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Are you ready to make a difference for the climate, nature, food, health, and society? By studying at Wageningen University & Research, you will be working on creating tomorrow’s world today. Challenge yourself, change the future.

• 20 bachelor’s
• 35 master’s

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“I have always had an interest in nature. From an early age, I was already busy taking care of different types of plants in my own vegetable garden”.

“My journey into Animal Sciences has been a thrilling one, from my childhood fascination with zoos and petting farms to discover my dream study programme.”

“I’ve always been intrigued with the environment and had a strong desire to make a positive impact. That is why I choose to study at Wageningen University & Research”

“I want to make an impact in the local community of my country, the African continent and maybe the world.”

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Best University of the Nederlands

In 2022, WUR was named the best university for the 18th time in a row. The Keuzegids ranking compares various Dutch universities and conducts a national student survey among nearly 300,000 students.

Most sustainable university in the world

WUR has been named the most sustainable university of 2023. The GreenMetric ranking looks at how scientific institutions worldwide deal with energy, climate, waste, transport, water, biodiversity and infrastructure.

1st place in Agriculture & Forestry

The university ranks first in the field of Agriculture & Forestry. The QS World University Rankings is an annual ranking that rates universities on the quality of education and more.

3rd place Environment & Ecology

WUR is number three in the field of Environment & Ecology. The National Taiwan Ranking compares more than 300 universities on the quality, impact and productivity of researchers. 

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Have you already decided on which programme suits you better? That’s great! On our website, you can find all the information about application and admission for bachelor’s programmes , as well as application and admission for master’s . Do not miss the chance to become one of our students!

All information about scholarships for bachelor’s or scholarships for master’s can be found on our website. Please make sure to check the deadlines. Some deadlines might have passed already.

Studying is a good investment but, of course, it costs money. The tuition fees for a bachelor’s and master’s programmes differ between EU/EFTA students and NON-EU students. In addition to your studies, it is also important that you have a fun student life which means that you will have other expenses. Like your rent, insurance, travelling, groceries and more. On our website, we have a detailed overview of your study expenses during your bachelor’s and study expenses during your master’s . Give it a check and make a budget for yourself.

You can also visit our international students’ blog to read more about the experience of our students with their finances!

Studying at Wageningen means studying on an awesome campus surrounded by beautiful nature. The university facilities are excellent. For example, we have high-tech laboratories, inspiring teachers and a huge library. The campus is big, but because everything is close together, you quickly know your way around and make friends with people from all over the world. You can also do sports at the  Sportcentrum de Bongerd  which offers an extensive and varied sports selection. And, of course, Wageningen has a vibrant student life with several  student and study associations  that organise many fun activities for (international) students!

Coming from abroad, the easiest way to find a room is with Idealis. So, how to get started? First, you have to register in Room.nl. Once you sign up, you can check the various offers Idealis has. Start this process as early as possible. The earlier you register, the more chances you have to find a room in time, so don’t leave this for the end. You can visit our  student housing  page to find more information.

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Wageningen University and Research has the unique position of being the only university in the Netherlands to focus on healthy food and the living environment. Wageningen University & Research's history dates back to 1876, when it opened as a national agricultural college.

Wageningen University & Research consistently ranks as one of the world’s top universities. In its life sciences specialism in particular, it’s considered one of the best universities in the world.

Its mission is "to explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life". The university’s 20 bachelor programmes all share this common theme, from agrotechnology, to molecular life, to international land management.

The university has 6 English taught programmes.

The university’s expertise in food and the environment puts it in high demand to produce research for the Dutch government, businesses and nonprofits. Its facilities are commissioned by these groups to explore new solutions for healthy living. Their projects have ranged from seeking innovation in sustainable energy to finding ways of making plastic from seaweed.

Fittingly, given its focus on the healthy natural environment, Wageningen University & Research made it a goal to become carbon neutral, and achieved this goal in 2015.

The town of Wageningen, where the university is based, is a historic town on the banks of the Rhine. Each year in May the town holds a festival which draws in thousands of visitors, celebrating the town’s significance as the site of the liberation of the Netherlands at the end of the Second World War.

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Wageningen University & Research is a collaboration between Wageningen University and the Wageningen Research foundation, whose mission is to explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life. The domain of Wageningen University & Research consists of three related core areas: Food and food production, Living Environment, Health, lifestyle, and livelihood.

