Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Science

Facts and figures

Students (winter semester 2016/17)

• 6,400 students
• 1,780 new students
• 6,500 online applications

  Staff (winter semester 2016/17)

• 146 professors
• 323 part-time lecturers
• 110 research assistants and special lecturers
• 403 staff

  Degree programmes

• 19 bachelor's degree programmes
• 13 work-study degree programmes
• 12 master's degree programmes, including:
• 4 international master's programmes

  Departments

• Biotechnology and Bioinformatics
• Horticulture and Food Technology
• Landscape Architecture
• Agriculture and Food Economy
• Agriculture
• Environmental Engineering
• Forestry

  Research

• 5 projects supported by the EU
• 50 projects supported by the federal government and the state of Bavaria
• 66 projects supported by external sponsors

  International matters

• 80 university partnerships
• 350 international students
• German-French double degree with our partner university, Agrocampus Ouest-Centre d'Angers Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences was one of 12 German universities of applied sciences to be awarded the European seal of quality - E-Quality 2011.

  Points of interest

• the Sichtungsgarten Weihenstephan, a notable horticultural garden

  Notable alumni

• Tessa Ganserer, German politician