IVES members

Agroscope is the Swiss centre of excellence for agricultural research, and is affiliated with the Federal Office for Agriculture (FOAG). Agroscope makes an important contribution to a sustainable agriculture and food sector as well as to an intact environment, thereby contributing to an improved quality of life.

The School of Agriculture of the Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Environment is one of the first founded in the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, in 1928, counting a history of 85years and approximately 10,000 alumni agronomists. The School of Agriculture, with its thriving educational and research activity has contributed significantly to both national economy and rural development, as well as to the agricultural sciences and technology worldwide. The School covers theoretical and practical aspects in the fields Field Crops, Horticulture, Plant Protection, Animal Science, Food Science, Agricultural Economics, Soil Science and Agricultural Engineering. The Laboratory of Viticulture is part of the Horticulture and Viticulture department. For over 50 years, it has maintained an active and productive program of research in viticulture, to help improve the quality and value of grapes, raisins and wines in Greece by the application of rigorous scientific tools. Research areas of the Laboratory of Viticulture include ampelography, vine ecophysiology, grape biochemistry and composition, vineyard management, disease and pest control in vineyards, sustainability of farming systems and precision viticulture. The Laboratory makes many efforts to extend new research information directly to the public and grape and wine producers with meetings and seminars. The Laboratory of Viticulture has also developed an experimental vineyard at the Aristotle.

Established in 1955, The Australian Wine Research Institute (AWRI) is the Australian grape and wine industry’s own research organisation. It supports a sustainable and successful grape and wine industry through world-class research, practical solutions and knowledge transfer.

The University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, the Alma Mater Viridis, perceives itself as a teaching and research center for renewable resources, which are necessary for human life. It is BOKU’s objective to help make a considerable contribution to the conservation and protection of resources for future generations by providing diversity in its fields of study. Connecting natural sciences, engineering and economic sciences, we wish to increase knowledge of the ecologically and economically sustainable use of natural resources, to provide a harmoniously cultivated landscape.
An important feature of BOKU’s research lies in its recognition of future problems and our efforts to provide and stimulate practical relevance, internationality and among disciplines. Interdisciplinary cooperation of scientists on an international level should help create comprehensive questions about the future of our planet and lead to innovative problem solving.
BOKU’s teaching is designed holistically and in a coordinated manner. It leads graduates to knowledge, understanding and flexibility. From this program, they gain the willingness to face future challenges and the capability to meet them in a competent way. We teach state of the art content and current issues that are based on dynamic research and a high level of practical relevance using modern didactic methods. This motivates students and graduates to develop their own ideas. Our cosmopolitan scientific vocational education and training enables them to understand complex interdisciplinary relationships.
In order to reach these objectives, cooperation that is based on mutual trust and flexibility is necessary. Whenever possible, those concerned are integrated in the decision making processes, so that all BOKU members can identify with our university and its objectives. This also opens up the possibility for decentralized decision making, effective acting and the ability to respond to new challenges in a flexible manner.
For the public, BOKU is also a competent and self-conscious partner. It combines the willingness to accept criticism with the readiness to take the responsibility of taking a clear position.
We at BOKU commit ourselves to international performance in research and teaching, cooperation on regional, national and international levels, and to receptiveness to new developments.

As a public institution under the authority of the French Ministry of Agriculture, Bordeaux Sciences Agro collaborates with other similar institutions in France and abroad through a network of higher agronomic institutes, notably in the framework of joint courses. For 50 years, Bordeaux Sciences Agro has been able to forge privileged relationships with companies. These ties supplement the courses offered by our institution by helping increase the professionalism of the subjects taught and by fostering the professional futures of the graduates by ensuring that the courses are suited to the real world.

The Center has been created by the University of Trento and Fondazione Edmund Mach to enhance and strengthen the collaboration between the two institutions.

The work of the Centre is focused on high-quality research and training in smart agriculture, and in particular on the production of quality food products, the reduction of environmental impact and a sustainable use of resources. With an interdisciplinary approach that encompasses genomics and field trials, the centre aims to reduce the human impact on the environment, both natural and man-made, through the development of integrated, low-impact and sustainable products, instruments, methods and strategies.