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Wageningen University & Research (WUR) is a higher education institution focused on the study of life sciences. WUR is in the Netherlands, right in the historic town and municipality of Wageningen. It was first established as an agricultural college in 1876, becoming a public university in 1918.

Across its long history, WUR has always been respected and highly rated. There are now many successful WUR alumni, and students of any and all backgrounds can join these alumni in their success if they choose to enrol. Around 3,000 of the 13,000 students currently enrolled at WUR are international, and in total, there are over 100 different nationalities on campus, including Chinese students, Italian students and German students.

This is a specialist university for life sciences. There are over 60 programmes available to study in an important, growing industry. Some courses at WUR are delivered in Dutch, and others are delivered in English. After graduating, students will be able to follow their professional dreams in areas from animal science to tourism.

They’ll learn everything they need to know and more, coming out of their time at the university with a degree and a high level of practical understanding (which equals a high level of employability). In the classroom, students will be held to the standards of the working world. Outside of the classroom, students will have access to a range of useful career services, scholarships and support options.

The WUR campus is green and beautiful, but it’s also filled with convenient facilities and amenities. The learning environments are designed to keep students focused and interested, and there are campus accommodation options to suit every student’s needs. Life at WUR lets students from across the globe enjoy the best of the Netherlands as they prepare for professional success in the world of life sciences.

Teaching Quality

WUR has a great reputation for its teaching quality and its exciting research efforts. Staff are focused, caring and invested in their students’ success. WUR is the best university in the Netherlands according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings . It’s also 53 rd in the world. In rankings by subject, it ranks number one for agriculture and forestry, agricultural sciences and environmental ecology.

These rankings show that students enjoy high-quality teaching at WUR. The quality teaching isn’t just about delivering information. It’s about a careful blend of theoretical and practical knowledge and an approach in the classroom that makes every student feel heard. The ratio of students to faculty members, for example, is 18 to one. Every teacher has a manageable number of students to focus on, so no person studying at WUR is ever ignored or forgotten about.

As mentioned, the university is also known and respected for its research (programmes, centres and individual researchers have all been recognised). WUR’s research is focused on exploring all the amazing potential of the natural world. The six key research themes at WUR are:

• Biodiversity
• Climate change
• Circular and biobased economy
• Food security
• Nutrition and health
• Artificial intelligence

Entry Requirements

General university entry requirements for WUR include a minimum level of English language understanding, and for undergraduates, a secondary school leaving certificate. For domestic undergraduate applicants, this will be a Dutch VWO Diploma. For international undergraduate applicants, this will vary between countries. Beyond these basic university requirements, there will be some course-specific entry requirements, like certain previous subjects of study. For example:

• Applicants who want to study animal sciences need secondary-level qualifications in mathematics, chemistry and biology
• Applicants who want to study environmental sciences need secondary-level qualifications in mathematics, chemistry and physics
• Applicants who want to study food technology need secondary-level qualifications in mathematics, chemistry and biology or physics
• Applicants who want to study international land and water management need secondary-level qualifications in mathematics and physics
• Applicants who want to study soil, water, atmosphere need secondary-level qualifications in mathematics, chemistry and physics
• Applicants who want to study mathematics need a secondary-level qualification in mathematics

At the postgraduate level, a similar requirement will apply, and applicants will need relevant university qualifications (usually at least a bachelor’s degree) to be considered for admission. Other programme-specific admission requirements will also need to be researched and fully understood before an application is made.

English Score Required

All programmes taught in English at WUR ask students to have a certain level of understanding of the English language. Without this level of understanding, students won’t be able to get the most out of their education and succeed in tests and assessments. So, WUR won’t admit them.

There are some exceptions to the rule, but generally, international students who don’t speak English as a first language will need to prove their English proficiency by taking a test and getting a minimum English score. There is a range of accepted test methods, and two of the most common are the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) and the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).

The minimum accepted IELTS overall band score at the undergraduate level is 6, with a band score of at least 6 for speaking. The minimum accepted online TOEFL score is 80, with a score of at least 20 for speaking. For postgraduate programmes, the English requirements are higher, and the accepted test scores for entry into each individual programme are explained on the WUR website.

WUR is a competitive university with a 54 per cent acceptance rate, but if a student meets all the requirements and submits a good application, they’re in with a strong chance of being accepted for student admission.

The admission process starts when an applicant decides on their programme of choice and checks whether they’re eligible for it. They should then complete a study choice check, which is a questionnaire that makes sure the applicant’s professional and academic goals match up with the programme they want to study. WUR offers this check to make sure all students are on the right course for them, and it reduces the number of post-enrolment programme transfer requests.

