Summer School 2008 Partners Universities

California State University, Fresno (USA)

The Department of Viticulture and Enology and the Viticulture and Enology Research Center provides world-class undergraduate and graduate education, research, and outreach programs in sustainable and value added viticulture and enology; nationally and internationally recognized faculty and research staff; and a rigorous academic program of study accompanied by practical, hands-on training, and a continuously evolving program of education for growers, packers, winemakers and processors.

Each year, over 100 viticulture and enology students take advantage of the extraordinary opportunities that this one-of-a-kind program offers.

Our graduates can be found in leading grape and wine positions around the nation and world.

Degrees offered:

B.S. in Enology

B.S. in Viticulture

M.S. in Viticulture and Enology

Certificate of Special Study in Enology

Certificate of Special Study in Sustainable Viticulture

http://cast.csufresno.edu/ve/index.htm

California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly), San Luis Obispo (USA)

In the spring of 2004 Cal Poly announced the addition of a new bachelor's degree in Wine and Viticulture. The new major is the first interdisciplinary program in the College of Agriculture. Enology, the science of winemaking; viticulture, the science of grape growing; and wine business, the business of wine-marketing, constitute the three concentrations managed by three departments in the College of Agriculture. After a survey course studying each concentration, you will decide what area best matches your career interests.

The major focuses on a degree program aimed at producing graduates ready to step right into careers in California's multibillion-dollar wine industry.

Students in the major have the unique advantage of having internships, fieldwork, and senior project opportunities in area wineries and vineyards. The Wine and Viticulture curriculum includes a mandatory internship, which promotes Cal Poly's "learn-by-doing" philosophy.

The enology concentration is a science-based curriculum designed to provide students with the chemistry, packaging, and regulatory knowledge to enter the wine industry as skilled winemakers. Our new enology teaching lab will soon be the site at which you will learn fermentation and analysis of the wines you study.

http://www.fsn.calpoly.edu/undergraduate/wine.asp?pid=1

Brock University, Canada

Studying Oenology and Viticulture at Brock University means you are part of a professional and friendly community. Professors and senior lab demonstrator are accessible and available to answer your questions and help you in your learning experience.

Class sizes are kept small to maximize the interactions with the instructors and among students. Most courses have lab components where students acquire hands-on experience, which is also applied and developed during the 3 co-op terms.

CCOVI’s undergraduate and graduate research programs provide Highly Qualified Personnel (HQP) with experience in cutting edge research in oenology, fermentation, viticulture, and sensory science, combined with almost 12 months of real industry experience through required Co-op workterms.

Over the past five years, 50 HQP have been trained through CCOVI from the research laboratories of Drs. Reynolds, Pickering and Inglis. With the training received by our undergraduates and their strong research skills, their competitive edge has resulted in a job placement rate of over 90% as winemakers, oenologists, assistant winemakers, vineyard managers, sensory scientists as well as sales and marketing personnel in various aspects of the grape and industry.

These graduates are located across Canada, the United States, and Australia. Our graduate students and postdoctoral fellows are also either working directly in the industry as winemakers or in research or academic institutes, building upon the HQP continuing with grape and wine research to further expand the number of people that can address our industry needs.

http://www.brocku.ca/ccovi/index/9/academic_programs.html#studying