Created in 1948, CHANGINS is the Swiss centre of excellence for research and education in viticulture and oenology. Nestled in the heart of a winegrowing region with the most breath-taking views of Lake Geneva and the Alps, CHANGINS provides educational programs on undergraduate and graduate levels covering theoretical as well as practical aspects with its teaching vineyard and winery. The diverse student body of the CHANGINS campus underlines the international recognition of its degrees in the grape and wine industry. CHANGINS also defines and develops knowledge, techniques and practices in the fields of soil science, viticulture, oenology and sensory science through its research and extension activities. Active collaborations with other international research and teaching institutes and the industry ensure a unique and dynamic academic environment.

The Cyprus University of technology is pioneering in the production of applied research and achieving excellence in the international research area. In order to meet the challenges of society and industry, the results of the research produced at the University are transferred as know-how to society, industry and productive organizations to create innovative solutions with significant economic, social and environmental benefits. In the context of research, innovation and entrepreneurship activities, new jobs and opportunities are created for young scientists in cutting-edge sectors.

PURPAN Engineering School was founded in 1919 by a community of Jesuit teachers and farmers. The School trains students as part of a five-year undergraduate course in general engineering.

Hochschule Geisenheim University (HGU) is located on the Rhine River in Germany, in the centre of German Viticulture. The HGU is an institution of research, higher education and knowledge transfer focused on subjects covering the entire value chain from production to marketing of special crops and their products (mainly beverages, especially wine) as well as the development of rural and urban spaces. The university offers 19 undergraduate and graduate programs as well as doctoral research options with a focus on topics in the grape and wine sciences. Teaching and research in wine related subjects cover all aspects from genetics and breeding, physiology, soil science, plant nutrition, plant pathology, viticulture, engineering and technology, microbiology, biochemistry, analytics, oenology, sensory science to business operations management and marketing.

The Institute of Vine and Wine Sciences (ISVV) is a multidisciplinary institute of research, higher education and technology transfer for today’s and tomorrow’s wine industry challenges. The ISVV is located in the heart of the world’s most prestigious wine producing region, namely Bordeaux, on an INRA-joint university campus. The research programs focus on three main areas: environment, wine typicity, and commerce. One of the historical strength of the ISVV is its ability to foster interactions with the grape and wine industry. These interactions are diverse and include training programs for wine professionals, regular meetings between wine companies and ISVV research teams, and the support of applied, industry-oriented research. The ISVV is also actively involved in research collaborations with major foreign counterparts.

The Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA), School of Agriculture, is the largest and most qualified school of graduate and post-graduate degrees in the Agricultural Sciences, in Portugal, and its know-how is recognized nationally and internationally.

The Institut Universitaire de la Vigne et du Vin « Jules Guyot » (IUVV) was founded in 1992 thanks to the willingness of the government, Burgundy Council and “Vine and wine Interprofession". It is located in the heart of the campus of the university of Burgundy, near to the famous Burgundy vineyard. It has three main missions: training, research, and the contribution to the transmission of knowledge related to vine and wine. Educational programs concern undergraduate and graduate levels covering theoretical as well as applied aspects with vine sciences, enology, « terroir », and marketing of wine products. Research activities are performed in several local research units and are dealing with grape and wine microbiology, wine physico-chemistry, wine perception, vine /climate relationships, and vine immunity / interactions with microorganisms. Active collaborations with other national and international research and teaching institutes and the industry are permanently developed. IUVV also hosts the UNESCO Chair “Culture et traditions du vin" of the Burgundy university and manages the vineyard of the university, located at Marsannay-la-Côte.

Food Science and Human Nutrition is one of the seven departments of the Agricultural University of Athens, the third oldest university in Greece. It makes a valuable contribution to the food sector by conducting basic and applied research, and by producing high quality graduates as well as cutting edge scientific knowledge. The laboratory of Enology –the first laboratory for wine in Greece- was set up within the premises of Food Science and nutrition department. The last ten years, more than thirty well educated and trained new scientists have completed their theses in the enology lab and obtained their M.Sc. degree in enology and viticulture. The main research interest of the laboratory is to explore the potential of Greek native grape varieties to produce high quality wines as well as to promote control over the enological practices in order to improve wine quality in Greece. Collaboration with various Greek and European wineries and enological products companies was established since the early beginning of the laboratory through applied research projects. The laboratory of Enology is an associate partner of Vinifera Euromaster since 2015 as also of the newly established master Wintour.

