Education system

Education System at Wageningen University
Wageningen University was the first university in the Netherlands to adopt the BSc-MSc-PhD model to ensure that its courses match comparable programmes abroad. The duration of the BSc programmes is 3 years and the MSc programmes 2 years at the university. Education at Wageningen University is strongly international as seen from the approximately 30% of the MSc students and 50% of the PhD students who come form abroad (100 nationalities). All MSc and PhD courses are taught in English.

Grades & Credits
Within the European Union a study credit system was agreed upon, so the grading of courses is done in the same way in all countries. This system is called the ‘European Credit Transfer System’, or abbreviated: ECTS. All Socrates-Erasmus institutions can change their credits into these ECTS, which are also used at Wageningen University.
A total of 6 ects equals 4 weeks of 42 working hours.

Grades are described as follows.

  * Students at Wageningen University who are graded ‘9' or '10' will receive the corresponding grade ‘A’. WU-grades '10' and ' 9' are combined because less than 1% of coursework at Wageningen University is graded '10'.
** Students at Wageningen University who are graded ‘6’, will receive the corresponding grade ‘D’.

Students voted Wageningen University # 1
Wageningen University has been ranked as the #1 Dutch university four years in a row by the National Student Survey. Students highlighted the following aspects:
• The freedom of choice
• The quality of professors
• The quality of facilities
• The personalised career counselling


Study Handbook
The Study Handbook is an excellent reference guide and gives you a complete overview of all the courses and programmes being offered by Wageningen University throughout the academic year.

Calendar & Agenda Academic Year
Please click here for the Calendar and Agenda of the Academic Year.