Wageningen University and Research Alumni

International Students

23.2

% of international students in the university

3186

Total International Students in the university

Here’s a relaxed lineup of some inspiring Wageningen alumni—trailblazers in science, diplomacy, conservation, literature, and more:

Alumni Name

Notable Achievement / Famous For

Degree

Graduating Year

Louise Fresco

Scientist & writer, former President of WUR

N/A

N/A

Addeke Hendrik Boerma

First Executive Director of WFP; FAO Director-General

N/A (Horticulture/Econ)

N/A

Marcel Dicke

Professor of entomology; Spinoza Prize laureate

PhD?

N/A

Gerrit Braks

Dutch politician; Minister of Agriculture & Fisheries

BSc (Agriculture), MSc (Engineering)

1961, 1965

Willie Smits

Conservationist and primate advocate; long-time WUR alumnus

N/A

N/A

Frank Westerman

Writer and journalist, studied tropical agricultural engineering

N/A

N/A

Anne Vondeling

Dutch Labour Party politician and agronomist

N/A

N/A

Henk Vredeling

Dutch politician and resistance fighter

N/A

N/A

Jan Just Bos

Botanist, Olympic rower, and TV presenter

N/A

N/A

Anne van den Ban

Scholar in agricultural extension

N/A

N/A

Jan Mulder

Politician, former Member of European Parliament

N/A

N/A

Ruud Kleinpaste

Nature presenter (“Dutch BUGMAN”)

N/A

N/A

Cees Veerman

Former Minister of Agriculture for the Netherlands

N/A

N/A

Simon Vroemen

Athlete turned entrepreneur

N/A

N/A

Marijke Vos

Politician and environmentalist

N/A

N/A

Addeke H. Boerma

FAO Director-General & WFP Executive Director

N/A

N/A

Paul Struik

Agronomist and academic; recipient of international crop science awards

PhD (Agronomy)

N/A

Isnawati Hidayah

First-gen student turned agri-food pioneer

N/A

N/A

Kees Huizinga

Agricultural technologist turned entrepreneur in Ukraine

N/A

N/A

Derk te Bokkel

CEO of Royal IHC, high-tech maritime systems company

N/A

N/A

 

Students

59

Yocketers Applied

53

Yocketers Admitted

115

Yocketers Interested

Wageningen University and Research admitted student profiles

GRE

309

TOEFL

96

IELTS

7

Profiles that got Into Wageningen University and Research

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