Overview of application requirements for Wageningen University in 2022

There are 14 research universities in the Netherlands for studying abroad, and Wageningen University is one of them. There are also more students studying at this university. So what are the requirements for applying to Wageningen University? What is its academic system? Let’s take a look.

1. Admission requirements

- IELTS 6.5 or above + Speaking 6.0 or TOEFL 92 + Speaking 23 (among them, Food Technology requires IELTS 6 and speaking not less than 6.0)

-Average score of 70 or above

-Relevant professional background

Application deadline: May 1st

Tuition fee: 18,600 euros/year< /p>

2. Overview of Wageningen University

Wageningen University is a famous institution of higher learning that studies life sciences. It was founded in 1876. In recent decades, as part of the Wageningen University Research Center (Wageningen UR), it has developed into an international scientific research institution, including plants, animals, environment, agricultural science and technology, food and social sciences, dedicated to Promote scientific research results to provide sufficient and high-quality food crops to the world. The university offers undergraduate courses, postgraduate courses and short courses for Dutch students and international students. The teaching program follows the bachelor-master-postgraduate-doctoral continuum pattern. In the Dutch Higher Education Guide, Wageningen University has been selected as the most popular university in the Netherlands by Dutch students for four consecutive years. In 2015, the Times ranked 47th in the world and 18th in the world for life sciences.

3. The academic system of WU

The master’s degree is divided into spring and autumn admissions every year, and the academic system is generally two years. Among them, the first year is mostly course study, and the second year is usually 6 months of graduation thesis (large thesis) plus 4-6 months of internship or small thesis. Each academic year is divided into 6 semesters (Periods, P1-P6). The calculation of the semester generally starts in September, with P1, P2, P5, and P6 being two months each, and P3 and P4 being one month each.

What is different from those in China is that the teaching arrangements here are very centralized. Each long semester usually consists of 2-3 courses, and the short semester generally consists of 1-2 courses. After completing one P, take an exam, and then continue to the next P course. This kind of setting will make many students (including myself) who are used to a domestic course for half a year very uncomfortable.

4. Advantages of studying in the Netherlands

1. Strong economic strength

The king who dominated the world economy in the seventeenth century has gone through hundreds of vicissitudes and is still the world leader today. One of the top ten economic powers. In 2010, per capita GDP statistics of countries around the world ranked the Netherlands among the top 10 with a per capita GDP of US$48,000. The Netherlands is the birthplace of international companies and has many internationally renowned multinational companies, such as Shell, Unilever, Philips, etc. Nowadays, the global economic crisis is raging, but the Netherlands still ranks among the world's powerful countries with a AAA credit rating.

2. High-quality education, internationalization, and emphasis on application

The quality of Dutch higher education is world-renowned for its high quality, internationalization, and emphasis on application. In 2009, 13 of the 14 U-type universities in the Netherlands were on the list of the top 200 universities in the world by The Times. All of its H-category schools have been selected into the list of the top 200 business schools in the world.

3. The government strongly supports education

The Dutch government’s strong investment in education makes the cost of studying in the Netherlands relatively low. The annual undergraduate tuition is between 50,000 and 70,000 yuan. The average living expenses are about 50,000 yuan per year. No financial guarantee from the student's family is required to apply for a visa. You can work legally for 10 hours a week and all days on holidays, which will not put a huge financial burden on students and families.

4. Broad employment prospects

The teaching philosophy of solving employment problems has enabled Dutch universities to cooperate with major companies to continuously develop a large number of innovative application courses. The lively and pragmatic internships and experiments during college, as well as the dual cultivation of team awareness, knowledge and abilities, have laid a solid foundation for students to find suitable jobs after graduation. It is an indisputable fact that students graduating from Dutch universities are favored by various companies internationally and have broad job prospects.