This Joint degree program of Agricultural Faculties of University Göttingen and University Kassel is for students who want to contribute to the sustainable development of agriculture worldwide. It offers a well-founded knowledge of bio-physical and socio-economic factors determining agricultural livelihood systems, an understanding of global ecosystems and their relationship with agriculture, and social, professional, and methodological expertise. Three profiles: International Agribusiness and Rural Development Economics, International Organic Agriculture and Tropical Agriculture and Agroecosystems Sciences.