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Wageningen University and Research Centre is de overkoepelende naam van de samenwerkende Wageningen University en een aantal verzelfstandigde onderzoeksinstituten van de Dienst Landbouwkundig Onderzoek, die voorheen onder het Ministerie van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit vielen. Wageningen UR, zoals de officiële afkorting luidt, bestaat sinds 2000. Belangrijkste centra van haar activiteiten zijn de oude en nieuwe campus in Wageningen, De Dreijen en Wageningen Campus.

Wageningen University and Research Centre (also known as Wageningen UR; abbreviation: WUR) is a research and higher education concern which consists of Wageningen University, the Van Hall-Larenstein School of Higher Professional Education, and the former agricultural research institutes (Dienst Landbouwkundig Onderzoek) from the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture. With its combination of knowledge and experience in higher education and research Wageningen UR aims to train specialists (BSc, MSc and PhD) in life sciences and through its research contribute actively to solving scientific, social and commercial problems in the field of life sciences and natural resources. Wageningen UR approaches national and international research topics from the perspectives of various disciplines, with an integrated approach and in close collaboration with governments, companies, stakeholder organisations, citizens, and other knowledge institutions. The research should pay attention to the balance between three priorities in society: economics, culture and nature. In the field of agricultural science, the university is considered world-class.

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