Cooperation Vietnam - BOKU

A new project of the BOKU Department of Food Science and Technology in cooperation with the Hanoi University of Agriculture.

CPG president Prohaska

Thomas Prohaska was elected president of the „Chemisch Physikalische Gesellschaft - CPG“ (chemical physical society) for the year 2013.

Call for Abstracts

CASEE Conference: “Food and Biomass Production - Basis for a Sustainable Rural Development”, July 1-3, 2013, Zagreb.

Landscape Architecture for Homeless

A student’s design will be realised this year.

International Innovation

An FWF project of PBU lead by Prof. Margit Laimer and Assoc.Prof. Fatemeh Maghuly dealing with Jatropha curcas has been selected as significant Austrian project.

Cycling of Civilisations

A talk by guest professor Bruce James on January 17, 2013, at 4:00 p.m. in the BOKU Ceremonial Hall (Festsaal).

Who owns the genes?

FAO expert Dr. Shakeel Bhatti will explain how to use and safeguard plant genetic resources, followed by a panel discussion.

Admission summer term

This old admission information is no longer published, in order to avoid any mis-leading out-dated information. Only the current up-to-date information is available and will be found with Internet searches.

Joint Degree Master

"International Joint Master Programme in Limnology & Wetland Management" offered by BOKU, UNESCO-IHE, and Egerton University.

Crazy about development

CDR 'fresh thoughts' event with Professor Andy Hall on Wednesday Dec. 12th at 8 p.m.

Guest professor Andy Hall

Leading scholar in innovation systems for FAO and the World Bank - at the BOKU from December 10th to December 14th.

Bhatti at BOKU

Dr. Shakeel Bhatti (Secretary of the Int. Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture) comes to BOKU in Dec. and Jan.

Partnership for innovation

Derag Livinghotel Kaiser Franz Joseph **** has signed a sponsoring contract with the Centre for Development Research.

Joint Research Institute

JRC (Joint Research Institute) and DRC (Danube Rectors' Conference) sign Letter of Intent.

Best Poster Presentations

First prize for 2 posters from BOKU at the ELLS Scientific Student Conference 2012 - Poster exhibition in Aula Schwackhöferhaus 3.12.-7.12. and Aula Muthgasse 10.12.-14.12.

NEW course evaluation

A pilot project starts in the winter semester 2012. All courses will be evaluated by the new system in the summer term 2013.

X-LArch IV Landscape 100

4th International Symposium on Landscape Architecture, 9th and 10th November 2012.

Reminder Dirmhirn prize

Until 19th of November applications for the prize can be submitted.

McKioto Sparkling Science

McKioto - Sparkling Science for scholars, guided by academics, at the Department of Sustainable Agricultural Systems.

ERB Coordinator

Hubert Holzmann was nominated to be the new International Coordinator (President) of the Euromediterranean Network of Experimental and Representative Basins (ERB).

Review alumni day 2012

Nearly 300 graduates visited their university on the 29th of September.

New Planting Design

Updating examinations of planting design for people with dynamic gardening concerns.
Expert conference on Nov 16th, 2012.
More information in German ...

Kirkham Award 2012

Dr. Andreas Schwen receives a Kirkham Travel Grant of the Soil Science Society of America.

Organic farming in Cuba

Cuba is a popular example for urban farming and agroecological initiatives. On the 23rd of October students will present their impressions of the BOKU excursion to Cuba.

BOKU on Facebook

With the winter semester, the BOKU public relations start into a new era: At
http://www.facebook.com/boku.wien
you can find interesting and fascinating information about the BOKU - like it and share it!

Dirmhirn prize and scholarship

Inge Dirmhirn Prize and Scholarship 2012 for gender-specific theses - call for applications.

CDR on Facebook

Join the Centre for Development Research (BOKU) on Facebook to discuss with us development research and training for sustainability!

IALCCE 2012

Third International Symposium on Life-Cycle Civil Engineering: October 3-6, 2012, Hofburg Palace Vienna, Austria.

Call for papers

Soil Science for the Future - A Future for Soil Science

September 5th

Admission to Bachelor studies ends on September 5th!

NanoGlycobiology

Gerald Posch, Department of NanoBiotechnology, receives the Austrian Microbiology Prize 2012.

Comprehending Open Spaces

The exhibition at the GB* 2/20 presents contributions to the district Brigittenau, Vienna, developed by two students groups of the BOKU Vienna, ILAP, and the University of Vienna, IfGR.

Alliance against Georisk

The new project HYDRODRIL deals with the investigation of hydrologically-driven landslides and their risk assesment.

Admission winter term

This old admission information is no longer published, in order to avoid any mis-leading out-dated information. Only the current up-to-date information is available and will be found with Internet searches.

Memorandum of Understanding

The CDR (BOKU) and the University of Nairobi formalise their cooperation in the fields of academic training, research, capacity building, and institutional development in a "MoU".

Guest lecture

Plant Biomechanics and Biomimetics (891.002)

Future Cities, Future Life

Call for papers for the ELLS Scientific Student Conference: Present your bachelor or master thesis or other research project in Sweden! Deadline for submission: June 15, 2012.

Biotechnology & Bioengineering

DBT - CHO researchers hit cover of Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Wood Climate History

Sparkling Science project WALD WASSER WEINviertel – presentation of results.

International Week

Ready for a semester/internship abroad? Scholarships + 200 universities worldwide are waiting for you!  May 7th to 11th at the BOKU.

Provenance of fish

During the Styrian Days in Vienna DI Dr. Andreas Zitek, MSc presented a new chemical method to determine the provenance of fish from Austrian aquaculture to the public for the first time.

APSIM Training Workshop

Organised jointly with APSIM Initiative in Australia, this hands-on training on the highly advanced computer model APSIM (Agricultural Production Systems sIMulator) will be held on April 24-26 at UFT-Tulln.

Spatial statistics

Prof. Ole Wendroth (USA) will give a guest lecture on April 16 - 20 2012 with the topic "Spatial and Temporal Statistics in Soil Science".

ELLS Summer Schools

Spend a different summer - study ELLSwhere! All BOKU students are invited to take part in an intensive programme or summer school of the Euroleague for Life Sciences. Next deadline for application: March 1st.

RIZ Genius award

A team from the Institute of Food Biotechnology at the Department of Food Science and Technology won the RIZ Genius Ideenpreis award in the category "Intelligent Measuring and Sensor Technology".

Geo-risks in numbers

The project “Multiscale Modelling of Landslides and Debris Flows“ (MUMOLADE) deals with the numerical and physical simulation of landslides and debris flow, funded under FP7.

Prizewinning Review

Electrochemical Biosensors
Erik Reimhult led the writing of a prizewinning review, published in SCI-Journal "Sensors".

Admission summer term

This old admission information is no longer published, in order to avoid any mis-leading out-dated information. Only the current up-to-date information is available and will be found with Internet searches.

New Professor for Hydraulic Engineering and Modelling

On December 1st, 2011 Helmut Habersack became Full Professor for Hydraulic Engineering and Modelling.

IWA PIA Development

Dr. Günter Langergraber, the coordinator of the ROSA project, receives the "IWA Project Innovation Award Development 2011" on 23 Nov 2011 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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