Dual Bachelor of Viticulture and Enology + winemaker training

In the Bachelor's degree program in Viticulture and Enology, the Course language: English and times are deliberately adapted to the viticultural year. Our study plan is guaranteed to work! During your studies, you can experience up to five vintages in four years. This corresponds to a maximum of practical experience. The four practical projects focusing on viticulture, Enology, phytomedicine and wine marketing take place in the training companies and are assessed as examinations. Our portfolio impresses with over 600 cooperating companies worldwide.

Students on the Bachelor's degree program in Viticulture and Enology enjoy working in and with nature and are interested in biological processes. They appreciate the versatility and self-realization in their work and strive for sustainable solutions for viticulture.

The training phase in the company lasts a total of 24 months. At the very beginning, you will spend 15 months at a time in the company to gain practical experience. During this time, you are in the so-called prosemester and are a trainee. You are not yet enrolled as a student at the Ludwigshafen University of Business and Society. You will be enrolled the following year in the winter semester.

The work completed during your apprenticeship will be recognized as 30 credits towards your degree.

A training allowance is paid during the 24-month training period in the company. The training allowance in Rhineland-Palatinate is regulated by collective agreement. You can find the current remuneration table for Rhineland-Palatinate here. You can find the remuneration table for Baden-Württemberg here here.
There are similar regulations in other federal states, which can be obtained from the relevant authorities.

No remuneration is paid during the study phases at the Wine Campus. The paid training periods are numbered from 1 to 24 in the timetable.

Both the Wine Campus and its long-standing partners support Wine Campus students through scholarships. For more information, visit: www.wine-campus-neustadt.de/service/informationen-fuer-unsere-studierenden/stipendien

From the winter semester 2023/2024, two students per year from the dual study program "Viticulture & Enology" at the Wine Campus Neustadt can spend a semester abroad at the Krems University of Applied Sciences in the International Wine Business" degree program program. In return, two students from Krems University of Applied Sciences can spend a semester at the Wine Campus Neustadt. This cooperation gives students at the Wine Campus another opportunity to learn at an international level - in addition to the practical projects and excursions already firmly anchored in the course of study.

The Erasmus program not only eliminates tuition fees abroad, but also provides students with additional financial support for living costs abroad. In addition to the students, the Erasmus program also supports the lecturers. This means that interesting lectures and seminars can be organized between the universities in the future, benefiting both partners both professionally and interculturally. Prof. Dr. Laura Ehm, Professor of Marketing at the Wine Campus Neustadt, and Prof. Dr. Albert Franz Stöckl, Head of the International Wine Business course at IMC FH Krems, are responsible for the cooperation. Both emphasize the potential of the cooperation.

IMC FH Krems already has a strong international network, which, according to Prof. Stöckl, is one of the hallmarks of the International Wine Business course. The cooperation with the Wine Campus Neustadt will now expand this network and exciting impulses can be exchanged. Krems is an attractive location for studying and making wine due to its proximity to the neighboring Wachau wine-growing region. The region is an official UNESCO World Heritage Site, not least because of its excellent wines and wineries. Germany and Austria are located in the heart of Europe. Both countries therefore face similar climatic challenges, which means that valuable know-how can be exchanged, especially on the subject of sustainability.

Interested parties are welcome to contact Prof. Dr. Laura Ehm directly.

• Stays abroad outside Europe, in Switzerland and England of up to 3 months via Education worldwide
  between 3000 and 5000 euros (travel and accommodation costs depending on duration and country)
• Stays abroad in Europe other than Switzerland and England via Erasmus +
  between 195 and 315 euros (mobility grant per month)
• Stays abroad in Europe via Wine Campus scholarship
  max. 500 euros

Since January 1, 2012, participants in dual courses of study have been legally treated in the same way as employees in vocational training and as such are subject to compulsory insurance in statutory pension, health, long-term care and unemployment insurance for the entire duration of the corresponding course of study.

You are also subject to compulsory pension and unemployment insurance during periods of study in which no salary is paid (from the first semester onwards). Social insurance contributions are calculated on the basis of a notional contribution assessment base (1% of the monthly reference value). The employer is solely responsible for these contributions, even if they only provide part of the training. Individual agreements between the companies are therefore sometimes necessary.

Dual students are also liable for health and long-term care insurance during periods without pay. However, the contributions are paid in the same amount as students who are subject to compulsory insurance. The contributions are paid by the student alone. If you are entitled to family insurance (with a parent, spouse or partner), you do not have to pay health and long-term care insurance contributions.

Neustadt is located in the heart of the German wine-growing regions. The Palatinate is one of the largest, most innovative and most diverse wine-growing regions Neustadt is a flourishing, medium-sized town in the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region. Neustadt is a tourist and gastronomic region with a wide range of cultural leisure activities.

Short-term rental
Inexpensive rooms can be rented in the Neustadt/Weinstraße youth hostel for the theory modules during the prosemester. Private landlords also offer reasonably priced rooms and apartments both for the prosemester modules and for longer periods.

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Student apartments
There are 6 bright apartments in Rilkestraße, each with 3 shared rooms, fitted kitchen, common room and balcony, available to Wine Campus students.

Monthly room rent: EUR 345.00 incl. flat-rate operating and heating costs (without billing, no deposit, unfurnished).

There are a further 6 bright apartments in Branchweilerhofstraße, each with 2 shared rooms, fitted kitchen and common room.

Monthly room rent: EUR 330.00 incl. flat-rate operating and heating costs (without billing, no deposit, unfurnished).

The apartments are rented out by the Neustadt an der Weinstraße housing association:
Tel. 06321 89 96-66, e-mail: vermietung@wbg-nw.de or Ms. Sylvia Schulze, Tel. 06321 89 96-20, E-Mail: sylvia.schulze@wbg-nw.de

You can obtain a list of private landlords from the registrar's office on request. It's worth taking a look at the notice board in the basement of the Wine Campus Neustadt! Students can exchange and find apartments and rooms in shared apartments in and around Neustadt.

Yes, at the German Training Institute for Agricultural Engineering (DEULA) in Bad Kreuznach, two weeks of lessons in applied agricultural engineering take place during the prosemester, in which students are taught the proper and safe use of modern agricultural machinery in the field of viticulture and grape processing (e.g. tractors, soil care systems, plant protection equipment).

The lecture times are adapted to the dates of the inter-company training and DEULA courses so that there are no overlaps.

It is possible to receive a discount on the course costs. Detailed information on registration, current dates and the voucher form can be found in OpenOLAT.

Yes, at the end of the 4th semester, the theoretical content from the "Training of Trainers" course is taught and the trainer aptitude test can be taken. Students on the dual Bachelor's degree course in Viticulture and Enology only pay the examination fees.