Nutrition and Health: Wageningen University and Research Centre

About the programme

Wageningen University is one of the leading centres in Nutrition Sciences in Europe and the world. The university is listed as the number 2  in the world in the field of Food Science and Nutrition and the first in Europe.

Close co-operation with other MSc-programmes in Wageningen, allow students to operate on the interface of Nutrition with other disciplines. Examples can be found in Master-theses supervised in colaboration between the divisions of Human Nutrition and Communication Sciences. Cooperation between the Laboratory of biochemistry and the molecular nutrition group is another example. Furthermore, the Alliance Nutrition is formed between the Human Nutrition department of Wageningen University and the hospital in Ede, "Gelderse Vallei". This alliance performes research in the field of clinical nutrtion.

Future career

The majority of graduates found employment at universities (including university medical centres), research institutes (TNO Nutrition or RIVM), in the public sector (national, regional and local governments, Netherlands Nutrition Centre, District Health Authorities) or companies involved with nutrition, pharmacology and toxicology (Unilever, Nutricia, Numico Research, Novartis Pharma, Organon). As graduates progress in their careers, they usually advance to a managerial level.