Scientific prominence Wageningen University & Research
The scientific quality of Wageningen University & Research is affirmed by the prominent position we occupy in international rankings and citation indexes. This time line gives an overview of news items about grants, awards and rankings.
March 4, 2021
QS Ranking: largest increase in environmental sciences and animal sciences
The environmental sciences and animal sciences programmes of Wageningen University & Research (WUR) have risen in the latest edition of QS World University Rankings by Subject 2021. WUR retains its leading position in the category ‘agriculture and forestry’. Read news item
November 4, 2020
Seven Wageningen researches receive Vidi grants for their own research group
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded seven experienced Wageningen researchers a Vidi grant worth 800,000 euros. The grant enables them to develop their own innovative line of research and set up their own research group in the coming five years. Never before so many Vidi grants have landed in Wageningen.Read news item
October 28, 2020
THE Ranking: WUR Life Sciences on the rise
Curricula within the category Life Sciences score high on the latest Times Higher Education Ranking. Lesser results are shown in the domains of Physical Sciences and Social Sciences. There are 1512 universities in the influential ranking, 522 more than last year.Read news item
March 18, 2020
Wageningen University & Research again ranked best agricultural university in the world
Wageningen University & Research has been pronounced the world's best agricultural university for a fourth consecutive year. WUR outranks American university UC Davis and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences on the QS World University Ranking list. In the field of environmental studies (8th) and development studies (14th), WUR is among the best universities as well.Read news item
September 28, 2018
Wageningen rises five steps on world universities ranking
Wageningen University & Research has risen five steps at the Times Higher Education World University Rankings and holds #59 now. In the national rankings WUR rose from a third place to position 2. More than 1250 knowledge institutions were ranked worldwide.Read news item
August 20, 2018
NTU ranking 2018: WUR best-ranked university in agriculture and environment/ ecology
Wageningen University & Research is in the top position worldwide regarding the research field of agriculture and the subject of environment/ ecology, According to the annual ranking of the National Taiwan University. In Plant and Animal Sciences, WUR is placed second best.Read news item
July 20, 2018
Shanghai Ranking 2018: WUR ranks #1 in agricultural sciences and in food technology
According to the 2018 Shanghai subject ranking Wageningen University & Research (WUR) is the best university in the world in the fields of agricultural science and food technology. Wageningen also scores high in the categories ecology (#5) and veterinary sciences(#8).Read news item
June 5, 2018
Wageningen back in Top 100 of THE international reputation ranking list
Ranked in the category 91-100, Wageningen University & Research has made its way back into the Top 100 of the Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings 2018, an international list that ranks knowledge institutions based on their reputation. The reputation index published today counts towards the THE world ranking list.Read news item
September 6, 2017
Wageningen University & Research in 64th place in the World University Ranking
According to the latest edition of the worldwide ranking of universities by Times Higher Education, Wageningen has moved up one rank this year, from 65th to 64th place. Wageningen scored well in the transfer of knowledge to the business community and in citations, and in three other categories (teaching, research, and international outlook), WUR is among the top 25% of the best universities worldwide.Read news item
March 8, 2017
Wageningen University & Research best agricultural university in the world
Wageningen University & Research tops the QS World Universities Ranking by Subject in Agriculture & Forestry. In addition, Wageningen is the best university in the Netherlands for Biological Sciences, Environmental Sciences and Development Studies.Read news item
March 1, 2017
Wageningen University & Research once again top of the table for full-time Master’s degree programmes
Master’s programmes at Wageningen University & Research have once again earned the highest scores of all thirteen research universities in the Netherlands. Wageningen University & Research, which specialises in green and technical programmes, scored higher than all other universities offering full-time programmes, according to the latest edition of the Keuzegids Masters 2017 (‘Higher Education Guide to Master’s Degree Programmes 2017’), published today. The Keuzegids awarded the ‘top degree programme’ predicate to 23 of the 27 Master’s programmes taught at Wageningen University & Research.Read news item
January 3, 2017
Wageningen University & Research ranks third in most sustainable universities worldwide
Wageningen University & Research is the third greenest university in the world, as declared on Friday by the seventh annual GreenMetric ranking from the University of Indonesia. Wageningen held the 32nd position last year, and emerged No. 3 in the 2016 GreenMetric ranking. University of California Davis (USA) ranks first, Nottingham University (UK) holds position No. 2.Read news item
