Facts and figures

How many students are enrolled in education programmes of the university of Wageningen University & Research? On this page you can find information about the number of bachelor's and master's students, PhD candidates and graduates.

Enrolled students

In the academic year 2024/2025 the university has a total of 13,190 students, of which 5,444 are bachelor's students, 7,184 are master's students, 105 are pre-master students and 457 are exchange students. Of all these students 3,663 are international. Besides them, there are also 2,463 PhD candidates.

In 2023/2024 from 1 September until 1 October 2,924 new bachelor's and master's students have started. In 2022/2023 344 PhD candidates, 2,521 master's and 1,373 bachelor's students graduated.

Number of students (without PhD candidates)
Year 06/07 07/08 08/09 09/10 10/11 11/12 12/13 13/14
Total 4,713 4,941 5,398 5,959 6,771 7,473 7,933 8,814
International 1,185 1,108 1,108 1,444 1,735 1,922 2,016 2,137
Year 14/15 15/16 16/17 17/18 18/19 19/20 20/21 21/22
Total 9,545 10,380 11,275 12,001 12,439 12,819 13,275 13,676
International 2,160 2,364 2,642 2,788 2,769 2,889 2,777 3,186
Year 22/23 23/24 24/25
Total 13,678 13,564 13190
International 3,506 3,717 3663

Graduates

In total there are 59,367 graduates of the university of Wageningen University & Research. There are 44,211 Dutch graduates and 15,156 international graduates. Of all the graduates 16% lives outside the Netherlands and 47% is female.

Nationalities

The 13,190 students of the university of Wageningen University & Research come from 109 nationalities. The most important nationalities of international students are Chinese, German and Italian.

Nationalities of students
Netherlands 9,527
Europe 2,004
Asia 1,320
Africa 83
North and South America 240
Other 16

Reference day: 1 October 2024