Programme Committees
A programme committee (PC) is primarily responsible for the content and quality of its accompanying bachelor and/or master programmes at Wageningen University. The PC reports to the Board of Education (BoE), the single board for all degree programmes at the university, established by the Executive Board.
Each PC consists of 6, 8 or 10 members, half staff members and half students. The term for student members is one year and the term for staff members is two years. Members can be reappointed twice. Most PCs have an executive committee consisting of one student member, one staff and the programme director. The regulations may be different for the joint degrees.
Overview of duties and authorities
A Programme Committee has among others the following duties and authorities, within the setting of corporate WUR strategies, policies and regulations:
- annually evaluating the quality of the education provided in the programme and encouraging quality enhancement;
- defining a coherent curriculum of a programme which meets the learning outcomes and evaluating learning outcomes of individual courses;
- signalling if the entire set of courses has sufficient scientific content, meets the needs of the professional field and offers a sufficient variety of learning methods;
- annually approving certain paragraphs of the Education and Examination Regulations (EER) and advise on other paragraphs;
- guarantee a proper execution of the EER;
- representing the programme during the visitation process by the Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO).
The PC also advises on topics that relate directly to the quality of education in the degree programmes, such as academic skills and setting a numerus fixus for programmes.
Accountability
Each year, the Programme Committee reports to the Board of Education the quality of education in the accompanying degree programmes by means of a report on ‘Plans for enhancement’.
Overview of all 25 Programme Committees of Wageningen University
BSc Agrotechnologie, MSc Biosystems Engineering (BAT/MBE)
Chair | Wilko van Loon |
Secretary | Liselotte Versteeg |
Programme director | Wilko van Loon |
Contact by | Liselotte Versteeg |
BSc Animal Sciences, MSc Animal Sciences (BAS/MAS)
Chair | Henk Bovenhuis |
Secretary | Francine Wartena |
Programme director | René Kwakkel |
Contact by | Francine Wartena |
MSc Aquaculture and Marine Resource Management (MAM)
Chair | Rolf Groeneveld |
Secretary | Marjolijn Coppens |
Programme director | Marjolijn Coppens |
Contact by | Marjolijn Coppens |
BSc Bedrijfs- en Consumentenwetenschappen, BSc Economie en Beleid, MSc Management, Economics and Consumer Studies (BBC/BEB/MME)
Chair | Jack Peerlings |
Secretary | Paul Berentsen |
Programme director | Paul Berentsen |
Contact by | Paul Berentsen |
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MSc Biobased Sciences (MBS)
Chair | Harry Bitter |
Programme director | Sonja Isken |
Secretary | Myriam Klaassen |
Contact by | mbt.msc@wur |
BSc Biologie, MSc Biology (BBI/MBI)
Chair | Katja Teerds |
Secretary | Marjolijn Coppens |
Programme director | Marjolijn Coppens |
Contact by | Marjolijn Coppens |
BSc Biotechnologie, MSc Biotechnology, MSc Bioinformatics (BBT/MBT/MBF)
Chair | Sonja Isken |
Programme director | Sonja Isken |
Secretary | Myriam Klaassen |
Contact by | mbt.msc@wur |
BSc Bos- en Natuurbeheer, MSc Forest and Nature Conservation (BBN/MFN)
Chair | Koen Arts |
Secretary | Brigitte van Beek |
Programme director | Gijs Elkhuizen |
Contact by | Gijs Elkhuizen |
MSc Climate Studies (MCL)
Chair | Laurens Ganzeveld |
Secretary | Marjo Lexmond |
Programme director | Marjo Lexmond |
Contact by | Marjo Lexmond |
BSc Communcation and Life Sciences, BSc Gezondheid en Maatschappij, MSc Communication, Health and Life Sciences (BCL/BGM/MCH)
Chair | Hilje van der Horst |
