Around 500 students from more than 100 countries have participated in the BIGS-DR program at ZEF since its inception in 1999. Each annual batch has around 20-30 students from different academic and disciplinary backgrounds. Our students complete their doctoral studies in about 3-4 years.
Makafui Isaac Dzudzor successfully defended his doctoral thesis on "Household food safety, dietary diversity and malnutrition in the urban context: Evidence from urban Ghana".
» moreJuliana Minetto Gellert Paris has successfully defended her doctoral thesis on "Shifting towards sustainable and healthier dietary patterns in the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolis, Germany: An extended One Health Life Cycle Assessment".
» moreThe small campus, located outside the city towards the Siebengebirge, is home to the university's research farm.
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