Wageningen University and Research Centre

Wageningen Campus is an attractive meeting place for entrepreneurs, researchers, students and other visitors. The buildings are situated in and around a large open, natural green space with plenty of seating, bodies of water, an outdoor arena and hiking opportunities. The Sports Centre de Bongerd is also located on campus. There are several restaurants with a great variety of dishes and there is ample space to meet with clients, colleagues and friends in the public buildings. And in 2016, a number of shops will open in Campus Plaza.

Accommodation is guaranteed for international BSc students who apply in advance. The university offers furnished rooms— some managed by housing company iNFacilities and some managed by housing company Idealis. Approximate rent is between €238 and €409 per month depending on type of facilities and location.

Wageingen offers many opportunities to find job, which also include work on-campus, and cooperation with university alumni.

In the academic year 2012-2013, almost 50% of the employment seeking Wageningen University students found a job before graduation. Wageningen University students find employment in a wide variety of sectors. 18% of total number of graduates with a job started working for a governmental organization, 15% found employment at a university, 15% at a multinational, 13% at a consultancy agency, 12% at an NGO and 36% at another organizations.

Non-European citizens living on-campus pay an institutional fee about €14,000 per year.

Wageningen University and Research Centre (Wageningen UR) has the unique position of being the only university in the Netherlands to focus on healthy food and the living environment. Wageningen UR’s history dates back to 1876, when it opened as a national agricultural college.

Nowadays the university consists of Wageningen University and the former agricultural research institutes of the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture. In the field of life sciences, agricultural and environmental science, the university is considered world-class. 

Wageningen University offers undergraduate and professional degrees, including doctorates. Its core focus is the life and agricultural sciences. 

According to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings Wageningen University is the best in the Netherlands and No. 1 worldwide, in agriculture and forestry for 2016 on the QS World University Rankings charts. In the 2017 Times Higher Education World University Rankings it was ranked 65th overall in the world and 16th in Life Sciences.

Wageningen UR trains specialists in life and social sciences and focuses its research on scientific, social and commercial problems in the field of life sciences and natural resources.

The language of instruction is partly Dutch, partly English. The programs are offered in the field of economy & society, health, life sciences & technology, nature & environment, animals & plants.