Domestic and international students should then apply through Studielink, the Dutch national database for university admission. Applications from EU/EFTA nationals must be in by the first of July, and applications from non-EU/EFTA nationals must be in by the first of May.

There’s a To Do List section in Studielink that explains everything an applicant needs to do after submitting their application. This will include a list of required supporting documents, like forms of ID, academic transcripts and exam results), and a request to fill in payment details (though these won’t be needed until May).

When an application is fully complete and the To Do List has been cleared, WUR asks students to check Studielink regularly for application updates. When WUR reaches a decision, the university will reach out and let an applicant know if they’ve been offered a place or not.

One important thing that applicants need to think about during the admission process is tuition fees and whether or not they will be able to cover them financially. Tuition fees for the year 2022–2023 were EUR 2,209 for European undergraduate students (or EUR 1,105 if they were a first-year undergraduate enrolling at a Dutch university for the first time) and EUR 15,700 for non-EU undergraduate students. More information on fees and costs can be found on the WUR website.

Scholarships & Funding

WUR understands the financial difficulties that students can experience, and it wants to help however it can. This is why there are so many ways to get funding help at WUR, including university scholarships, bursaries, grants and awards.

For undergraduate international students, there are two main options for scholarships. The first is the Holland Scholarship programme . The Holland Scholarship is a EUR 5,000 as a one-time payment awarded during the first year of study (or a EUR 10,000 payment if the university chooses to grant a double scholarship, as it does in special cases sometimes).

To be eligible, students must be excellent applicants who have not studied in the Netherlands before. They must be admitted to one of WUR’s BSc programmes and from one of the following countries:

• New Zealand
• South Africa
• South Korea
• United Kingdom
• United States
• United Arab Emirates

The second option is the Orange Tulip Scholarship. There are a maximum of 30 Orange Tulip Scholarships available to students from India, Indonesia, Russia, South Africa, South Korea and Vietnam, and they earn a student 25 per cent off their tuition fees.

As well as the scholarships, there are different routes to financial support. Students can receive sums of money from the university if they run into unexpected financial hardship and need some extra help. This monetary aid is a part of WUR’s commitment to every student getting an amazing education, no matter what their background or financial situation happens to be.

University Structure

Wageningen’s structure isdifferent to a lot of other higher education institutions because it has only one faculty: the faculty of agricultural and environmental sciences. The university-wide focus on this subject doesn’t limit student options, as there is still a wide selection of courses available for students who want to enter the field.

There are 40 postgraduate programmes of study for students to choose from in total at WUR, as well as 20 undergraduate programmes of study. Seven of the undergraduate programmes are taught in English:

• Animal sciences
• Environmental sciences
• Food technology
• International land and water management
• Marine sciences
• Soil, water, atmosphere

Research at WUR is done across a number of research institutes and centres, and they are all working hard toward WUR’s sustainable development goals and innovation objectives. New and important discoveries are made every academic year. There are lots of research topics and ongoing projects, with key areas and centres including:

• Wageningen Bioveterinary Research
• The Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation
• Wageningen Economic Research
• Wageningen Environmental Research
• Wageningen Food & Biobased Research
• Wageningen Food Safety Research
• Wageningen Livestock Research
• Wageningen Marine Research
• Wageningen Plant Research

WUR’s campus is home to all of the educational and extracurricular facilities a student might need during their studies. If a student wants to get some food between classes, they’ll find lots of available cafés and restaurants on campus. Forum Grand Café has sandwiches, snacks, smoothies and more for hungry and thirsty students. There’s also Restaurant Aeres. These are more than places to eat, they are student life centres where students can rest, refuel and build social connections.

For anyone who wants to get active outside of class, a student recreation centre filled with equipment and facilities is available. It’s called the Sports Centre de Bongerd (or the SCB for short), and it’s a large building that includes everything from fitness suites to squash courts.

Academically, the classrooms and lecture theatres at WUR are modern and comfortable, so students can stay focused and interested even in longer sessions. The Forum and Orion buildings are just some of the great learning spaces available.

There’s also WUR’s Forum Library, a popular student life centre for independent study and group projects. The library has all the study materials and IT resources that anybody could need for their learning. It’s a hub of hard copies and digital materials, and the library staff are available to answer academic/resource queries.

There’s nothing a student can’t access at WUR. This includes teaching rooms and study spaces, but it also includes research centres and specialised spaces for certain courses of study. The facilities on campus, from the sports centre to the student accommodation options, are well-designed and created to give students everything they need in one place.

