Wageningen University
About
According to university rankings, Wageningen is the world's best in the field of Agriculture. In addition, in 2022 for the 18th year in a row, Wageningen was ranked the best university in the Netherlands by its students. Wageningen is very internationally oriented with similar academic fields as NMBU and known for its high academic quality.
The agreement applies to various areas within the Life Sciences: landscape architecture, urban and regional planning, development studies, economics, plant science, water and environment, agroecology, livestock science, aquaculture, food science, biotechnology, biology, ecology, environmental physics, renewable energy, forestry, geomatics, environmental studies, tourism etc. The agreement applies to bachelor*, master and PhD level.
Length of Stay
1 to 2 semesters.
All Erasmus+ agreements require the completion of 60ECTS prior to a stay abroad begins.
*To apply to Wageningen, 120ECTS must have been completed prior to the exchange begins.
English. All third year bachelor courses, plus all master’s level courses are given in English. First and second years of bachelor degrees courses are taught in Dutch.
Wageningen requires B2 in English skills. It can, among other things, be documented with a minimum of 4 in English from VGS.
Autumn semester: end of August - January.
Spring semester: February - June.
Erasmus students must continue to pay for NMBU’s semester fees, plus register with NMBU whilst they are on exchange. However, it is not necessary to pay any types of fee at the partner university.
There is a limited number of rooms reserved for exchange students, so you must be prepared to look for private accommodation. Note there is a high demand for housing in Wageningen which results in reduced housing availability.
Wageningen offers a whole range of course packages you can apply for (3rd year bachelor). For an overview of the course packages (minors), see here.
Course Overview
M-AA
MST-55306 Principles of Entrepreneurship
BEC-52306 Financial and Business Management
BEC-51806 Agricultural Business Economics
MST-24306 Management and Marketing
AEW-22806 Marine Systems
AFI-31306 Life History of Aquatic Organisms
AFI-31806 Aquaculture Production Systems
YEI-31306 Trends in Aquaculture
AFI-32806 Marine Resources Management
AFI-20306 Aquaculture and Fisheries
AFI-32306 Nutrition, Welfare and Reproduction in Aquaculture
Life History of Aquatic Organisms
M-FT
Basics in Food Technology
Milk in Dairy Chain
M-AE
ENP-31806 Globalization and Sustainability of Food Production and Consumption
PPS-30806 Analysing Sustainability of Farming Systems
SDC-33306 Methodology for Field Research in the Social Sciences
FSE-30306 Analysis and Design of Organic Farming Systems
CSA-32806 Functional Diversity for Sustainable Crop Production
SBL-21806 Soil Quality
SBL-31806 Nutrient Management
SBL-50806 Agrobiodiversity
ELS-32806 Teaching, Learning and Capacity Building for Sustainable Development
FSE-32306 Methodologies for Reading Sustainable Foodscapes
FSE-21806 Introduction to Organic Production Systems
FSE-50306 Ecological Design and Permaculture
M-ECOL
REG-31806 Ecological methods I
REG-31306 Trends in forest and nature conservation
FEM-22803 Agroforestry
REG-32806 Wildlife resource management
FEM-31806 Models for Ecological Systems
M-IR
LAW-22306 Global and EU Environmental Law & Policy
DEC-32306 International Trade and Development Policy
PAP-21306 International Policies and Institutions
SCH-21306 Demography and Global Population Issues
M-MINA
AEW-31306 Water Quality
TOX-30806 Environmental Toxicology
SOC-21306 Soil Pollution and Soil Protection
SLM-21306 Subsurface Solute Transport
HWM-21806 Hydraulics and Hydrometry
M-PV
MAT-20306 Advanced Statistics
ENT-30306 Ecological Aspects of Bio-Interactions
PHP-30806 Molecular Aspects of Bio-Interactions
NEM-30306 Host-Parasite Interactions
ENT-30806 Fundmental and Applied Aspects of the Biology of Insects
SOQ-51306 The Living Soil
SBL-31806 Nutrient Management
SBL-21806 Soil Quality
FSE-31806 Agroecology