From the winter semester 2009/2010 on, Nürtingen-Geislingen University offers at its campus in Nürtingen the degree program Equine Management. It leads to the degree Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.).

The degree program is embedded in an agricultural context and is geared toward the employment market. We teach our students the necessary knowledge in agriculture as well as business administration - as a matter of fact, these subjects count for 40 % the of study program.

Equine Management combines application-oriented lectures with intensive practical experience and close co-operations with renowned partners such as the State Centre of Competence for Horse Breeding and Keeping Baden-Wuerttemberg, the National Stud of Marbach as well as many organisations and facilities in the horse related business.

Our mission is to teach our students comprehensive basic and extensive specialized knowledge of the theoretical and practical aspects of all equine areas such as horse breeding and keeping,  nutrition, health management, schooling of horse and rider, equitation, tourism, marketing, law etc.

Language of Instruction

Lectures are instructed in German. For more information about the degree program and the curriculum please turn to the German site.

For classes taught in English please refer to our English Course Catalogue.