Research Intern (m/f/d) in Plant Breeding and Related Fields

Field of Work: Breeding; Breeding stations,
Legal Entity: KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA 
Contract Type:
Is Full Time: Yes
Job ID: 16149
Number of Vacancies: 1

Research Intern (m/f/d) in Plant Breeding and Related Fields

Make yourself grow!

Do you need to attend a Mandatory Internship for your studies, and would you like to gain practical experience within plant breeding, digital phenotyping, data analysis, biostatistics, phytopathology, field trialing, seed sciences, or other related fields of plant breeding? 

What awaits you in an internship position:

• The opportunity to gain significant insights into commercial plant breeding practices.


• Hands-on tasks: You will be involved in diverse technical tasks and experience a broad range of techniques in that respective season. In some cases, you might work on your own small project.


• You will be hosted by a working group matching your study profile.


• Your KWS home base will be either in Einbeck or another breeding station in Germany. Some traveling might be part of your internship.


• You are in dialogue with your supervisor to develop personally and professionally.


• Establishment of contacts in the company to facilitate the entry into professional practice.


• Team spirit and respectful cooperation.

What you bring along:

• You are a student of agricultural sciences, plant breeding, phytopathology, seed sciences, data sciences, biology, or other relevant courses of study. For further disciplines/specializations you could also submit your application, we check within our teams if there is a matching opportunity corresponding to your background.


• You are required to attend an internship according to your university´s examination regulations.


• You indicate your field of interest in your application – and supplement it with transcripts of records, so the putative supervisors can assess your knowledge to build on.


• You identify with our corporate values: team spirit, proximity, trust, independence, and vision.


• Good to very good academic performance and relevant language skills round off your profile.

We will be happy to receive your complete application (motivation letter, CV, transcripts of records, proof of mandatory internship request and other relevant certificates). Please state in either your letter or CV your expected start date and duration of the internship. Based on your application background, we will try to match you with a fitting internship placement. By submitting your application, you agree to an internal forwarding to relevant departments.

You can find more advertised internship positions in our Job Portal. If you have general questions about internships and thesis cooperations, please visit our FAQ page.

About KWS

KWS is one of the world’s leading plant breeding companies. Nearly 5,000 employees in more than 70 countries generated net sales of around €1.68 billion in the fiscal year 2023/2024. A company with a tradition of family ownership, KWS has operated independently for almost 170 years. It focuses on plant breeding and the production and sale of seed for sugarbeet, corn, cereals, vegetables, oilseed rape and sunflower. KWS uses leading-edge plant breeding methods to continuously improve yield for farmers and plants’ resistance to diseases, pests and abiotic stress. To that end, the company invested more than €300 million last fiscal year in research and development. For more information: www.kws.com/career. Follow us on LinkedIn® at https://linkedin.com/company/kwsgroup/.

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