The Dutch university that grew from the National Agricultural College of 1876 into the field's consistent world leader: first in agriculture and forestry in the QS rankings of 2022 and first in food science in the Shanghai ranking of 2017. Seated in Wageningen in the Netherlands, a small country that is nonetheless one of the world's largest agricultural exporters, it pairs a university with contract research institutes, and much of modern intensive horticulture, greenhouse practice and food technology traces through its work. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Founding YearFounded as the Rijkslandbouwschool, the National Agricultural College. HeadquartersWageningen, Netherlands 1 Classification
KindUniversity or College of Agriculture 1 Connections
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Wageningen University and Research is one of the world's most highly regarded institutions for plant science and agricultural biotechnology research, consistently placing at or near the top of global agriculture and forestry subject rankings.
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Wageningen University & Research (also known as WUR) is an organization composed of a public technical research university and a non-profit research institute located in Wageningen, Netherlands, specializing in life sciences with a focus on agriculture, technical and engineering subjects.
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It is a globally important center for life sciences and agricultural research.
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Wageningen University & Research (also known as WUR) is an organization composed of a public technical research university
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The Dutch university that grew from the National Agricultural College of 1876 into the field's consistent world leader: first in agriculture and forestry in the QS rankings of 2022 and first in food science in the Shanghai ranking of 2017.
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