Universität für Bodenkultur Wien - BOKU

Все,кто имеет отношение к этому ВУЗу -милости просим. The University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) 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. The university has approx. 5000 students (of which 15% are international), provides courses at the bachelor, masters and doctoral levels, has approx. 700 permanent teaching staff who are also engaged in research, a broad range of external lecturers, and some 430 persons working in services and administration. 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. More specific information is available on BOKU's website at http://www.boku.ac.at/705.html?&L=1 The university's mission The university sees itself as a teaching and research institution that focuses on renewable resources that are a prerequisite for human existence. The relationships between man, society and the environment form the basis of all activities at the BOKU, and its foremost aim is to make decisive contributions to securing the well-being of future generations. In this endeavour, it will seek ways of ensuring a sustainable and environmentally sound management of natural resources by allying the competences of the natural, engineering, economic and social sciences. Areas of Competence in Teaching and Research: Soil, plants, and living beings Land use, landscape, and infrastructure Water, atmosphere, and environment Alternative biogenic materials and bio-energy Biotechnology Forestry and wood sciences Agricultural sciences Food technology science Topics in Teaching and Research 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 recycling processes interrelation between food production and health protecting and shaping biotopes and environments protecting the wellbeing of plants, animals, and humans