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
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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.
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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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Plant Breeders' Rights for Food Security and Economic DevelopmentIn this course you will learn what plant breeders’ rights are in accordance with the UPOV Convention and how a Plant Variety Protection System works.
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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.
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Potato Sector Development for Emerging MarketsGain valuable insights from the potato sector in the Netherlands to boost the potato industry in your own home country. Join this course.
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Predicting Food Quality - Theoretical Principles of ModellingIn this online master's course learn about quantitative analysis of food quality and modelling to predict both quality attributes and uncertainties of foods.
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Product and Process Design – Idea generation and selection of a product concept (PPD-DL II)In this online master’s course learn to apply creative thinking to design, select and appraise new product concepts, based on company and competitor environment.
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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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Resilient FisheriesIn this course, you will boost your skills to help stakeholders learn together in building resilient fisheries communities.
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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.
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Rural Entrepreneurship AfricaDevelop the skills and competences to break current deadlocks within agri-food value chains.
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Sustainable Food and Bioprocessing - Exergy AnalysisIn this online master's course learn to evaluate existing and new technologies for efficient use of resources and sustainable process system design.
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Sustainable Tourism: Rethinking the futureEngage in interdisciplinary debates to explore and co-create future responsible travel and tourism initiatives in your personal/professional context. Join us!
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Sustainable Tourism: Society & Environmental AspectsAn all-round introduction to the industry, understand the scope next to the social and environmental impact of tourism and help drive its sustainability!
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Sustainable Urban Development: Discover Advanced Metropolitan SolutionsLearn why cities are key in resolving global urbanization and sustainability challenges and how you can engineer tomorrow’s cities today.
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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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Tourism and Climate ChangeLearn how tourism and climate change are inextricably connected and the key challenges related to mitigation/adaptation to better position yourself/organisation.
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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.
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Water Stewardship for Climate ResilienceHave a greater understanding of the essence of integrated water resources management and water stewardship and improve your lobby and advocacy skills during this course.
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WGS Ethics and Animal Sciences (0.8 ECTS) - ONLINEAs a future scientist in the life sciences, it is important that PhD students have an insight into the debates around the relationship between human beings, animals, and nature, to...