New degree programme in the department
This autumn will see the start of a new, European master programme in soils and global change that AGRO has helped establish.
The Department of Agroecology has helped start a new, European master degree programme that will begin in the autumn semester 2019. The focus of the programme is on biogeochemical and, not least, aspects of soil physics in relation to the use of the soil resource in connection with the expected altered global climate scenario.
The alarming effects of future global climatic-related changes in the soil resource make it necessary to educate qualified graduates who are able to deal with these changes. This expertise is present on the European level, but is spread out across various European universities.
The new programme, called International Master in Soils and Global Change (IMSOGLO), has therefore been granted EU’s prestigious Erasmus Mundus label and has, besides Aarhus University, participants from three other prominent European universities in Belgium, Germany and Austria.
Approximately 26 grants will be given every year to the most highly qualified students from all over the world. Students who can pay their own way can also apply to the programme.
The Department of Agroecology will receive half of the accepted students every autumn semester starting from 2020, and many of them will also choose to write their thesis in the department the following spring semester.
The programme aligns nicely with one of the department’s other master programmes, namely Agro-Environmental Management, and the students will follow some of the courses in this programme. Apart from that, a range of new courses will be set up that relate to some of the department’s key research areas and tasks, such as soil physics, erosion, soil classification and arctic agriculture. In short, the programme will push the department forward and make us even more visible on the global university map.
You can view the info-sheet about the programme here.