Internship in Breeding & Phytopathology

KWS is one of the world's leading plant breeding companies. Almost 5,000 employees in more than 70 countries generated sales of around 1.68 billion in the 2023/2024 financial year. Euro. For almost 170 years, KWS has been run independently and independently as a family-oriented company. The focus is on plant breeding and production as well as the sale of sugar beet, corn, cereals, vegetables, rapeseed and sunflower seed. KWS uses state-of-the-art plant breeding methods to increase the yields of farmers and to further improve the resistance of plants to diseases, pests and abiotic stress. In order to achieve this goal, the company invested more than 300 million in the past financial year. Euro in research and development. Internship in Breeding & Phytopathology Location: Breeding station Seligenstadt (near Würzburg), Germany Start date: 1 June 2026 Duration: up to 6 months The department of sugar beet and the breeding station Seligenstadt of KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA are looking for you as a motivated research intern (m/w/d) if you want to gain practical experience in applied plant breeding, in digital phenotyping, in phytopathology and in carrying out field tests. During your internship, you work closely with experienced experts at the breeding station Seligenstadt and actively support the development of new beet varieties with improved resistance to insect-borne diseases. You will get valuable insights into field work, pre-breeding and plant cultivation, agronomic trials, and disease monitoring and assessment.

You will get deep insights into commercial plant breeding within an international breeding company. During the season you work on a variety of practical technical tasks. You take responsibility for your own small project in the field of breeding, phytopathology or agronomy – depending on the topic and time. You work closely with the team in Seligenstadt and cooperate with sugar beet fanciers and phytopathologists at the headquarters in Einbeck. Travel activities are part of the project work. You regularly interact with your caregiver to promote your personal and professional development. You build a professional network within KWS. A team culture that is characterised by respect and cooperation awaits you.

You bring great interest and motivation for practical field work. For example, you study agricultural sciences, plant breeding, phytopathology, seed sciences, data sciences, biology or a comparable subject. You identify yourself with our corporate values: team spirit, proximity, trust, ownership and vision. You can present good to very good degree programs. You have good English knowledge in word and writing; German knowledge is advantageous. You have a valid license of the class “B”. .