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Agricultural and Forest SciencesAgricultural Sciences and Resource Management in the Tropicsand Subtropics – ARTSInstitutionLocationCourse focusUniversität Bonn(University of Bonn)With a student population of 30,000, including nearly 5,000 internationalstudents from more than 90 different countries, the Universityof Bonn is not only one of the largest in Germany but also an internationalinstitution rich in tradition, underscored by its partnerships withdistinguished universities in Europe, North America, Africa, Asia andAustralia. The city of Bonn can look back upon a history of more than2000 years. As Federal City, Bonn is headquarters to a large numberof international institutions including the GIZ and various UnitedNations secretariats.Agricultural production uses natural resources in diverse ways. Theseresources show complex interactions and are sensitive to humanactivities and interventions. Their appropriate management requiresskilled individuals with both the biophysical and the socioeconomicbackground knowledge. The ARTS programme is designed as aresearch-oriented, multidisciplinary approach to expand students’overall background in the basic and applied management of naturalresources for agricultural development and research in (sub)tropicalenvironments. Students develop a holistic, cross-disciplinary understandingand acquire a systems’ view of structure, use, interactions,endangerment and protection of natural resources. Graduates fromthe ARTS Master’s programme (M.Sc.) are equipped with skills andtools to recognize and solve problems related to (sub)tropical resourcemanagement, thus• making them effective leaders for agricultural development• preparing them for agricultural and environmental research anddevelopment positions• The ARTS programme extends over 24 months and is structuredinto compulsory and optional modules, following the European CreditTransfer System. The international organisations located in Bonn offeropportunities for internships to registered ARTS students, and representativescontribute to lectures and seminars.• vidingan overview on the structure and use of resources in (sub)tropical agriculture. Interdisciplinary lectures and seminars focus onresource interactions in relation to the social, economical and politicalcontext and are supplemented by practical exercises and diversesocio-cultural activities.• In the second semester, students deepen their knowledge by choos-cialisationareas: a) ecosystem b) molecular and physiological, orc) social-economic approaches to resource management.• The third study semester, under the theme “from knowledge toaction”, prepares students to translate research questions into activitiesand projects. Activities comprise seminars and exercises on scien-71