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Agricultural and Forest SciencesInternational Agribusiness and Rural Development – IARDInstitutionLocationCourse focusGeorg-August-University Göttingen and University of Talca,Chile.Founded in 1737, the Georg-August-University Göttingen (GAUG)is a research university of high international standing. Famous scientistssuch as Gauß, von Haller, Weber, Nernst and Heisenberg, toics,biology, chemistry, and physics. Forty-four laureates have beenstrongly connected to the University, 12 of them explicitly honoured forresearch work in Göttingen.GAUG comprises 13 faculties including Agricultural Sciences, 3,246scientists including 411 professors, 24,500 students from 133 countries,and modern library facilities with more than four million volumesFounded in 1981, the University of Talca has progressively becomeone of Chile’s main referents of higher education. It is situated in thecity of Talca, within the Maule Region, Chile’s VII Region, 257 kmsouth of Santiago de Chile. The University of Talca, founded in 1981,offers 21 Bachelor’s degree programmes, 23 Master’s and four Ph.D.neering,Business, Accounting, Dentistry, Medical Technology andMechanical Engineering.The Faculties of Agriculture of the Universities of Göttingen and Tal-introduced the new postgraduate course in International AgribusinessThe programme speakers are Prof. Dr. Stephan von Cramon-Taubadel,Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development (onbehalf of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Göttingen)and Prof. Dr. José Diaz Osorio (on behalf of the University of Talca).The core study programme consists of modules covering internationalagricultural economics, agricultural and rural development policy aswell as business administration, management and agribusiness marketing,development economics and rural sociology.As a research-oriented programme, strong emphasis is placed onmarketing and social sciences. The programme further offers a numberof optional modules in agricultural technology, agronomy and animalproduction. Modules also include seminars, computer-aided exercises,and teamwork to enhance the presentation, communication andteam-building skills of students.The course is of 21 months’ duration (including a two-month Germanlanguage course in Latin America). There are three teaching semes-two semesters some students can be selected to continue their studiesin Germany according to their academic performance and alsodepending upon language skills and other criteria, while other stu-81