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ELLS General Assembly & Forum 2026: 05.-06.11.2026, Institut Agro, Montpellier
ELLS Scientific Student Cofnerence 2026: 06.-07.11.2026, Institut Agro, Montpellier

“Living the ELLSperience | Cultivating Scientific Innovation”
BOKU at the ELLS Conference 2025
13-15 November 2025, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU).

The Euroleague for Life Sciences (ELLS) is a network of leading universities cooperating in the fields of Natural Resource Management, Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Life Sciences, Veterinary Sciences, Food Sciences, and Environmental Sciences.

The focus of ELLS is on joint teaching and learning, student and staff mobility, and quality assurance. These activities will result in highly qualified graduates, who are prepared for the demands of the European and international market. Furthermore, through the sharing of expertise and resources, this network will enhance the national and international position and potential of all partner universities, as part of the development and implementation of their degree programmes.

Through this network, BOKU realizes many international (educational) projects, like international masterprogrammes, summer schools, scientific student conferences...

The member universities are:

 

International partners are:

ELLS Events & Announcements at BOKU

  • "Llegó el verano - Summer is here" by GViciano is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
[Translate to English:] BOKU group at ELLS Conference 2025
  • “Living the ELLSperience | Cultivating Scientific Innovation”
    BOKU at the ELLS Conference 2025

    https://www.slu.se/ells2025

    From 13 to 15 November, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) welcomed around 400 participants to the General Assembly & Forum as well as the Scientific Student Conference of the Euroleague for Life Sciences (ELLS). BOKU was once again strongly represented: 39 staff members and students made the journey to the far north.

    In recent years, the Euroleague for Life Sciences has grown significantly. Today, 13 universities work together on activities and projects that extend far beyond what individual institutions could achieve on their own. The strong commitment of all partners, as well as the active involvement of students, remain key strengths of the Alliance – as the current Chair, Rector Carolien Kroeze of Wageningen University, emphasized in her opening speech.

    A new development is the stronger focus on PhD students. The EU project “DocBEST,” in which BOKU plays a leading role, was presented during the event. At the same time, new interdisciplinary initiatives are continuously emerging – including in the area of micro-credentials.

    Once again, the ELLS General Assembly & Forum offered a wide range of opportunities for exchange: colleagues from the respective Subject Areas and Support Teams presented the results of the past year, and in numerous discussion sessions, new cross-Alliance plans were forged – for example, for closer cooperation in the development of Summer Schools or for topics for Institutional Learning Workshops.

    Looking ahead: 25 years of ELLS
    In 2026, ELLS will celebrate its 25th anniversary. A central task of the newly elected Chair, the University of Hohenheim, will be to increase the visibility of the Alliance. New branding is already underway; the name has been modernized to better highlight the Alliance’s character:
    Euroleague for Life Sciences Universities (ELLS).


    Successful young researchers from BOKU
    As every year, the Scientific Student Conference – organized by the Euroleague Student Association and SLU – followed the General Assembly & Forum. The young researchers presented their work with high professionalism and great enthusiasm and took the opportunity to network with students and teaching staff from all ELLS universities.
    BOKU was once again particularly successful: as the only ELLS university, it produced two winners in the category of Oral Presentations and two winners in the Poster category.
    We warmly congratulate all winners!

    Student Presentation Prizes:
    Clemens Mazelle (Oral, category FooDture of flavor – Eat, drink, innovate)
    Amelie Merbach (Oral, category Wat’erth ELLS – Life flows from the ground up)
    Josephine Karth (Poster, category WOOD you beLEAF it?)
    Magdalena Schöller (Poster, category Nature’s Code – Understanding life from cELLS to species)

    ELLS Prize for Excellent Master Theses
    Sara Fiedler, EnvEuro
    Jadzia Jule Heck, EnvEuro
    Isabell Kuhn, EnvEuro

    We are already looking forward to the next ELLS Conference – in November 2026 in Montpellier, France!
  • The BOKU Student Presentation Prize Winners and ELSA Representativesation Prize"-Gewinner*innen und ELSA-Vertreter*innen
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    The BOKU Student Presentation Prize Winners and ELSA Representatives
Poster ELLS SSC 2024

  • Four BOKU Students awarded at the ELLS Scientific Student Conference

    Wageningen University hosted the annual Euroleague for Life Sciences (ELLS) conferences from November 21-23. For the first time, faculty members and students from 14 universities were present – since 2024, the University of Lleida, Spain, and the University of Tuscia, Italy, are new members of the university network.

    During the "General Assembly and Forum," staff from the ELLS universities participated in various workshops on topics such as "AI in Education," "Student Challenges," "Summer Schools," "Joint Programmes," and "Educational Portfolio Management," focusing on the theme "Innovation in Higher Education."

    "The puzzle of Life Sciences - Add your piece" was the theme of the student conference, where students from ELLS universities presented their bachelor’s and master’s theses. BOKU was exceptionally well represented this year compared to other universities, both in oral presentations (11 out of 51 abstracts), posters (11 out of 63 abstracts), and among the awardees: Two presentation awards for the best oral presentation and the best poster presentation were given to BOKU students. 
    Congratulations to Kilian Kasper Wallner, Gregor Nowotny, Martin Ladurner, and Rosina Neubauer!

    www.wur.eu/ells2024 

  • Would you like to write your master thesis at another ELLS university?
    Please check out the new information on the ELLS website: 'Master thesis abroad'!