The young Research and Technology Organisation Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) was built in January 2015 by the merger of the Public Research Centres Gabriel Lippmann and Henri Tudor, both key players in research and innovation in Luxembourg. The Environmental Research & Innovation (ERIN) department develops strategies, technologies and tools to better monitor, assess, use and safeguard natural and renewable resources; furthermore, its research topics are water security and safety, plants for biomass, biopolymers and bioenergy, life cycle sustainability and risk assessment, and e-science for environmental and biological applications. ERIN brings together with its teams made of 170 life, environmental, and IT scientists and engineers, the necessary interdisciplinary knowledge and skills to tackle major environmental challenges our society is facing today: climate change mitigation, ecosystem resilience, sustainable energy systems, efficient use of renewable resources, environmental pollution prevention and control, etc. Viticultural research activities are focussed on the multifactorial interactions between environmental conditions, grape physiology, grape pathogens and human interferences.

The Institut Agro is a national body gathering 3 institutions, AgroCampusOuest, AgroSupDijon and Montpellier SupAgro. Today, with 5,000 students, 1,200 staffs and 300 faculties and professors, Institut Agro is the largest French institution specifically dedicated to higher education and research in Agriculture, Food and Environment. The Institut Agro of Montpellier created in 1848 is one the centers of excellence for research and education in viticulture and oenology, with an Institute for Higher Studies in Vine and Wine (IHEV) entirely dedicated to this sector.
IHEV is powering or is involved in 6 educational national or international programs at master level, including the national diploma of Enologist. In the vine and wine research sectors, the Institute Agro of Montpellier, in link with INRAe and the University of Montpellier, represents a cluster of 300 scientific and technical staff, including 25 PhD students performing in the vine and wine sectors, covering all the main disciplines from the genetics to wine marketing. Open to the industry, 4 entrepreneurial chairs are organised to bring closer together higher education, research and industry.

The Oregon Wine Research Institute is a collaboration between Oregon State University, the Oregon wine industry, and other academic partners. We are dedicated to strengthening research ties and communicating our research efforts dedicated to supporting Oregon grape growing and winemaking.

Plant & Food Research is a New Zealand-based science company providing research and development that adds value to fruit, vegetable, crop and food products. With over 900 people based at sites across New Zealand, as well as in the USA and Australia, at the heart of Plant & Food Research is a goal to underpin the growth of plant and marine-based industry through the successful application and commercialisation of research-based innovation. Our science supports the sustainable production of high quality produce that earns a premium in international markets, as well as driving the design and development of new and novel functional foods that offer benefits to human health and wellbeing.

Plant & Food Research is a New Zealand government-owned Crown Research Institute, subject to the Crown Entities Act 2004, the Crown Research Institutes Act 1992 and the Companies Act 1993.

The School of Agriculture, Food and Wine provides a world-class concentration of scientific research, education and infrastructure at the Waite campus of the University of Adelaide. The Schools focus is on growing the future: fostering excellence in science education and research and connects scientific excellence with industry relevance. This philosophy guides and inspires our teaching and education programs. Our extensive international network of academic and commercial collaborators provides a stimulating and unique environment for student training.

The Wine Research Centre’s mission is to conduct pioneering and globally significant research in enology and viticulture and to develop highly qualified human resources who will promote the technological advancement of the wine industry in British Columbia and Canada. This initiative is based on a concept of collaboration with researchers at the University of British Columbia on both the Vancouver and Kelowna campuses, at other educational and research institutions, and with all facets of the wine industry.

The Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD) is located within the Douro/Port Wine Region, in northern Portugal, where the most internationally renowned Portuguese wines are produced in a unique vineyard landscape classified as Human Heritage by UNESCO. In keeping with its surrounding environment, viticulture and oenology are key areas of research and expertise at UTAD, which was the first and is still the most important oenology teaching institution in Portugal. UTAD is a public university devoted to teaching, research and extension, with more than 500 teachers and about 8000 students, offering ca. 40 graduate courses (1st cycle) and a wide range of MSc and PhD courses. Research activities are concentrated in 8 Research Centres. A gradual increase in the link to stakeholders and SME’s has been achieved, as well as an increase in the number of scholarships. UTAD has also a wide portfolio of projects and partnerships that ensure competence and expertise in the interaction with its partners.

