’ need for specialised knowledge within plant and soil science.
Study diagram
1st semester
| Plant Production (10 ECTS) |
Principles of Agricultural Ecosystems (10 ECTS)
| Applied Soil Physics* (10 ECTS) |
2nd semester* | Plant Health (10 ECTS) |
Agroecosystem scaling and impacts (10 ECTS)
| Soil Biology and Fertility (10 ECTS) |
Project Work on Green Transition (10 ECTS) | |||
3rd semester |
Electives (0 to 30 ECTS) Thesis work (30, 45, 60 ECTS)
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4th semester | |||
*Elective courses
**Two out of three courses are selected + Project Work on Green Transition
Elective courses | Mandatory |
Facts about the programme
Language of instruction: English | Study location: Viborg | Start: August 2027
Work-integrated Master’s degree programme
A work-integrated Master’s degree programme is a Master’s programme that includes an element of concurrent employment. Following the political agreement on the reform of university education in Denmark (the Master’s reform), programmes can be structured either as part-time studies or as a combination of full-time and part-time studies.
At Aarhus University, two main pathways to a work-integrated Master’s degree are being established:
Flexible work-integrated Master’s degree: a 120 ECTS programme consisting of 4 years of part-time study alongside employment in a public or private organisation
1+2 work-integrated Master’s degree: a 120 ECTS programme consisting of 1 year of full-time study with student grant (SU), followed by 2 years of part-time study alongside employment in a public or private organisation
The MSc in Plant and Soil Science follows the flexible model and will admit its first students in 2028.
The MSc in Animal Science and the MSc in Molecular Nutrition and Food Technology are also offered as work-integrated Master’s degree programmes.
Read more here: Erhvervskandidat til din virksomhed
Head of programme for Agrobiology
The MSc in Agrobiology focuses on creating sustainable food production. The programme is taught in English within an international research environment, where you gain in-depth biological knowledge of sustainable production of livestock and crops, with a focus on health, welfare, product quality, ecology, and environmental impact. During the programme, you have the opportunity to specialise in either animal production, plant nutrition, or organic agriculture.
Facts about the programme
Language of instruction: English | Study location: Aarhus | Start: August / September (no winter intake)
Final admission in 2026. From 2027, you can apply for the MSc programmes in Animal Science or Plant and Soil Science at AU Viborg.
