From the 21st to the 27th of October the group of Vologda SDFA students visited two universities: Rhine-Waal University of applied sciences in Kleve and Weihenstephan -Triesdorf University of applied sciences in Triesdorf.
In Kleve, on the first day of our visit we had a campus tour. Also an excursion to the farming enterprise “Agro KG” was organized for us. On the 23rd of October we visited “Pfeifer und Langen”. It was very interesting to learn about this company and see some steps of sugar production. Later this day some of the students took part in the scientific seminar “Herd management and health”. The second group visited a lecture in the study program “Soil science”.
On the 24th of October our group took a train to Triesdorf. The official program offered by the Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of applied sciences started the next day. In the morning we had a campus tour. We saw the study buildings and went to the university farms. After lunch we visited a family farm and had a discussion with the owner about peculiarities of doing agribusiness in Germany. On the 26th of October, a meeting with students of the International master course Agrarmanagement, IMA was organized for us in the morning. After that professor doctor Ralf Schlauder carried out a seminar class “Organization of farming enterprises in Germany”. Also this day we visited the laboratories of scientific-research center of analysis of milk production, talked to the specialists there and saw the equipment.
This study trip became possible due to the scholarship from DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service). The main purpose of this trip was to introduce the German educational system, culture, economic situation and traditions to Russian students who are interested in continuing their education in Germany. The goal was fully achieved and the study trip was very successful!