Master of Science [M.S] [Integrated Plant and Animal Breeding] From University of Goettingen

"Integrated Plant and Animal Breeding" is to impart the basic theories, methods, procedures, and questions of breeding in the agricultural and forestry sciences in an interdisciplinary and research-oriented approach. The foremost goal of the Master's academic program is to enable graduates to pursue in-depth scientific work. Students become qualified for international specialist and management tasks or prepared for corresponding foreign-related research activities, thereby making them more competitive in international competition.

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.