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, development studies, international relations, aqua culture, ecology. An overview of the courses 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
40 semester places (it is also possible to aplly for a full 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
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
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
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
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
TOX-30806 Environmental Toxicology
SOC-21306 Soil Pollution and Soil Protection
SLM-21306 Subsurface Solute Transport
HWM-21806 Hydraulics and Hydrometry
REG-20306 Climate Change Ecology
AEW-20706 Practical Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality
M-PV
ENT-30306 Ecological Aspects of Bio-Interactions
PHP-30806 Molecular Aspects of Bio-Interactions
NEM-30306 Host-Parasite Interactions
ENT-30806 Fundamental and Applied Aspects of the Biology of Insects
The university library in Wageningen. Photo: Wageningen University
