BACHELOR: HORTICULTURE
Qualification objectives
During the Bachelor’s degree programme, you will acquire skills and knowledge that are particularly relevant to a professional career in horticulture:
- Expertise in the fundamentals of crop production: botany, plant nutrition, plant protection, plant breeding, greenhouse and agricultural technology
- Management and development of production processes in fruit, vegetable and ornamental plant cultivation, as well as in tree nurseries
- Processes and methods in garden and landscape engineering: outdoor space design, construction management, costing and contract management
- Sector-specific knowledge of business administration, trade and marketing
- Application of methods from mathematics, statistics, physics and chemistry to horticultural challenges
- Skills in applying scientific methods in professional practice
- Critical thinking and acting independently
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Weitere Dokumente/ Antragsformulare finden Sie hier: https://www.htw-dresden.de/en/luc/study-programmes/horticulture/bachelor
This discipline of horticulture focuses on the propagation, cultivation, processing and marketing of high-quality plant products for use as food and in landscape engineering.
To this end, the following fundamental topics are covered during the study programme:
- Soil science and plant nutrition
- Plant health
- Ecology and environmental protection
- Economics and business management
- Greenhouse and field technology in horticulture
There are specialised modules for each of the following branches:
- Vegetable production and greenhouse management
- Fruit cultivation
- Ornamental plant production
- Nursery management
- Plant breeding and seed production
In this sector, horticultural and design skills are required which can be applied across a range of branches:
- Planning and design of gardens, parks and landscapes
- Garden, landscape and sports ground construction
- Cemetery horticulture
The following modules are specifically designed for this purpose:
- Surveying / CAD and digital project planning
- Open-space design and the use of plants
- Green space management
- Marketing in horticulture and landscape engineering
- Cemetery horticulture / Evergreens
- Urban garden and landscape engineering
- Procurement and contract management in landscape engineering
- Cost and performance accounting in landscape engineering
Offer for subsequent Master's programme
The successful graduation with the Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) qualifies to take up a Master's degree in horticulture or related fields at a university in Germany or abroad – e.g. also at our faculty in Pillnitz:
- Admission directly after Bachelor's degree or after individual practical phase
- Horticultural production methods: own focus, enhanced knowledge, analysis and evaluation
- Development of management skills
- both practical and scientific orientation
Further Information on Master: Horticultural Production