Accommodation

WUR gives students all the information and support they need during the search for student accommodation in Wageningen/on the WUR campus. The university understands that finding accommodation can be stressful and confusing, especially for international applicants who will be moving across the world to attend WUR.

Students can find on-campus university accommodation or off-campus accommodation, the choice is theirs, and support will be offered to them whichever accommodation route they take. If they’re planning to apply for on-campus accommodation, they should pay their tuition fees on time (only then will they be able to apply for a room with priority based on their home address). There are nine recommended residence options on the WUR campus and around Wageningen:

• Bornsesteeg
• Campus Plaza
• Droevendaal

Students can look for an off-campus student house or apartment on the website ROOM.nl. IDEALIS, the main private student accommodation company in Wageningen, offers their rooms and options through this website. Other student accommodation companies like DUWO and Socius also advertise on the site, so there are lots of options for students to choose between.

Students could also look for private rentals in the villages surrounding Wageningen, like Bennekom, Ede and Rhenen. Though finding accommodation off campus can take longer and require some extra research, it will offer international students a chance to enjoy the culture of the Netherlands fully.

Student Support

WUR cares about the wellbeing and success of every student on campus. Protecting students’ mental and physical health is very important, as happy and healthy students will of course be much more focused on their education and academic achievement than struggling students. To help with any query or issue that might come up during a student’s time at WUR, there is a full student support programme in place.

Student support services on the academic side of things include access to a study advisor. This is a student guide who can give advice, help to set goals, help to improve study skills and communicate with lecturers for students. There’s also a range of online study skills resources available.

Student services also include access to student psychologists and confidential counsellors. These counsellors can talk with a student about whatever is upsetting them, whether it’s a problem in their personal life or a problem in the classroom that’s affecting their work/their WUR experience. These counselling sessions are also strictly confidential, so students can be sure they’re in a safe space.

International students can access targeted student support, especially during the orientation phase (when they’re settling into a new country) and before they arrive (when they’re handling paperwork and hoping for approval to study in the Netherlands). Disabled students and students with accessibility needs also have dedicated places to go to make their learning needs heard.

For even more student support, the Student Service Centre (SSC) is available to help with whatever questions or problems a student might have about admission, tuition fees, registration or any other administrative issues.

Graduate Outcomes

WUR is a university that guides its students very well. It puts them on the path to success and develops them as people as it delivers knowledge. This, combined with a range of great career services, is why the job prospects of WUR graduates are so exciting. There are thousands of WUR alumni all across the world who left the university qualified and confident and went on to become very successful.

Employment services offered at WUR include CV and resume writing workshops, interview preparation workshops, networking events/career fairs with alumni and employers, personal career advice and one-to-one appointments with a career guide to explore career options and plan for the future.

The Student Career Services department runs a wide range of training programmes, workshops and presentations each academic year. They also regularly get students in touch with local, national and international employers.

WUR understands that preparation is important, and these services, along with an interactive and practical teaching style, give students their best chance at achieving their professional goals. Life beyond university is always in mind. Students have all the information they need about the working world before they reach graduation.

For international students who would love to enrol at a university that encourages their growth, prepares them for a career in their chosen field and gives them as much information as possible about the industry/the job market/their career options, it has to be WUR.

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'To explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life'.

That is the mission of Wageningen University & Research. Over 7,600 employees, 13,100 students and over 150.000 participants to WUR's Life Long Learning from more than hundred countries work everywhere around the world in the domain of healthy food and living environment for governments and the business community-at-large.

The strength of Wageningen University & Research lies in its ability to join the forces of specialised research institutes and the university. It also lies in the combined efforts of the various fields of natural and social sciences. This union of expertise leads to scientific breakthroughs that can quickly be put into practice and be incorporated into education. This is the Wageningen Approach. Collaboration with other parties such as government, business and NGOs is indispensable. This is in line with the Finding Answers Together ambition.

The scientific quality of Wageningen University & Research is affirmed by the prominent position we occupy in international rankings and citation indexes.

The domain of Wageningen University & Research consists of three related core areas:

• Food, feed & biobased production
• Natural resources & living environment
• Society & well-being

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Applying for a phd programme at wageningen university.

Applying for a PhD programme at WUR can be a tad confusing. At least it was for me when I started reading about it. There are many ways of becoming part of this high-ranked university and research institution. But that only means there are many opportunities to be part of significant research around the world!

