The Graduate Education Programme in Applied Crop Physiology
The Graduate Education Programme in Applied Crop Physiology
Vision and Objective of the Graduate Education Programme
The Department of Horticulture aims to offer an attractive and dynamic graduate scientific environment. This includes both a close interaction with supervisors and staff but collaboration and networking nationally and internationally. The graduate educational programme is integrated in the departments research.
Introduction
Our research generates new knowledge concerning the sustainable production and quality of ornamentals, fruits and vegetables. The department develops and optimizes cultivation systems for field and greenhouse production of a wide range of fruits and vegetables and ornamentals. Research includes cultivation techniques, cultivation value, flowering and growth physiology, crop quality, storage and product development. The research is cantered around understanding and using the physiological processes of plants both above and below ground both in the field and under protected cultivation. An important issue is the focus of using the understanding of the physiology of the plants aiming to improve the sustainable production including organic production of field crops.
The department employs approx. 70 staff members, half of these have a scientific education. The department is located at Årslev near Odense.
National and International Cooperation
The department has broad research cooperation with other Danish universities. In addition to this, at national level we cooperate with the Danish Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries. Internationally we have close contact to a number universities and research institutions in Europe and overseas.
Facilities and Services
The department has modern research and experimental facilities and equipments for a wide range of physiological and technical experiments besides well-equipped greenhouses, controlled environments, storage rooms and laboratories, besides library, canteen and offices. The trial fields are app. 100 ha, which include organic crop rotation trials for vegetables and orchard trees.
PhD Courses Offered
The current courses are open to all graduate students and have their focus on crop physiology. The courses are hosted by the Department of Horticulture but arranged jointly with the Research School for Horticul­ture at LIFE/KU. Summer schools will be arranged focussing on the interaction between students and development of presentation skills.
Currently two courses are suggested:
Applied methods in crop physiology
6-8 ECTS. Direct course work 40 hrs over 5-7 days, report work 2-3 weeks.
Quality Assurance
The department is aiming to assure the quality of the PhD education through education of supervisors, networking, participation in relevant courses at and secure both day to day guidance and support to both supervisors and students in their work.
Organization
The Graduate Education Programme is rooted in the Department of Horticulture at the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences (DJF), University of Aarhus and part of the PhD school of DJF.
DJFs PhD school acts as an umbrella for the graduate education programmes to ensure the education programmes and the quality in guidance, PhD courses, and completion of the studies, coordination across departments, faculties and other universities.
The responsibility for guidance and the educational quality however, rests with the department.
Admission Requirements
A Masters degree in natural science or agricultural science from a Danish university or a foreign university.
Contact and Further Information
Programme leader: Ole Callesen, ole.callesen@agrsci.dk
Further information: www.agrsci.dk/ahp