The HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein unites research and teaching under one roof and is the largest department of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Climate and Environmental Protection, Regions and Water Management. Austrian agriculture relies on a comprehensive quality strategy. The HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein supports this approach through research, education, consulting, and teaching.
Research and teaching at the cutting edge
In addition to a modern school for over 400 students, HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein. the teaching and training facilities include a boarding school, both a conventional and an organically managed teaching and research farm with its own livestock, a teaching forest, various practice rooms and workshops, a processing center for meat, milk, and fruit, a chemistry lab, a biology lab, and a teaching biotope. The close integration of teaching and research is important to us. "Science in School" and modern methods of knowledge transfer by motivated instructors are hallmarks of the
In applied research, we work with enthusiasm at our five locations and in on-farm projects, addressing the future challenges facing the Austrian agricultural and food sectors. We utilize innovative experimental facilities, laboratories, barns, and diverse test plots. The rapid dissemination of our knowledge to practitioners, consultants, educators, and the public is important to us. To this end, we collaborate with universities and research institutions, consultants, associations, processing and marketing companies, educational institutions, policymakers and stakeholders, NGOs, and especially with farmers from Austria and abroad. Our research findings, as well as our modern communication tools and educational events, are highly valued.
9th Austrian Equestrian Conference on March 7, 2020 in the Puttererseehalle in Aigen/Ennstal
![](/images/thumbnails/raxo/ramp/tb-w80-h80-crop-int-e8e969e724b77113a367bfb0c804c254.jpg "Certificate presentation for the university course "Animal Welfare in Schools"")
