This document provides information about the Master's program "International Agribusiness and Rural Development (IARD)" jointly offered by the University of Göttingen in Germany and the University of Talca in Chile. The 21-month program involves studying for the first two semesters in Chile, then some students may continue their studies in Germany depending on their performance and language skills. The program aims to apply economic theory to agribusiness and rural development problems. Requirements include a bachelor's degree in agriculture or related field, English proficiency, and at least two years of professional experience for DAAD scholarships.

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Further Information Contact
University of Göttingen Universidad de Talca
www.uni-goettingen.de Lisbet Yáñez Stegmair
www.uni-goettingen.de/en/136089.html Casilla 747-721,
Talca, Chile
Universidad de Talca Telephone: +71 (0) 200 /219
www.utalca.cl lyanez@utalca.cl
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Dept. for Agricultural Economics and
Rural Development
Thelma Brenes
Platz der Göttingen Sieben 5,
31073 Göttingen, Germany
Telephone: +49 (0) 551 / 39-195 69
iard@gwdg.de
See also: www.daad.de
Key Facts
Deadline to apply: July 31, 2012
Program start: January 2013 - September 2014
January 2014 - September 2015
Duration: 21 Months
Costs of the program
Tuition fee: 310 €/semester (Talca, Chile)
approx. 200 €/semester (Germany)
Costs of Living: 450 € (Talca, Chile)
min. 650 € (Germany)
Scholarships are offered by the DAAD, MSc International
see: www.daad.de Agribusiness and Rural
Please note that these scholarships are only appli-
cable to students from Latin American and Caribbean Development (IARD)
countries.
www.iard.uni-goettingen.de

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
State and University Library of Göttingen