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
143 activities scheduled
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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. -
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. -
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... -
Course Postharvest TechnologyProgramme on the latest postharvest technology storage, packaging and handling insights. Also basic biology, physiology, ripening and deterioration processes will be covered. -
Blended Course Gastronomic Science for Future FoodBlended course on the future of gastronomic science. -
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. -
Advanced Biochemical Analysis of Foods - Product CompositionIn this online master's course learn about specific compounds in food products for quality control and to trace the origin of food materials. -
Advanced Food Microbiology - Tools for Safety ManagementThis online master's course focusses on the ecology and physiology of food and gastro-intestinal-tract microbes and their impact on food quality and safety. -
Blended Course Planning, Design and Management: Public Space and TransitionsAre you looking for ways of dealing with complex transition challenges in public space? Would you like to broaden and deepen your theoretical knowledge and apply the latest insight... -
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. -
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. -
Course Data Analysis for MetabolomicsDuring this programme you will learn about approaches to process and analyse data and design high-quality metabolomics experiments. -
Course Effective Analysis of Big Data in RImprove your big data skills in R, one of the most popular modern data elaboration platforms in health and life science. -
WGS Ethics and Animal Sciences (0.8 ECTS)As 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... -
WIAS Introduction course on personal effectiveness for your PhD (1.2 ECTS)1. You may cancel free of charge up to four weeks before the start of the course. 2. If you cancel after four weeks of the start of the course you will be charged with the full fee... -
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.