How to apply for WURth-while

How to apply for WURth-while

WURth-while students can participate in BSc and MSc course of Wageningen University after being admitted by the coordinators of WURth-while and the course itself.


Registration for period 1 of the new academic year 2025-2026 is open untill June 30, 2025: Registration form

How to select a course

  • Go to the course catalogue, there you can find all the courses
  • To filter for courses of your interest, select a chair group on the left in the course catalogue
  • Also select the period for which you want to apply (for dates see calendar below)
  • Choose a course that interests you, you can follow per period

Tip: The first number in a course code indicates the type or level of the course:

  • 1 = introductory, 2 = continuing, 3 = in depth, 5 = capita selecta

When do the courses run?

The WUR academic year has 6 course periods. You can do one course per period. For details, see Calendar Academic Year.

Please check the course period of the course you want to apply for. Keep in mind that the course admission procedure takes some time.

Calendar academic year 2024-2025
Period Start End Start registration date Final registration date
1 01 September 2025 24 October 2025 1 June 2025 30 June 2025
2 27 October 2025 19 December 2025 1 June 2025 20 September 2025
3 05 January 2026 30 January 2026 1 June 2025 12 November 2025
4 09 February 2026 06 March 2026 1 June 2025 1 January 2026
5 09 March 2026 01 May 2026 1 June 2025 25 January 2026
6 11 May 2026 03 July 2026 1 June 2025 25 March 2026

Please keep the registration deadlines in mind. Applications received after the deadline cannot be considered. If the course has a maximum number of participants, the deadline is a week earlier. This is indicated in the course catalogue.


    Online courses

    If you are not certain you are able to follow a course at Wageningen University for any reason, take a look that our MOOCs. MOOC stands for Massive Open Online Courses and gives you the possibility to increase your knowledge from the comfort of your own home. Wageningen offers multiple MOOCs, which can be found here.

    If you want to follow a MOOCs, please still apply to WURth-while and indicate that you want to follow a MOOC.