Career paths & perspectives
What are your career options after graduating from Wageningen University? Here, you can read more about career paths and perspectives after your BSc or MSc programme at WUR.
BSc career perspectives
Dutch bachelors
- Agrotechnologie
- Bedrijfs- en Consumentenwetenschappen
- Biologie
- Biotechnologie
- Bos- en Natuurbeheer
- Communicatie en Life Sciences
- Data science
- Economie en Beleid
- Gezondheid en Maatschappij
- Internationale Ontwikkelingsstudies
- Landschapsarchitectuur en Ruimtelijke Planning
- Moleculaire Levenswetenschappen
- Plantenwetenschappen
- Voeding en Gezondheid
English bachelors
MSc career perspectives
- Agroecology
- Animal Breeding and Genetics
- Animal Sciences
- Aquaculture and Marine Resource Management
- Biobased Sciences
- Bioinformatics
- Biology
- Biosystems Engineering
- Biotechnology
- Climate Studies
- Communication, Health and Life Sciences
- Consumer Studies
- Data Science for Food and Health
- Development and Rural Innovation
- Earth and Environment
- Economics of Sustainability
- Environmental Sciences
- Food Quality Management
- Food Safety
- Food Studies
- Food Technology
- Forest and Nature Conservation
- Geo-information Science
- Geographical Information Management and Applications
- Governance of Sustainability Transformations
- Health Management in Aquaculture
- Information and Communication Technologies for Development
- International Development Studies
- International Land and Water Management
- Landscape Architecture and Planning
- Management, Economics and Consumer Studies
- Metropolitan Analysis, Design, and Engineering
- Molecular Life Sciences
- Nutritional Epidemiology and Public Health
- Nutrition and Health
Orientation on an entrepreneurial career
- BSc minor Innovation and Entrepreneurship (WUINE): focuses on the value of knowledge, innovation and entrepreneurship in life sciences, environmental sciences and agriculture.
- Master track Entrepreneurship: a programme embedded into your MSc programme focusing on innovative, sustainable entrepreneurship within the Wageningen domains.
- Starthub Wageningen: startup incubator and educator for students, PhD's and recent graduates of Wageningen University & Research.
- Startlife: Agrigood tech accelerator.
- Labnest: innovation hub and innovation startup accelerator.
- BlueCity: circular economy hub in Rotterdam.
- Noorderwind: sustainable entrepreneurship.
- StartupLeap: startup incubator program.
Orientation on a teaching career
- Teacher training: orientation information on the teaching profession.
- Orientation on Teaching and Training: a programme to learn more about the practice and theories of education and to explore if working in the field of education is something for you.
- Minor Education (only taught in Dutch): deze minor bereidt je voor op werken in het onderwijs en kan gevolgd worden tijdens en na de bachelor/master. Na afronding van de minor kun je in aanmerking komen voor een (beperkte) lesbevoegdheid.
- Onderwijsloket (only in Dutch): informatiepunt voor werken in het onderwijs
- Leerwerkloket (only in Dutch): kosteloos advies over scholing, leerbanen en financieringsmogelijkheden.
Orientation on doing a PhD / EngD
Activities to further explore career paths
Personal career advice
For questions related to career perspectives and exploring opportunities/paths that fit you, you can schedule an appointment with our career officers.
Career Exploration (MOS module)
The MOS module Career Exploration (course code: ELS65900) is offered to facilitate explorative learning about your career options and to make your career questions and dreams and search processes explicit. Find more info about this course in Osiris.