VE - Viticulture and Enology

The Viticulture and Enology Major is offered as a joint diploma between Changins – Haute école de viticulture et œnologie and the Vinifera EuroMaster. Students following this 120 ECTS programme will spend the first year in HES-SO. Their second year will be spent in one of Universities from the Vinifera EuroMaster Consortium.

The Major VE provides students with the tools to analyze and resolve complex problems in Viticulture and Enology, from grape to wine, from management to market, on a strategic and operational level.

Successful candidates are awarded the Graduate Degree “Master of Science HES-SO in Life Sciences, Major Viticulture and Enology” based on 120 credits ECTS as well as The Vinifera EuroMaster diploma.

Watch the presentation of the major:

• In French.
• In English.
• In Italian.
• In Chinese.

The Viticulture and Enology specialization aims to provide students with the following skills:

• Understand, analyze and judge geological, pedological, and climatic components of the terroir of a vineyard
• Evaluate the genetic variability within vineyard blocks, the plant’s state of health, and the match of the rootstock- grape variety combination as a function of agronomic and enological aptitude
• Understand the chemistry and analysis of key wine molecules and macromolecules and their importance for winemaking techniques, wine stability, color and aroma
• Direct and coordinate the design of a winery
• Evaluate environmental risks linked to the grapevine production and a company’s vineyard structure
• Acquire competences for the restructuring of a company related to viticulture or enology
• Develop valorization techniques through sensory analysis and learn innovative sensory evaluation techniques

First year

Second year

The Master thesis is divided into three modules. Please follow the links below to access the module descriptions:

• the Literature Review and Research Proposal (X01),
• a Preliminary Project (X02),
• the Master Thesis itself (X03, full-time in the last semester).

Information on Central modules is available on the following page.

Module descriptions and further information are available on MSLS Community Centre.

Module descriptions and further information are available on MSLS Community Centre.

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