Facts and figures

How many students are enrolled in education programmes of the university of Wageningen University & Research? On this page you can find information about the number of bachelor's and master's students, PhD candidates and graduates.

Enrolled students

In the academic year 2022/2023 the university has a total of 13,678 students, of which 5,740 are bachelor's students, 7,266 are master's students and 570 are exchange students. Of all these students 3,506 are international. Besides them, there are also 2,317 PhD candidates.

In 2022/2023 from 1 September until 1 October 2,814 new bachelor's and master's students have started. In 2020/2021 289 PhD candidates, 2,258 master's and 1,345 bachelor's students graduated.

Number of students (without PhD candidates)
Year 06/07 07/08 08/09 09/10 10/11 11/12 12/13 13/14
Total 4,713 4,941 5,398 5,959 6,771 7,473 7,933 8,814
International 1,185 1,108 1,108 1,444 1,735 1,922 2,016 2,137
Year 14/15 15/16 16/17 17/18 18/19 19/20 20/21 21/22
Total 9,545 10,380 11,275 12,001 12,439 12,819 13,275 13,676
International 2,160 2,364 2,642 2,788 2,769 2,889 2,777 3,186
Year 22/23 23/24
Total 13,678 13,564
International 3,506 3,717

Graduates

In total there are 59,367 graduates of the university of Wageningen University & Research. There are 44,211 Dutch graduates and 15,156 international graduates. Of all the graduates 16% lives outside the Netherlands and 47% is female.

Nationalities

The 13,564 students of the university of Wageningen University & Research come from 115 countries. The most important nationalities of international students are Chinese, German and Italian.

Nationalities of students
Netherlands 9,847
Europe 2,071
Asia 1,295
Africa 97
North and South America 248
Other 6

Reference day: 1 October 2022