Facts and figures about Wageningen University & Research

Number of students (October 2025)

12,407 in total 
9,031 Dutch students
3,376 Non-Dutch students

Number of students per study phase: 
5,175 BSc students
6,754 MSc students
99 pre-master students

Programmes in 2025 - 2026

21 BSc programmes
32 MSc programmes

84 Open enrollment courses
47 Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)
16 in-company training programmes

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Fundamental research in 2026

1 Faculty, 5 departments and 88 chair groups:

Agrotechnology & Food Sciences: 21 Chair groups
Animal Sciences: 12 Chair groups
Environmental Sciences: 16 Chair groups
Plant Sciences: 18 Chair groups
Social Sciences: 21 Chair groups

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Number of professors in june 2026

1 Rector magnificus
1 Dean of education
1 Dean of research
88 Chair holders / professors
92 Personal professors
39 Special/endowed professors
3 Professors international education
1 Professor other university
3 Other

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Number of alumni in 2025

71,151 alumni in total

51,727 alumni from the Netherlands
19,424 alumni from other countries

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Number of employees in 2025

6,936 fte in our workforce 

3,369 at Wageningen Research
3,567 at Wageningen University

> Ancillary activities employees

2,447 candidates active in a PhD programme
21 candidates active in a EngD programme

ERC Grants* in 2026

19 Starting Grants, in total since 2007
18 Advanced Grants, in total since 2007 
10 Consilidator Grants, in total since 2013

^{*Source: erc.europa.eu ERC dashboard}

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PhD Theses in 2025

302 PhD theses

Co-publications* in 2025

Number of co-publications in 2025 (co-authored publications) with partners from within and outside of academia, globally:

• Academic: 3,428 in total - 2,915 Wageningen University, 678 Wageningen Research
• Government: 1,534 in total - 1,276 Wageningen University, 381 Wageningen Research
• Corporate (business): 262 in total - 231 Wageningen University, 62 Wageningen Research
• Medical: 182 in total - 152 Wageningen University, 30 Wageningen Research
• Other: 215 in total - 177 Wageningen University, 68 Wageningen Research

^{*Source: Scopus, Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. SciVal ®}

> Go to all WUR publications in research@wur

Spin-offs since 1995

48 spin-off companies 
98 startups

26 new licences in 2025
109 active patent families in portfolio of WUR in 2025

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WUR projects 

Wageningen University & Research is active in many regions of the world. We work together with partners in various research programmes.

> Explore all our research projects in research@wur

National and international collaborations

WUR collaborates with various partners and in consortia in the Netherlands and globally. 

> WUR in the regions of The Netherlands
> Our strategic collaborative alliances
> International collaborations

Organisations located on Wageningen Campus

240 organisations in 2025

These organisations are SME's (including startups), NGOs, business companies and research institutes.

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