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15 Master's degrees offered by the university

International Land and Water Management
The International Land and Water Management program from Wageningen University and Research explores land and water management issues at different scales.

Tourism, Society and Environment
During the Tourism, Society and Environment programme at Wageningen University and Research you examine tourism's complexity, and to contribute to sustainable solutions.

Development and Rural Innovation
Societal problems cannot be solved by technology alone. Innovation processes like the transition towards more sustainability and better food security are essentially also social processes. That is why students of the Development and Rural Innovation programme at the Wageningen University and Research learn to look at the whole picture.

Soil Geography and Earth Surface Dynamics
The Soil Geography and Earth Surface Dynamics programme at Wageningen University and Research will allow you to develop yourself as a specialist in soil geography and earth surface dynamics.

Water Technology
Improvement of seawater desalination using innovative membranes and smart design, closing nutrient cycles by recovering phosphates from animal manure are some examples of technological innovations within the field of water technology. Have you become curious? Then, start the Water Technology programme at Wageningen University and Research and a career in the field of water technology.

European Master's in Earth and Environment (EnvEuro)
European Master's in Earth and Environment (EnvEuro) at Wageningen University and Research is a two-year international double degree focused on environmental management and natural processes.

Forest and Nature Conservation
The Forest and Nature Conservation programme at Wageningen University and Research focuses on policy, sustainable management and conservation of forest and nature, i.e. understanding and predicting the effect of phenomena such as deforestation, biodiversity loss, ecotourism, timber production and animal reintroduction.

Climate Studies
The Climate Studies programme at the Wageningen University and Research focuses on an improved understanding of climate change across the earth and its impact on ecosystems and society.

Earth System Sciences
The Earth System Sciences programme from Wageningen University and Research teaches students about the physical, chemical and/or ecological processes in soils, water and the atmosphere from an Earth Sciences perspective at different time and spatial scales.

Environmental Sciences
Are you up to the challenge of finding innovative approaches to improve the state of the environment and sustainable solutions to the (long-term) threats it faces? The Environmental Sciences programme at Wageningen University and Research has its roots in the natural, technological and social sciences.

Urban Environmental Management
Sustainable management of the urban environment has become one of the major challenges of the 21st century as you will learn during the Urban Environmental Management programme at the Wageningen University and Research.

Aquaculture and Marine Resource Management
Do you want to learn about innovative and sustainable solutions to preserve marine biodiversity and its ecosystem functions? Are you going to tackle these issues, using an integrative approach to marine ecosystem management? Then this Aquaculture and Marine Resource Management programme from Wageningen University and Research is the master’s for you.

Economics of Sustainability
The Economics of Sustainability programme at Wageningen University and Research focuses on the interactions between economic actors and the natural environment. You are trained as a quantitative economist who is able to analyze real-world problems in food systems, natural resources and the living environment, and to provide economic solutions that promote transitions to a sustainable future.

Meteorology and Air Quality
The Meteorology and Air Quality programme at Wageningen University and Research educates you as an atmospheric scientist or professional and you gain state-of-the-art in-depth understanding of meteorological processes and atmospheric composition at contrasting spatiotemporal scales, relevant for societal challenges and with a skills in fieldwork, modelling and data processing.

Governance of Sustainability Transformations
With the Governance of Sustainability Transformations programme at Wageningen University and Research you will develop in-depth understanding of the social, political and legal dimensions of transformative governance and put this to work in designs of and negotiations over novel governance arrangements.