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
45 activities scheduled
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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.
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Course Refrigerated Transport TechnologyLearn how to apply refrigerated transport technology to control temperature, humidity and gas atmosphere conditions during transportation in an energy efficient way.
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Global One Health: towards Human, Animal and Plant HealthThis course is about the interconnectedness of the health of people, animals, plants and their environments.
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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.
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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...
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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.
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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.
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Evaluating and Managing for Sustainable Development ImpactStrengthen your competency to manage for impact and play a more effective role in helping your organisation manage for sustainable development impact.
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Resilient and Sustainable Food Systems for a Food Secure FutureDiscover how to design interventions, strategies and policies for resilient and sustainable food systems in your own local context.
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Capstone Business and Operations for a Circular Bio-EconomyUse this Capstone project to integrate the technological processes with the business and operations aspects to develop a sustainable biobased practice.
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Capstone Chemistry and Technology for SustainabilityUse this Capstone project to design a sustainable biobased process from biomass to finished product and help your company switch from fossil to renewable resources.
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Capstone Economics and Policies for a Circular Bio-EconomyInterdisciplinarity is central in this part, linking the various sections in this MicroMasters® programme.
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Course Cold Storage of Apples and PearsDiscover the world of cold storage of apples and pears and learn more about physiological processes of fruit. Gain more insights into cooling systems and controlled atmosphere.
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Course Food Environments for Healthy Sustainable DietsThis course enables you to deliberate, calculate, and review the current and future product portfolio, on qualitative and quantitative aspects of sustainability and nutrition.
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Course Introduction to On Site AnalysisThis course is an introduction to on site analysis and aims to inspire you to explore how this type of analysis could change the landscape of analytical chemistry in the coming dec...
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MicroMasters Business and Operations for a Circular Bio-EconomyLearn more about the business and operations of a circular economy and gain the skills to make the switch to biobased resources.
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MicroMasters Chemistry and Technology for SustainabilityEarn a MicroMasters® programme credential and help drive the transition from fossil resources to renewable ones and engineer a biobased future.
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MicroMasters Economics and Policies for a Circular Bio-EconomyLearn more about the economics and policies of a circular economy and gain the skills to make the switch to biobased resources.
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MOOC Agricultural Water Management: Water, Society and Technology InteractionsJoin us as we explore how we can meet the increasing food demands around the world by contributing to optimisation of agricultural water governance and technologies.
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MOOC Biorefinery: From Biomass to Building Blocks of Biobased ProductsLearn how to design an effective biorefinery to obtain valuable components from various biobased feedstocks such as plants, organisms and waste streams.