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Education and students

Chair groups and professors 2022

Wageningen University & Research data for 2022: 1 Faculty 5 departments and 94 chair groups: Agrotechnology & Food Sciences with 22 Chair groups, Animal Sciences with 12 Chair groups, Environmental Sciences with 20 Chair groups, Plant Sciences with 19 Chair groups and Social Sciences with 21 Chair groups
In 2022 WUR had 231 Professors of which 1 Rector magnificus, 1 Dean of education, 1 Dean of Research, 93 Chair holders, 77 Personal professors and 58 Special/endowed professors

Number of students 2022, excluding PhD students

Students Wageningen University & Research October 2022. Number of students excluding PhD students: In 2002-2003 4,571 students in total of which 3,712 Dutch and 859 Non-Dutch. In 2022-2023 13,108 students in total of which 9,956 Dutch and 3,152 Non-Dutch.

Number of Programmes 2022

Number of Programmes: 20 BSc, 32 MSc and 45 Massive Open Online Courses

Source: Corporate brochure 2022

Alumni

Number of alumni 2022

Total number of alumni 62,225 in 2022, of which 45,995 from the Netherlands, 5,900 from Europe and 10,330 from outside Europe. University Fund Wageningen has 3,402 donors.
Source: UFW Annual report 2022

Research and employees

Number of Employees 2022 (in fte)

Employees Wageningen University & Research December 2022 Number of employees in fte: Total 5,961 employees Wageningen University & Research in fte in 2002 of whom: 3,625 work at Wageningen Research Foundation: 2,561 men and 1,064 women; 2,336 work at Wageningen University: 1,518 men and 818 women. Total 6,742 employees Wageningen University & Research in fte in 2022 of whom: 3,327 work at Wageningen Research Foundation: 1,801 men and 1,526 women; 3,415 work at Wageningen University: 1,667 men and 1,748 women

Number of PhDs 2022

Total number of PhD candidates in 2022: 2,389 PhD

WUR projects worldwide 2022

Overview of worldwide activities of WUR in 2022.jpg

Source: Corporate brochure 2023

Global engagement and partnerships

International collaboration - Partnerships in the Netherlands

International collaboration: WUR collaborates with various partners and consortia such as: Agrifood 5 Alliance Agrinatura Association for European Life Science Universities (ICA) CGIAR Euroleague for Life Sciences (ELLS) Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Ruforum. Partnerships in the Netherlands: WUR collaborates with partners such as: Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (AMS) Dutch universities of technology (4TU Federation) Foodvalley GroenPact OnePlanet Research Center Strategic alliance Eindhoven University of Technology, Wageningen University & Research, Utrecht University, UMC Utrecht TO2 Federation Wetsus

Rankings and output

Output & Rankings 2023

Output 2023 PhD theses 320 Veni, Vidi, Vici in 2022 Veni 9 Vidi 10 Vici 1 ERC Grants 9, Starting Grant since 2007 8, Advanced Grant since 2007 4, Consolidator Grant since 2013 5 Rankings WUR ranking in QS World University Rankings 2023 Agriculture and Forestry 1 (8 years running) WUR ranking in National Taiwan University Ranking, World Universities 2022 Agriculture 1 WUR ranking in QS World University Rankings 2023 Environmental Sciences 2 WUR ranking in Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 64 WUR ranking in Keuzegids in full time university education 2024 1 (19 years running) WUR ranking in Academic Ranking of World Universities 2022 Agricultural Sciences 1 (6 years running) WUR ranking in Academic Ranking of World Universities 2022 Geography 1 WUR ranking in National Taiwan University Ranking 2022 Environment & Ecology 3 WUR ranking in National Taiwan University Ranking 2022 Plant Sciences & Animal Sciences 1

Co-publications 2022

Number of co-publications in 2022 (co-authored publications) of Wageningen University & Research with partners from within an outside of academia, globally: • Academic: 2,797 Wageningen University, 706 Wageningen Research • Government: 1,104 Wageningen University, 393 Wageningen Research • Corporate (business): 247 Wageningen University, 108 Wageningen Research • Other: 176 Wageningen University, 58 Wageningen Research • Medical: 155 Wageningen University, 26 Wageningen Research source: Scopus, Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. SciVal ®

