Admission requirements - MSc Nutrition and Health
Interested in the master's programme Nutrition and Health? Find out whether your knowledge and skills match the entry level of the programme.
This page describes the previous knowledge and skills required for admission to the Nutrition and Health program specifically. For the additional general admission requirements of Wageningen University & Research, application deadlines and the application procedure, visit How to apply for a master's programme?
Are you interested in the programme, but not sure whether your background matches the stated requirements? Feel free to contact us.
Admission requirements
Direct admission
Dutch BSc Nutrition and Dietetics
Required knowledge and skills
Next to this direct admission and the Dutch Nutrition and Dietetics as mentioned above a wide range of other BSc programmes have been admitted in the past. Below you will find the assesment criteria used.
Purpose and reason for the admission requirements
The admission requirements for the master's programme Nutrition and Health are defined in such a way that the students should be able to successfully complete the programme nominally in two years. To comply, the students should have a solid basis of human biology and nutrition to follow the advanced courses in the master’s programme. For collection and analyses of experimental data, applied knowledge of statistics and research methodology is necessary.
The criterion used for admission is a WUR BSc degree in Nutrition and Health, or equivalent.
The norm for this equivalence is
An assessment of the candidate's expertise in two or more of the following topics:
- Biology (human biology)
- Nutrition
- Research methodology and statistics
Not all topics mentioned need to be mastered at the same level; they will be weighed by the Admission Board per individual application.
Method of assessment whether this norm is met
- Transcript of records displaying the content of previous course subjects and project work;
- Curriculum vitae displaying relevant work, internship and/or project experience on an academic level in a relevant field if applicable.
Scores attributed by the Admission Board
Admitted / not admitted / admitted under condition obtaining the BSc or MSc degree / not admitted with offer of pre-master
Compensation of knowledge gaps
The Admission Board may allow and/or suggest compensation of knowledge gaps by:
- a GPA≥7.0* for the previous education for small discrepancies as new knowledge is sufficiently easily acquired;
- a GPA≥7.0* and an individual pre-master's programme for larger discrepancies that can be compensated in ≤30 ECTS and one year of study.
*Check the general admissions page for the International credentials evaluation guide for international equivalencies to a Dutch GPA>7.0. This guide includes compensating factors for a slightly lower GPA the Admission Board may include in their judgement.
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Additional context for admission
Admissible study programmes
Study programmes of which the graduates may meet the knowledge requirements of Nutrition and Health are for example: Nutrition Sciences, Nutrition and Dietetics (with research focus), Human Biology, Biomedical Sciences, Health Sciences, or Medicine.
Study programmes with knowledge gaps
Study programmes whose students often have to follow additional courses within their current programme or in a pre-master to fulfil the knowledge requirements are for example: Nursing, Obstetrics, or Food Technology.
Students with other degrees can be admitted based on the actual courses in their previous study programme and/or relevant work experience. Please ask the programme team for possibilities: bvg.mnh@wur.nl.