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. Per august 26th until the 27th of September you can register for period 2: 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 Final registration date
1 02 September 2024 25 October 2024 30 June 2024
2 28 October 2024 20 December 2024 27 September 2024
3 06 January 2025 31 January 2025 11 December 2024
4 10 February 2025 07 March 2025 18 January 2025
5 10 March 2025 02 May 2025 17 February 2025
6 12 May 2025 04 July 2025 22 April 2025

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.