MOOCs
Wageningen University & Research offers MOOCs, making academic education available and accessible for everyone. Typical WUR themes are among others: food and nutrition, environmental sciences, smart agriculture and biobased production. Choose the course that fits your interests. We look forward to welcoming you.
MOOCs (Massive Open Online Course) are online courses. You follow a MOOC:
- If you want to learn the latest scientific insights from top professors
- At your own pace, whenever you want
- Online, wherever you are
- Grow your network, both with WUR experts and your peers
Discover all MOOCs
15 activities scheduled
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MOOC Big data for agri-food: principles and toolsDecipher your unsampled big data set and the phenomena it hides by properly choosing and putting into practice the scalable solution for your agri-food business.
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MOOC Food and Nutrition Security in Urbanizing LandscapesSee your urbanizing landscape from a spatial and integrated food systems perspective. Identify counterparts to collaborate with. Break the rural-urban divide!
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MOOC Nutrition and Disease: Nutrition and CancerDiscover the latest insights on the role of diet, nutrition and lifestyle in the prevention, occurrence and progression of cancer in the course Nutrition and Cancer.
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MOOC Nutrition and Disease: Nutrition, Heart disease and DiabetesDiscover the latest insights on the importance of nutrition and lifestyle in the development and treatment of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes mellitus.
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MOOC Nutrition and Health: Food SafetyLearn about bacteria, pesticides and health hazards present in food and gain the tools to assess and quantify the dangers they can present.
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MOOC Nutrition and Health: Human MicrobiomeImproved gut function can avoid disorders like IBS, obesity and diabetes. Learn how to impact your health by balancing out your microbiome and nutritional intake.
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MOOC Nutrition and Health: Macronutrients and OvernutritionPart of the Professional Certificate Pogramme Nutrition and Health this course sheds light on macronutrients and overnutrition and how they impact human health.
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MOOC Nutrition and Health: Micronutrients and MalnutritionPart of the Professional Certificate Pogramme: Nutrition and Health, this online course teaches about malnutrition and micronutrients and how they impact human health.
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MOOC Nutrition, Exercise and SportsLearn about exercise physiology and sport nutrition science and whether certain nutritional strategies can be relevant for athletic performance and muscle growth.
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MOOC Plant Based Diets: Food for a Sustainable FutureDiscover the effect of Plant Based Diets on climate change, infectious diseases and chronic illnesses and the impact you can have, by ‘going (more) plant based’.
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MOOC Sustainable Food Security: Crop ProductionHow to feed the world without depleting our planet’s reserves? As part of the XSeries Sustainable Food Security learn about the availability pillar of production.
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MOOC Sustainable Food Security: Food AccessAs part of the XSeries Sustainable Food Security explore which key actors, at household, local, and (inter)national levels, negotiate and decide on access to food.
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MOOC Sustainable Food Security: The value of systems thinkingAs part of the XSeries Sustainable Food Security, learn how to apply systems thinking to improve the environmental sustainability of food production systems.
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MOOC The Science of BeerAre you interested in more than just the taste of beer? Discover what's in your beer, how is it made and marketed and the effect it has on your body and health.
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MOOC Urban rewilding: restore your local ecosystemLearn to tackle urban challenges – from climate resilience to community cohesion – by leveraging the power of nature. Join us and rewild your neighbourhood.