Wageningen University and Research Centre (Wageningen UR for short) is a leading international knowledge institute in the fields of nutrition and health, sustainable agricultural systems, environmental quality and processes of social change. Our path-breaking research and innovative education form a vital contribution to the quality of life.

Programmes

• Agrotechnology & Food Sciences,
• Animal Sciences,
• Environment Sciences,
• Plant Sciences,
• Social Sciences,

• Competing Claims on Natural Resources,
• Supply Chains as Instrument for Pro-poor Economic Development,
• Agro-biodiversity

Services

Wageningen University and Research Centre is an internationally leading knowledge institution, making essential contributions to the quality of life with pioneering research and innovative teaching programmes in the areas of nutrition and health, sustainable agrosystems, a viable environment and processes of social change.

Staff

WUR knowledge institute consists of Wageningen University, (applied) research institutes, and a training and advisory centre. In January 2004, the Van Hall Larenstein polytechnic became part of Wageningen UR. Wageningen UR has 7,400 employees and over 8,500 students. The research institutes carry out strategic, applied and practical research for businesses, governments and stakeholder groups. The university’s strength lies in its fundamental and strategic research. It also produces graduates that are employable in a broad range of fields.