Integrated Plant and Animal Breeding (iPAB) (M.Sc.)

The master program "integrated Plant and Animal Breeding” (iPAB) combines plant and animal breeding. The general and subject-related goals of the course of study include, among other things, the acquisition of

• knowledge of animal and plant breeding, its methods and procedures;
• the ability to apply advanced academic/scientific-analytical laboratory methods or technical methods or qualitative and quantitative survey methodology and to interpret their results;
• the ability to process and demonstrate complex analytical and other data using agricultural sciences and bioinformatics
• the ability to use and evaluate scientific literature, statistics and other documentation at a scientific level;
• the ability to present test results in writing, and in oral and graphic form;
• the ability to execute largely independent research or application-oriented projects and
• the ability to view and evaluate the effects of animal and plant breeding taking social, scientific and ethical aspects into account.

The knowledge imparted in the consecutive master course of study "Integrated Plant and Animal Breeding" should prepare the students for their subject-specific or scientific occupational field. Agricultural scientists with the university degree "Master of Science” in "Integrated Plant and Animal Breeding" can act as managers

• in companies engaged in animal and plant breeding,
• in operations of the agriculture and food industry,
• in specialised consultants in the areas of breeding and production technology,
• in national and international agricultural industry,
• in service industries, e.g., as experts, consultants,
• in the public sector, e.g., at agriculture chambers, ministries and departmental research
• in international organisations,
• at universities and in research institutions