Press Releases:
Sustainability at the University of Hohenheim
University of Hohenheim awarded European University status [10.07.2026]
The University of Hohenheim becomes a European University through the EuroLeague of Life Sciences Universities (ELLS). The European Commission has decided to award the alliance funding of just under €7.2 M in the next two years under the European Universities Initiative. For ELLS, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, this marks the beginning of a new chapter....more
Excellence Strategy:
University of Hohenheim scores highly in the awarding of Clusters of Excellence [22.05.2025]
Participation in two Clusters of Excellence: This is the University of Hohenheim’s assessment at today’s announcement of the results of the Excellence Strategy of the federal and state governments. “GreenRobust” is a joint cluster with the universities of Tübingen and Heidelberg. It is dedicated to the question of how plants can remain functional despite environmental stress...more
More Sustainability in the EU:
European Bioeconomy University Celebrates Fifth Anniversary [27.11.2024]
8 partner universities, 21 joint EU projects in education and research, 172 students: The 5-year balance sheet of the European Bioeconomy University (EBU) is impressive. Six leading European universities in the field of bioeconomy joined forces to form this alliance in 2019 on the initiative of the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart, and in 2023 they were joined by two...more
New Centre of Excellence:
DAAD funds agricultural and nutritional research with South Africa [23.10.2024]
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is supporting the establishment of a new Centre of Excellence for Sustainable and Resilient Food Systems and Applied Agricultural and Food Data Science in South Africa. The University of Hohenheim as well as three South African and one Malawian partner university are involved in the project. Funding totalling almost 6.5 million euros...more
SUSTAIN-LIFE:
EU awards "Seal of Excellence" for European University on sustainable agri-food systems [04.07.2024]
Fair, healthy and sustainable agricultural and food systems in Europe and worldwide is the goal of the European University SUSTAIN-LIFE initiative. The European Commission awarded the European University SUSTAIN-LIFE initiative a ‘Seal of Excellence’ as part of the Erasmus+ programme. This award recognizes outstanding project proposals that meet high evaluation standards. It...more
Euroleague for Life Sciences:
Scientific Student Conference at the University of Hohenheim [06.11.2023]
Global food, environment, and sustainability: Around 300 students from all over Europe will meet on 17 and 18 November, 2023, for a scientific discussion on these topics. The Euroleague for Life Sciences (ELLS) invites students from its member and partner universities to participate in the Scientific Student Conference (SSC). Its motto is “The Power of Science – Many...more
Africa and Europe together for scientific research [22.06.2023]
Solutions to address sustainable systems for food production: The University of Hohenheim is the co-proposer of a new university partnership on this topic. The partnership proposal was triggered by the collaboration between the Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities (The Guild) and the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA).more