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 2023/2024 the university has a total of 13,564 students, of which 5,661 are bachelor's students, 7,284 are master's students, 112 are pre-master students and 507 are exchange students. Of all these students 3,717 are international. Besides them, there are also 2,463 PhD candidates.
In 2023/2024 from 1 September until 1 October 2,935 new bachelor's and master's students have started. In 2022/2023 344 PhD candidates, 2,369 master's and 1,308 bachelor's students graduated.
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 13,678 | 13,564 |
| International | 3,506 | 3,717 |
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 13,564 students of the university of Wageningen University & Research come from 115 nationalities. The most important nationalities of international students are Chinese, German and Italian.
| Netherlands | 9,847 |
| Europe | 2,071 |
| Asia | 1,295 |
| Africa | 97 |
| North and South America | 248 |
| Other | 6 |
Reference day: 1 October 2023