Over the past 20 years, Hungary has become an increasingly attractive study destination with over 10,000 international students attending its universities. Eszterházy Károly Catholic University in Eger alone hosts up to 200 international students a year from all over the world. The University is one of the oldest higher educational institutions in Hungary. Opened in 1774 it has served the Northern Hungarian region for nearly three centuries. Now the university offers potential students the opportunity to work towards their BA, BSc, MA, MSc or doctorate in one of 5 faculties: Humanities, Economics and Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, Pedagogy and IT. Working alongside the faculties, there are ten internationally acclaimed knowledge centres that undertake applied research. The Upper Hungarian Wine Region in which the University is located, has a long tradition of winemaking and education regarding to viticulture and enology.  The university has accredited viticulture and enology programmes at BSc and higher vocational education level. Our 20-hectare experimental vineyard contains close to 1000 genotypes and provides excellent infrastructure for both education and research. The main areas of viticultural and oenological research are: grapevine pathology and microbiome, clone selection, water relations, drought stress, photosynthesis and berry ripening.

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) is the oldest and largest of all Technical Universities in Spain. It has more than 3,000 faculty members, around 35,000 undergraduate students, and over 8,000 graduate students.

UPM is made up of 21 Technical Schools and Faculties covering Architecture, Engineering, Sport and Fashion Design disciplines. Most of its centers are located in the urban district of Madrid, in the City University of Madrid (north of Madrid), in the Montegancedo Campus (west of Madrid), and in the South Campus (southeast of Madrid), although some of them of more recent creation are spread in the outskirts.

Founded in 1404, the University of Turin is one of the largest and most prestigious Italian universities. The University of Turin boasts a remarkable research tradition and is deeply involved in promoting scientific research and innovation.

The history of the Faculty of Oenology dates back to 1988, when it was created the School of Oenology of Tarragona. Initially linked to the University of Barcelona, it was joined the University Rovira i Virgili in 1992 when this University was created. Located in the historic city of Tarragona is very close to some of the reputed Catalan AOC such as Priorat, Montsant, Cava, Terra Alta, Penedès, Conca de Barberà, Tarragona,… The faculty offers suitable teaching for degrees in Oenology and Biotechnology and two masters, one in fermented beverages and the other in oenotourism. The Faculty of Oenology also develops research in diverse aspects of viticulture and oenology. For this purpose the Faculty has laboratories for research and teaching, and also a vineyard (5.5 ha) and an experimental winery. The faculty also maintains an active collaboration with other international research and teaching institutions and a dynamic collaboration with the wine sector.

As a university of education and research, it is developing a scientific project around four major clusters with strong scientific expertise : 1- a multidisciplinary cluster with an international dimension in agro-sciences, environment, biotechnologies and bio-economy (Pôle AEBB) taking into account, in a territory with a strong agricultural and wine economy, the agriculture of the future; 2- a Health cluster, with a number of excellent scientific niches and a rich and varied range of medical and paramedical training courses; 3- a Digital and Engineering Sciences cluster focusing on high-performance computing, industry 4.0, materials and technological transformations; and 4- a Human and Social Sciences cluster.

In 2009 Germany’s first dual-studies program in Viticulture and Enology was founded at the Weincampus Neustadt on the initiative of the Federal State of Rhineland-Palatinate. This academic program of study was established in response to the growing demand in the wine industry for highly trained professionals with both a strong theoretical background and real-world experience.

It is the cooperation among three academic institutions together with the Dienstleistungszentrum Ländlicher Raum Rheinpfalz (DLR, “Rural Service Center Rheinpfalz”) that provides for an exciting spectrum of opportunities in the study of viticulture and enology. The expertise of these three academic institutions combined with the industry know-how and infrastructure of the DLR Rheinpfalz facilitates the seamless transfer of knowledge between academia and industry, and vice versa. The Weincampus Neustadt has partnerships with more than 500 wineries around the world. This network of industry partners comprises one of the most significant strengths of the dual studies program.