Special Characteristics
- The University of Hohenheim has been accredited as being a family-oriented university since 2004.
- The university possesses its own cemetery, where professors were buried a long time ago. Today it is used very rarely.
- According to a survey conducted to elect the most beautiful campus in Germany, the university could reach the 7th place in the overall placings in 2009. Therefore it is seen as one of the most beautiful campuses in Baden-Württemberg.
- The university hosts the Josef G. Knoll Visiting Professorship for Development Studies, a chair endowed by Senator Herman Eiselen. The first holder, Prof. Dr. Patrick Webb, established a programme of teaching and research from 1996 through 1998. He was succeeded by Prof. Dr. Dieter Neubert (1999/2000), Prof. Dr. Heinz-Rüdiger Korff (2000-2004), and PD Dr. Thomas Berger (2004-2007).
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