Bachelor proceedings
WUR is in a process of finishing the preparation of the application for the new bachelor programme in data science and artificial intelligence. With this bachelor, WUR aims to educate data scientists who will be “bridge builders” between the domains of data science/AI and WUR domains of agri-food, nutrition, health and environment.
From a recent labour market study, which was performed as part of the application process, it is clear that there is a high demand for such “bridge builders”. 72 respondents from different organisations related to WUR domains shared their opinion about the bachelor profile. 64% claim that the new bachelor programme is attractive, 17% consider it very attractive and 19% are neutral. 68% also admit that there is a need for such specialists within their own organisations. 87% find the combination of data science and WUR domains interesting or very interesting.