Courses

Besides the research requirements, a PhD candidate is expected to comply with the educational requirements of a Graduate School. The PhD education programme entails acquiring in-depth knowledge of specific research issues, improving general skills and broadening the candidate's scientific scope. It also aims at integrating the PhD candidate’s work into other research areas as well as a societal context.

Formal arrangements regarding the education programme and supervision are formulated in the Training and Supervision Plan (TSP).

1. Specific courses offered by the Graduate Schools of Wageningen University

• EPS: Experimental Plant Sciences
• MGS: Mansholt Graduate School for Social Sciences
• PE&RC: Production Ecology and Resource Conservation
• VLAG: Food Technology, Agrobiotechnology, Nutrition and Health Sciences
• WIAS: Wageningen Institute of Animal Sciences
• WIMEK: Wageningen Institute for Environment and Climate research 
• CERES: Reseach School for Resource Studies for Human Development

2. PhD Competences and Skills courses - organised by Wageningen Graduate Schools (WGS)

Wageningen Graduate Schools (WGS) offers a variety of general courses. These courses comprise of  competence strengthening, career building, language as well as facilitating courses. A reduced fee is available for (1) Wageningen PhD students with an approved Training and Supervision Plan, and (2) Wageningen post-docs, who are a member of EPS, VLAG, PE&RC, WIAS, MGS, WIMEK or CERES. Generally the discount is 50%, but for more specific information you have to look at the course descriptions as posted on this site.

3. Other Skills related courses:

4. Other Courses

• Courses by Non-Wageningen graduate schools
• Courses from the Wageningen University BSc. / MSc. programmes
• Other Postgraduate education

5. A valuable source of information, including a Course Calendar:

• Education and Training Programmes at Wageningen-UR