2. Introduction Courses in Requirements
The MSc-Program “International Agribusiness and Rural ``World Agricultural Markets & Trade B.Sc., Diploma or Licenciatura in Agriculture or
Development (IARD)” is jointly offered by: ``Statistics & Econometrics related discipline
``Universidad de Talca, Chile and ``Rural Development & Sociology Good working knowledge of English documented by
``Georg-August Universität Göttingen, Germany. ``Agricultural Policy a TOEFL-test better than 79 pts. (or IELTS)
The program lasts 19 months plus two additional ``Supply Chain Management Basic Spanish
months for a German Language course. It starts every ``Agribusiness Management Professional experience of at least two years
year in January until the end of September of the next ``Excursion to entreprises, governmental and (for DAAD scholarship)
year. nongovernmental organisations Letter of motivation
Short research proposal
Objectives of the program The students of the IARD program start in Chile. After two Two letters of recommendation
semesters some students can be selected to continue their
To apply economic theory to problems of agribusi- studies in Germany according to their academic perfor- Please read our web-site:
ness and rural development. mance and also depending upon language skills and other www.uni-goettingen.de/en/136176.html
To analyze and understand the decisions made by criteria, while others finish their studies in Chile.
enterprises in agriculture and agribusiness. Certificates and English-test results must be sent in
To develop solutions and strategies to combat hunger, Students which continue their studies in Germany will be hard- copy form (via mail)
poverty and resource depletion. part of the MSc program “Sustainable International Agricul- The rest of the application can be sent in PDF-Format
To acquire methodological and theoretical skills for ture (SIA)” with a specialization in “International Agribusi- to iard@gwdg.de
scientific analysis. ness and Rural Development Economics (IARD)”.
There are three teaching semesters with a total of fifteen
modules. The courses in Chile and Germany are taught Career Perspective
as lectures or seminars.
The Master’s program provides very good career prospects
Structure of the program in national and international governmental and non-gov-
ernmental organizations and enterprises in the fields of ag-
riculture, agribusiness and international trade.
University Göttingen Talca
Agricultural International Since 2002 many of our Alumni have started excellent ca-
Course-focus Economics Agribusiness reers in enterprises such as Concha y Toro, Cargill Spain
German Course or with organizations like the FAO Chile, INDAP Chile, the
January GIZ Ecuador or FLO International.
1. Semester Moduls 30
February-June ECTS credits
2. Semester Moduls 30
June-September ECTS credits
3. Semester Moduls 30
October-March ECTS credits
4. Semester Field research, Master thesis,
March-September Colloqium 30 ECTS credits
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