Secretary | Gerry van Nieuwenhoven |
Programme director | Gerry van Nieuwenhoven |
Contact by | Gerry van Nieuwenhoven |
MSc Development and Rural Innovation (MDR)
Chair | Annemarie van Paassen |
Secretary | Marleen van Maanen-Nooij |
Programme director | Marleen van Maanen-Nooij |
Contact by | Marleen van Maanen-Nooij |
BSc Environmental Sciences, MSc Environmental Sciences, MSc Urban Environmental Management (BES/MES/MUE)
Chair | Annemiek ter Heijne |
Secretary | Marjo Lexmond |
Programme director | Marjo Lexmond |
Contact by | Marjo Lexmond or Office Environmental Sciences |
MSc Data Science for Food and Health (MDS)
Chair | Rolf Marteijn |
Secretary | Rolf Marteijn |
Programme director | Rolf Marteijn |
Contact by | Rolf Marteijn |
MSc Food Quality Management, MSc Food Safety (MFQ/MFS)
Chair | Sam Kreuk |
Secretary | Jenneke Heising |
Programme director | Jenneke Heising and Arjen Zegwaard |
Contact by | Marjorie Westhout |
BSc Food Technology, MSc Food Technology (BFT/MFT)
Chair | Julia Diederen |
Secretary | Jenneke Heising |
Programme director | Jenneke Heising and Arjen Zegwaard |
Contact by | Marjorie Westhout |
MSc Geo-Information Science (MGI)
Chair | Sytze de Bruin |
Secretary | Brigitte van Beek |
Programme director | Gijs Elkhuizen |
Contact by | Gijs Elkhuizen |
BSc Internationale Ontwikkelingsstudies, MSc International Development Studies (BIN/MID)
Chair | Sietze Vellema |
Secretary | Marleen van Maanen-Nooij |
Programme director | Marleen van Maanen-Nooij |
Contact by | Marleen van Maanen-Nooij |
BSc International land and water management, MSc International Land and water management (BIL/MIL)
Chair | Klaas Metselaar |
Secretary | Gert-Jan Veldwisch |
Programme director | Bert Bruins |
Contact by | Saliha Ahdour |
BSc Landschapsarchitectuur en Ruimtelijke Planning, MSc Landscape Architecture and Planning (BLP/MLP)
Chair | Jurian Meijering |
Programme director | Hetty van der Stoep |
Secretary | Hilde Holleman |
Contact by | Hilde Holleman |
MSc Tourism, Society and Environment (TSE)
Chair | Meghann Ormond |
Programme director | Jan Philipsen |
Secretary | Hilde Holleman |
Contact by | Hilde Holleman |
BSc Moleculaire Levenswetenschappen, MSc Molecular Life Science (BML/MML)
Chair | Koen Koopman |
Secretary | Monique Smaak |
Programme director | Wilko van Loon |
Contact by | Wilko van Loon |
BSc Voeding en Gezondheid, MSc Nutrition and Health (BVG/MNH)
Chair | Sander Kersten |
Secretary | Rolf Marteijn / Amanda Jager |
Programme director | Rolf Marteijn |
Contact by | bvg.mnh@wur.nl |
MSc Organic Agriculture (MOA)
Chair | Jessica Duncan |
Secretary | Anja Kuipers |
Programme director | Anja Kuipers |
Contact by | Petra van Baaren-Hegeman |
BSc Plantenwetenschappen, MSc Plant Biotechnology, MSc Plant Sciences (BPW/MPB/MPS)
Chair | Arjen Schots |
Secretary | Anja Kuipers |
Programme director | Anja Kuipers |
Contact by | Petra van Baaren-Hegeman |
BSc Soil, Water, Atmosphere and MSc Earth and Environment (BSW/MEE)
Chair | Isabelle Alten |
Secretary | Linda Overeem |
Programme director | Arnold Moene |
Contact by | Isabelle Alten |
Overview of the 3 Joint Degrees with a separate PC and own Board of Education
MSc Metropolitan Analysis, Design and Engineering (MADE)
Partner University | Delft University of Technology |
Chair | Clemens Driessen and Ruben Buno Heslinga |
Programme Director | Arjen Zegwaard |
Secretary | Annelies van Rooy |
Contact by | Annelies van Rooy |
BSc Tourism (BTO)
Partner University | Breda University of Applied Sciences (NHTV) |
Chair | Arjaan Pellis |
Programme Director | Jan Philipsen |
Secretary | Hilde Holleman |
Contact by | Hilde Holleman |
MSc Water Technology (MWT)
Partner University | University of Twente, University of Groningen |
Chair | Ben Betlem (UT) |
Programme Director | Valentina Sechi |
Secretary | Valentina Sechi |
Contact by | Valentina Sechi |