About the agreement
The agreement covers various areas within Life Sciences (for example, landscape architecture, town- and regional planning, plant science, water and environment, agroecology, animal science, food science, biotechnology, biology and ecology. An overview of subject areas can be found here.
It is also possible to apply to various course packages (from the third year of a bachelor’s degree. An overview of these packages (minors) can be found here.
Who can apply
To apply for Erasmus exchange to Wageningen, it is necessary to have attained a minimum of 120 ECTS.
Students of landscape architecture must also attach a portfolio to their application (PDF, 10 A4 pages).
Number of study places
18 per year.
Language of teaching
All courses offered as third year bachelor courses, plus all master’s level courses are given in English. Courses on the first and second years of bachelor degrees are taught in Dutch.
Semester timing
Autumn semester: end of August - January.
Spring semester: January/February - June.
Tuition Fees
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.
Example courses students have taken previously
M-AA
MST-55306 Principles of Entrepreneurship
BEC-52306 Financial and Business Management
BEC-51806 Agricultural Business Economics
MST-24306 Management and Marketing
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
M-ECOL
REG-31806 Ecological methods I
REG-31306 Trends in forest and nature conservation
REG-32806 Wildlife resource management
INF-31806 Models for ecological systems
M-PV
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
The university library in Wageningen. Photo: Wageningen University