November 15, 2016
Keuzegids 2017: Wageningen University & Research named best Dutch university for twelfth consecutive time
Wageningen University & Research has once again been ranked the best university by the Dutch university information guide Keuzegids. Nearly all of Wageningen's Bachelor’s programmes received the 'Top Programme' designation, with a score of 76 or higher. Of particular note is the explicit mention of Wageningen's combination of outstanding education and excellent research. Read news item
October 13, 2016
NTU Ranking 2016: Wageningen again best agricultural university in the world
Wageningen University is the best agricultural university in the world according to the National Taiwan University Ranking 2016. UC Davis and Cornell University are placed second and third.Read news item
September 28, 2016
Wageningen tops the tables in Elsevier Beste studies 2016
“Wageningen University is the best university in the Netherlands,” is the first sentence in Elsevier’s report of student evaluations. None of the nineteen Bachelor’s degree programmes at Wageningen UR scored below par in the Beste studies survey. The National Student Survey, conducted by Studiekeuze123, is the main pillar used for the rankings, which will be published on 29 September.Read news item
March 22, 2016
Wageningen also tops in Agriculture & Forestry in QS Ranking
In the QS World Universities Ranking by Subject 2016, Wageningen University is world’s best for Agriculture & Forestry. In the Environmental Sciences Wageningen rose to 4th place, for Development Studies Wageningen got ranked 13th.Read news item
October 10, 2015
NTU Ranking 2015: Wageningen best agricultural university in the world
Wageningen University is the best agricultural university in the world according to the National Taiwan University Ranking 2015.Read news item
March 17, 2015
Wageningen UR climbs in global higher education rankings
Wageningen UR (University & Research centre) has climbed in the global world reputation rankings of best universities and is now ranked in the top 61-70 universities. The 2015 Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings is a leading reputation index of universities around the world.Read news item
December 19, 2014
Most transparent about sustainability for third year in a row
Out of all the Dutch knowledge and research institutes, Wageningen UR is the most transparent with regard to sustainability in its education and research programmes and its operational management. In 2014, Wageningen UR topped the Transparency Benchmark leader-board for the third year in a row. The Transparency Benchmark, a project run by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, was published on 20 November 2014.Read news item
October 28, 2014
10 years in a row best university full-time education
For the 10th consecutive year, Wageningen University is the best university for full-time education in The Netherlands. "The education at this university has been towering head and shoulders above the rest", according to the study guide 'Keuzegids Universiteiten 2015', a publication of the Centre for Higher Education Information (C.H.O.I).Read news item
October 10, 2014
World's number 1 in agricultural research
Wageningen University is, for the second year in a row, the best university in the world when it comes to agricultural research. Compared to last year, the margin with other leading universities is even bigger. This appears from the latest National Taiwan University Ranking, published on 10 October 2014.Read news item
October 2, 2014
Wageningen among 100 best universities worldwide
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2014 again places Wageningen UR in the top-100 of best universities in the world. It takes place 73 in the prestigious ranking, which was published on 1 October 2014.Read news item
June 11, 2014
Wageningen most sustainable Dutch university for the second year in a row
Wageningen University was presented with the SustainaBul-award for the second year in a row. The 'SustainaBul' awarded to the most sustainable university and university of applied sciences in the Netherlands.Read news item
May 19, 2014
Three Vidi-grants for Wageningen scientists
Wageningen scientists Marleen Kamperman, Bert de Rybel and Joop Vermeer (alumnus of Wageningen University as well) will each receive a Vidi grant, the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research announced on Monday. Vidi grants are awarded to researchers who have successfully carried out several years of research after they completed their PhD. The grant amounts to a maximum of 800,000 euros. It will allow them to conduct research into the topic they submitted.Read news item
February 27, 2014
QS Rankings: Wageningen world class in Agriculture & Forestry and Environmental Sciences
Wageningen University is the best European university in Agriculture & Forestry Sciences, according to the QS World Universities Rankings by Subject, published on 26 February 2014.Read news item
February 17, 2014
Keuzegids labels 20 Wageningen University masters as ‘top-quality programmes’
Wageningen University is the best place in the Netherlands to get a master’s degree, according to the Dutch study choice guide ‘Keuzegids Masters’. This guide, issued by the Dutch Higher Education Information Centre (CHOI), ranked twenty of Wageningen University’s master programmes as ‘Top-quality programmes’. Read news item