ERC grants

WUR has received 9 ERC starting grants since 2007
WUR has received 8 ERC consolidator grants since 2007
WUR has received 4 ERC consolidator grants since 2013
320 PhD theses were published in 2022

Source: Scopus, Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved
Source: Corporate brochure 2022

Financial figures 2022

Financial figures 2022 (turnover)

Financial figures 2022 Total turnover of Wageningen University & Research of 852 million of which: € 137 mln turnover of Agrotechnology & Food Sciences Group, € 152 mln turnover of Animal Sciences Group, € 113 mln turnover of Environmental Sciences Group, € 169 mln turnover of Plant Sciences Group, € 104 mln turnover of Social Sciences Group, € 133 mln turnover of Central departments, € 44 mln turnover of Wageningen Food Safety Research. Source: annual report 2022

Financial figures 2022 (funding)

Total Wageningen University & Research funding of 852 million of which: € 458 million Wageningen University funding: Direct government funding € 295 million, Indirect government funding € 36 million, Private funding € 50 million, Co-funding and subsidies € 23 million, Tuition fees € 33 million, Other income € 21 million 394 million Wageningen Research funding: Core funding € 42 million, Programme funding € 109 million, Co-funding and subsidies € 29 million, Top sectors € 72 million, Bilateral market € 93 million, Subsidiary activities € 45 million, Other income € 4 million. Source: annual report 2022

Source: Corporate brochure 2022

Spin-offs

Timeline with spin-offs from Wageningen University and the Wageningen Research foundation

Spin-offs Wageningen University & Research 1995 • Green Dino (Wageningen University) • Pepscan (Wageningen Research) 2000 • CoVaccine B.V. (Wageningen Research) • SarVision (Wageningen Research) 2001 • Telemetronics Biomedical (Wageningen University) • Prionics AG, previously CEDI Diagnostics (Wageningen Research) 2002 • Bfactory (Wageningen Research) 2005 • Ceradis (Wageningen University) • Fresh Forward Holding (Wageningen Research) • IsoLife (Wageningen Research) 2006 • Nsure (Wageningen Research) 2007 • Biqualis (Wageningen University) • Can-iT (Wageningen University) • 2008 • BioProdict (Wageningen University) 2009 • Plant-E (Wageningen University) 2010 • Chaincraft (Wageningen University) 2011 • ClearDetections (Wageningen University) • Surfix (Wageningen University) • Phenovation (Wageningen Research) 2012 • Pectcof (Wageningen University) • MusaRadix (Wageningen Research) • Yellow Pallet (Wageningen Research) • Pherobank (Wageningen Research) 2013 • B-Mex (Wageningen University) 2014 • Adviesbureau Jan Snel (Wageningen Research) 2015 • TripleT Biosciences (Wageningen University) 2016 • A-Mansia Biotech S.A (Wageningen University) • Livestock Robotics (Wageningen University) 2017 • Spinterest (Wageningen University) • BunyaVax (Wageningen Research) • N-Chroma (Wageningen Research) • Saia Agrobotics (Wageningen Research) 2018 • Agri-gripping (Wageningen Research) 2019 • Rival Foods (Wageningen University) • FUMI Ingredients (Wageningen University) • PreMal (Wageningen University) • Wageningen Agricultural Monitoring (Wageningen Research) 2020 • PEEK (Wageningen University) • Scope Biosciences (Wageningen University) • Time Traveling (Wageningen University) • Milkman (Wageningen University) 2022 • Vivotro Laboratories (Wageningen Research) Spin-off: a company established for the purpose of developing or exploiting WUR IP with formal contractual arrangements for the use of this IP.

Source: Annual Report WUR 2022

Wageningen Campus

Wageningen Campus

In 2022, 213 organisations are located on Wageningen Campus, of which: • 158 SMEs (inclusive startups) • 25 NGOs • 23 corporations • 7 institutions.
Wageningen Campus is the most sustainable campus according to the 2022 UI GreenMetric World University Rankings (6 years running).
Source: Annual Report WUR 2022