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History of Wageningen UR

2008

Wageningen UR: CIDC-Lelystad and the Infectious Animal Sciences Group join together to form the Central Veterenary Institute

2006

Wageningen UR: RIVO, in cooperation with parts of Alterra and the Department of Ecological Risks of TNO, establishes Wageningen IMARES

2005

Wageningen UR: IAC, the North-South Centre and the 'Eurpadesk' merge to become Wageningen International

2004

Wageningen UR: Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences becomes part of Wageningen UR

2003 Wageningen UR: PHLO merges with Wageningen Business School VHL: Van Hall and Larenstein colleges join forces within Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences.
2002 Wageningen UR: CIDC-Lelystad is established
2001 Wageningen UR: PPO, IAC, PV, ILRI and ISRIC become a part of Wageningen UR
2000 Wageningen UR: Alterra and PRI are established within Wageningen UR
1998 Wageningen UR: Official launch of Wageningen UR, following a staff merger. The Agricultural University officially becomes Wageningen University.
1997 Wageningen UR: The formation of Wageningen University and Research Centre (Wageningen UR) begins; the Agricultural university merges with the DLO Research Institutes and the Institutes for Applied Research
1988 VHL: The Forestry and Cultivation Technology College (Velp), Tropical Agricultural College (Deventer) and HAS Wageningen merge to become the International Agrarian University of Professional Education Larenstein.
1986 Wageningen University: In accordance with amendmenst to the Academic Education Act, the Agricultural College is now called the Agricultural University
1976 DLO: Establishment of RIKILT
1971 DLO: Establishment of PHLO (now part of Wageningen Business School)
1968 Wageningen University: From now on the Agricultural College is subject to the same law that governs other universities: the academic Education Act
1956 Wageningen University: Post-war developments in education and research necessitate new legislation: the Agricultural College Statute
1951 DLO: Establishment of the International Agricultural Centre (IAC)
1940 DLO: Establishment of Agricultural Economics Institute (LEI)
1938 DLO: Establishment of the DLO Research Institutes
1936 DLO: Establishment of the Institute for Research and Processing of Fruit and Vegetables in Wageningen (now part of Agrotechnology & Food Sciences Group)
1919 DLO: A forestry research station is established (now part of Alterra)
1918 Wageningen University: Wageningen's status as an institute of higher education is legally ratified, and it becomes the National Agricultural College on 9 March 1918
1912 VHL: Foundation of the State Middle Colonial Agricultural College in Deventer. In 1928 the name changes to the Tropical Agricultural College.
1904 Wageningen University: Wageningen education has been developed to a higher level and the institution is now called the National Higher College of Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry VHL: Establishment of a Dairy Farming College in Bolsward. (the former Van Hall Insitute).
1903 VHL: Establishment of a College of Forestry and Farming in Arnhem / Velp (the former Larenstein College).
1899 DLO: Botanical gardens are established at Westland and Boskoop (now part of PPO).
The government agricultural research station for seed inspection (part of current PRI) becomes a separate organisation.
1888 DLO: The National Institute for Fisheries Studies is set up in IJmuiden (now part of IMARES).
1877 DLO: Foundation of the first agricultural research station in Wageningen (predecessor to the current research institutes)
1876 Wageningen University: The state takes over the local council's Agricultural College in Wageningen: the start of National Agricultural Education in The Netherlands
  
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