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.
Wageningen UR is known for its critical, enterprising and internationally oriented researchers and students. They are capable of bringing together knowledge from a wide variety of disciplines in order to develop a comprehensive view of public issues and to understand the implications of these for human life, animal life, plant life and the environment.

Our 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 now has some 7,000 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.

Programmes

The research institutes and university work together closely in five areas of expertise (‘Science Groups’):

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

Current important research themes include food safety, the green environment and processes of social change. Our interdisciplinary priority themes for development-related research and education are:

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

‘Institutional Development and Capacity Building’ is a specific cross-cutting issue, embedded throughout these interdisciplinary themes.

Contacts:

Dr. Bram Huijsman,
Director North-South Centre of Wageningen UR
Tel: +31-317-495223
E-mail: bram.huijsman@wur.nl

Ir. Wim Andriesse,
Manager International Relations
ECART Management Adviser
North-South Centre of Wageningen UR;
Tel: +31-317-495234 or 474476
E-mail: wim.andriesse@wur.nl

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.