Wageningen University
Wageningen University and Research Centre (also known als Wageningen UR) consists of Wageningen University, Wageningen Business School, Van Hall Larenstein and a number of Dutch research institutes:
- Agricultural Economics Research Institute (LEI)
- Agrotechnology & Food Innovations
- Alterra - Research Institute for the Green World (ALTERRA)
- International Institute for Land Reclamation and Improvement (ILRI)
- Animal Sciences Group
- Applied Plant Research (PPO)
- Central Institute for Animal Disease Controle (CIDC-Lelystad)
- International Agricultural Centre (IAC)
- Plant Research International
- RIKILT-Institute of Food Safety
It is based in the Dutch city of Wageningen.
Its core business are life sciences and it is one of the few universities that has a mission ("For Quality of Life"). It is one of the Netherlands' smallest universities, and has an image of being a university for farmers. However, reorganizations in recent years have meant a move away from traditional agricultural studies, leading to a vastly improved scientific output.