Professional Education
To tackle the major global challenges our society is facing, Wageningen University & Research educates professionals around the world by offering high quality knowledge on healthy food and the living environment. WUR focuses on ‘lifelong learning’ educational ecosystems, ranging from MBAs and postgraduate study programmes to summer schools, online courses and MOOCs.
Custom-Made Programmes
Working closely with the greenest and most sustainable university in the world, we will bring Knowledge in Action by designing customised training programmes. Wageningen University & Research (WUR) has abundant expertise, technology, facilities and ideas.
All Courses and Programmes
48 activities scheduled
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Rural Entrepreneurship AfricaDevelop the skills and competences to break current deadlocks within agri-food value chains. -
Farmer Agency for Rural Economies [French]Join the course and take home many practical tools and approaches for promoting farmer entrepreneurship and strengthening farmers’ organizations. -
Climate Action for Food Systems TransformationGet a full understanding of climate change and become a facilitator of change. -
Farmer Agency: a Practical Approach for Farmer-Inclusive Food System TransformationThis course provides you practical facilitation tools and options for action to make agriculture and food systems more farmer-inclusive. Join the course. -
Feeding Cities: Improving Food Systems in Urban AreasGain insight in the latest concepts, tools and approaches for food system analysis and urban food policy and planning during this course. -
Lost Harvest and Wasted FoodIn this course you will look at ways to minimise losses, reduce food waste and explore alternative uses. Ultimately this should contribute to food security. -
Online Course How Mother can Influence OffspringCourse on transgenerational (nutritional) effects in humans and animals. Epigenetics, early life, transgeneral effects and mechanisms of epigenesis will be discussed. -
Plant Genetic Resources and Resilient Seed Systems for Sustainable Food SecurityLearn how to strengthen the use of plant genetic resources and develop a seed system that increases the access to and control over planting material by smallholder farmers. -
Global One Health: towards Human, Animal and Plant HealthThis course is about the interconnectedness of the health of people, animals, plants and their environments. -
Local Economic Development: towards Local Agribusiness Cluster DevelopmentIn this course you will learn to analyse local sub-sectors for boosting urban and rural wealth through agribusiness cluster development. -
Youth Entrepreneurship in Agriculture and Changing Food SystemsLearn not just how to support the young women and men that want to improve the food system in your country, but how it feels to be an entrepreneur. This course introduces participa... -
Engage Young People Towards Climate and Social Resilience [French]Analyze and understand the current situation in Africa in relation to climate change, youth involvement and political insecurity. -
Responsible Aquaculture DevelopmentLearn how to make sector management plans for a certain region or ecosystem that take ecological, socio-economic and governance aspects into consideration. -
Facilitating Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration for Food, Agriculture and NatureThe highly interactive Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships (MSP) course helps you to get the tools and methodologies to design, plan and facilitate a Multi-Stakeholder Partnership. -
Climate Change Adaptation in Food Security and Natural Resource ManagementDiscover strategies for climate smart agriculture and natural resource management and develop a personal action plan to integrate your new knowledge and skills into your work. -
Market Access for Food and Nutrition SecurityThis international course shows participants to which extent and in which manner markets can be used to induce and prolong positive change. -
Resilient FisheriesIn this course, you will boost your skills to help stakeholders learn together in building resilient fisheries communities. -
Online Winter School Greenhouse HorticultureLearn more about protected cultivation in relation to many topics, such as crop, climate and root zone management at the 'knowledge heart' of the Greenhouse Horticulture. -
Managing Risk in the Face of Climate ChangeExplore how vulnerabilities and exposure to natural hazards can be reduced to build resilient communities during this course. -
Aquaculture Smallholder Business DevelopmentLearn more about the empowerment and professionalization of fish farmers’ business organisations, with responsible and inclusive growth of the aquaculture sector as main objective.