Education

• Based on systematic assessment of the skills demand of the European bioeconomy industry– including international and larger companies, SMEs and startups – and stakeholders
• Strives for an inclusive education program for students on all levels including lifelong learners and professionals:

– innovative didactic approaches for the inclusion of interdisciplinary, research-oriented learning and entrepreneurial thinking (starting at Bachelor level)

– collaborative, skills-demand-driven Master study program

– jointsummer / winter schools for promoting Bioeconomy in particular in Central and Southern Europe

– common platform with online educational material on the bioeconomy

– mobility program for students’ and lecturers’ exchange between EBU partners

• Strengthens the involvement of industry and stakeholders in teaching and curriculum development
• Develops policy recommendations for bioeconomy education

EBU offers a wide range of study programmes on master’s level as well as individual modules covering all thematic areas of the bioeconomy, including:

• Agriculture, animal and primary production
• Food
• Forestry
• Biology and biotechnology
• Marine
• Ecology, environmental sciences and engineering, climate
• Chemical and biochemical engineering
• Bioenergy
• Circular economy
• Digitalization, big data and ICT applied to Bioeconomy
• Management of natural capital and sustainable resources
• Economics, management, social and political sciences, sustainability transformation

Master Students are encouraged to make use of the ample options for individual curricula development based on Erasmus+ exchange within the EBU alliance.

For further information, please contact the Erasmus+ programme coordinator at your home university.