January 29, 2014
Wageningen researcher secures Vici grant for research into nitrogen symbiosis
Wageningen plant researcher René Geurts has been awarded a Vici grant by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). He will use the grant, which is worth € 1.5 million, for research into the origins of the cooperation between plants and bacteria that are able to fixate nitrogen from the atmosphere. René Geurts works at the Laboratory for Molecular Biology of Wageningen University.Read news item
November 15, 2013
Wageningen best university in The Netherlands
For the ninth consecutive year, Wageningen University has been announced the 'Best University of The Netherlands', by the study choice guide Keuzegids. 'This institution offers, in all its study programmes, the most interesting courses, the most intensive study support and prime facilities', according to the Keuzegids Universiteiten 2014, published on November 13 2013.Read news item
October 17, 2013
Wageningen University first in international agricultural ranking
Wageningen University is the best agricultural university in the world according to the National Taiwan University Ranking 2013. The ranking compares over 300 universities on three different criteria for scientific paper performance; research productivity, research impact and research excellence. Read news item
October 7, 2013
Wageningen alumni win prestigious Tech Award
Lieselotte Heederik (Rural Development Studies – graduated in 2004) and Guido van Hofwegen (Tropical Land Use – graduated in 2006) have won a Tech Award with their company, Nazava Water Filters. This is the first time that a Dutch company has won this highly prestigious Award.Read news item
September 10, 2013
Best European university in Agriculture and Forestry
Wageningen University is by far the best European university in the field of Agriculture & Forestry, according to the QS World University Rankings 2013, released on September 10. In the world, Wageningen takes the second place.Read news item
August 19, 2013
Wageningen rises in Academic Ranking of World Universities
Wageningen University is ranked 32nd in the Life and Agricultural Sciences category of the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) 2013. Last year, the university occupied the 40th place in the academic ranking of universities compiled by Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Read news item
June 13, 2013
Omid Noroozi wins Most Promising Publication Award of WASS
Omid Noroozi has won the ‘Most Promising Publication Award 2012′ of the Wageningen Graduate School of Social Sciences (WASS). Noroozi received this award for the publication ‘Argumentation-based computer supported collaborative learning (ABCSCL). A systematic review and synthesis of fifteen years of research’ in Educational Research Review.Read news item
June 13, 2013
Ewout Frankema wins WASS Best Publication Award 2013
On the 11th of June, WASS Director Arthur Mol presented the Wageningen Social Sciences Publication Awards 2013. The WASS Best Publication Award was won by Ewout Frankema, for the paper “Structural Impediments to African Growth? New Evidence from Real Wages in British Africa, 1880-1965”, written together with Marlous van Waijenburg and published in The Journal of Economic History.Read news item
June 7, 2013
Students: Wageningen best Dutch university
The best university in the Netherlands is based in Wageningen, say students. The National Student Survey 2013 shows that the students of Wageningen University are more satisfied with their education than students from other universities.Read news item
May 22, 2013
Vidis for Bentsink and Stienstra
Vidi grants for innovative research have been awarded this year to Leonie Bentsink (Laboratory of Plant Physiology) and Rinke Stienstra (Division of Human Nutrition). The Vidi grant – a maximum of eight hundred thousand euros, awarded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) – will enable the Wageningen researchers to develop their own line of research.Read news item
May 8, 2013
Wageningen University amongst world's best in international subject rankings
Wageningen University is ranked 2nd in the world for its Agriculture and Forestry education, according to the QS World University Subject Rankings. The university also did well in the Environmental Sciences subject ranking, where it is listed as one of the 10 best universities in the world. Read news item
December 4, 2012
Wageningen best university in the Netherlands
For the eighth year in a row, Wageningen University has been awarded the title “Best university in the Netherlands”, by the study choice guide ‘Keuzegids Universities 2013’. This guide, issued by the Higher Education Information Centre (CHOI) on December 4, 2012, states: "Many of Wageningen University’s programmes are among the best the Dutch universities have to offer."Read news item
September 4, 2012
Vidi grant for Stan Brouns
3 July 2012 - Dr. Stan Brouns will receive a Vidi grant from the Dutch Organization for Scientific Research (NWO).
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August 7, 2012
Wilma Steeneveld (post-doc) awarded with Veni grant
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded a Veni grant to dr. Wilma Steeneveld for research on the economic consequences of sensors on dairy farms.Read news item
