Gelderland, Netherlands
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 |
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