Wageningen University & Research

Wageningen University & Research company description

Wageningen University & Research provides education and generates knowledge in the domain of healthy food and living environment. ‘To explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life’. That is the mission of Wageningen University & Research (WUR). A staff of 6,500 and 10,000 students from over 100 countries work everywhere around the world in the domain of healthy food and living environment for governments and the business community-at-large. The strength of WUR lies in its ability to join the forces of specialised research institutes and the University. It also lies in the combined efforts of the various fields of natural and social sciences. This union of expertise leads to scientific breakthroughs that can quickly be put into practice and be incorporated into education. This is the Wageningen Approach. The scientific quality of WUR is affirmed by the prominent position we occupy in international rankings and citation indexes.

• Employee count

  5,001-10,000

• Industry

  Research Services

• Headquarter address

  Droevendaalsesteeg 4, Postbus 9101, Wageningen, Gelderland 6700 HB, NL

• Country

  Netherlands

• Founded

  1918

• Company website

  https://wur.nl