Wageningen University
‘To explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life’
The Wageningen UR domain:
healthy food and living environment
health, lifestyle
and livelihood
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Behaviour and perception
Food security
Institutions
Consumer
Citizen
Sustainable agriculture
Nutrition and health
Sustainable fishery
Biomass
Chains
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food and food
production
living
environment
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Marine resource
management
Landscape and land use
Nature & Biodiversity
Water management
Competing claims
Why Wageningen University?
 Voted #1 University in the Netherlands
 70th position on the Times Higher Education World University
Rankings
 Largest education & research institute in the Netherlands
 University with an international community [>100 nat.]
 Multidisciplinary between science groups
 Practically oriented and personal contact
Wageningen University
Netherlands largest research and education institute
 Over 7000 staff
 8.000 Students [25% international]
 Student – Teacher ratio: 1/7
 Budget: €0.8 billion
 Scientific and professional education
Education system
1900 PhD
60%
International
3713 MSc
45% International
3813 BSc
Wageningen University
Master programmes (MSc)
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Animal Sciences
Applied Communication Science
Aquaculture and Marine Resource
Management
Bioinformatics
Biology
Biosystems Engineering
Biotechnology
Climate Studies
Development and Rural Innovation
Earth and Environment
Environmental Science
Food Quality Management
Food Safety
Food Technology
Forest and Nature Conservation
Geographical Information Management
and Applications
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Geo-information Science
International Development Studies
International Land and Water Management
Landscape Architecture and Planning
Leisure, Tourism and Environment
Management, Economics and Consumer
Studies
Molecular Life Sciences
Nutrition and Health
Organic Agriculture
Plant Biotechnology
Plant Sciences
Urban Environmental Management
Health and Society (specialisation)
Sensory Science (specialisation)
Water Technology (specialisation)
Academic Year
Admission and application
Requirements
• Relevant Bachelor degree
• GPA of 70%
• Good working knowledge of mathematics and statistics
• Fluently in English, both written and spoken
Wageningen Campus
Wageningen Campus
 Library of Wageningen UR Open 14 hours per day
 Extensive sports facilities
 Research facilities
 Language courses in different languages by Language
Services
Student Life
Housing
There are 4500 student rooms in Wageningen
 Idealis
 Kamernet
 WSO
Student Life
Sport facilities
 Large sport centre “De Bongerd”
 60 different sports
 € 70 per year
Important
information
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