The four-year PhD programmes at Wageningen University & Research mainly consist of conducting research and writing a final dissertation. It is also possible to spend 10% of the time on teaching and up to 15% of the time on training,  participating in courses, competence and skills training, seminars, conferences and workshops.

In this blog, I will introduce you to the basic steps of applying for a PhD programme at Wageningen University & Research.

The first thing you need to know is that there different types of PhD candidates:

a. Employed candidates.

Graduate schools recruit research assistants through vacancy announcements and interviews. You can find an overview of current research assistant vacancies on the PhD vacancies page . These PhD candidates have an employment contract with Wageningen University. The candidates have four to five-year temporary contracts for a trajectory directed to a PhD graduation. They do not need to pay a tuition fee. They actually get paid for doing their PhD (getting paid for researching? Count me in!). WUR also has research employees who do not yet have a PhD. In this case, arrangements are made designed to help them complete a doctoral research project.

b. Scholarship candidates.

Scholarship PhD candidates have received a fellowship without an employment contract. These include PhD candidates in a sandwich construction who are not employed by an institute in their home country. By sandwich construction, WUR means that these PhD candidates have a home institute which takes care of funding. However, it goes beyond funding. The aim of the Sandwich PhD Programme is capacity building, building international scientific networks, facilitating exchange and reinforcing the knowledge basis of their PhD candidates’ home institution. If you would like to know more about these programmes click on this link .

c. Externally financed candidates.

These PhD candidates are employed by an institute/organization other than WUR. The main relation with WUR is via the supervisors. They can be PhD candidates appointed at an external research institute or employees appointed at an external research institute, with the possibility to follow a PhD trajectory in addition to the regular tasks connected to the employment contract.

d. External candidates

External PhD candidates do not have any funding or employment contracts with a research institute. These candidates do their research on their own time. And just like the externally financed candidates, the main relation with WUR is via the supervisors.

As you may have guessed by now, each type of candidacy has its own timeline. The differences rely on the type of funding, the kind of research you would like to pursue, as well as your geographical location. However, there is a basic process to follow for applying to the PhD programme at WUR:

• Orientation: thoroughly read the information about the PhD programme.
• Applying: a. Reply on a PhD vacancy application. Just like applying to any other job, you can reply to PhD vacancies at WUR. Each vacancy has a detailed description of the research and the supervisors. You can find vacant positions here . b. Approach a Graduate School. WUR has six Graduate Schools, that have three main tasks: to coordinate, develop and facilitate doctoral education and training; to stimulate and coordinate the development of a coherent research programme within the mission of the graduate school; and to safeguard, monitor and stimulate the quality and progress of research by staff, postdocs and PhD candidates. You can find more information about the graduate schools on this page .
• First evaluation: if the application meets the Graduate School’s requirements and conditions, the committee will send it to a supervisor for further evaluation.
• Second evaluation: during this second evaluation, the supervisor will evaluate the candidate using specific criteria which you can find here . Afterwards, the supervisor has to consult an HR advisor in order to check that fellowship finances some from outside WUR.
• Registration:The Chair Group informs the Graduate School about the intended registration of the PhD candidate. The graduate school opens registration in Hora Finita and the PhD candidate is in charge of uploading the required documents.
• Admission: the PhD candidate signs the contract or employment agreement with the department, and the tuition fees are paid when required. The PhD candidate has an introduction meeting with the Graduate School. If the PhD candidate needs to take courses at a BSc or MSc level, the Graduate School must register the candidate as a student.

As they say “good things take time”, WUR may take some weeks to respond, as Wageningen receives many PhD applications. If you want to know more details about applying, the specific requirements and the timeline of the PhD programme at WUR, you can find it at the Overview of Procedures along a timeline .

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Plant apocalypse: how new diseases are destroying EU trees and crops

From ancient olive groves to root vegetables, foreign pests introduced via the bloc’s open import system are causing damage worth billions – and outbreaks are on the rise

T he plants slowly choke to death, wither and dry out. They die en masse, leaves dropping and bark turning grey, creating a sea of monochrome. Since scientists first discovered Xylella fastidiosa in 2013 in Puglia, Italy, it has killed a third of the region’s 60 million olive trees – which once produced almost half of Italy’s olive oil – many of which were centuries old. Farms stopped producing, olive mills went bankrupt and tourists avoided the area. With no known cure , the bacterium has already caused damage costing about €1bn .

“The greatest part of the territory was completely destroyed,” says Donato Boscia, a plant virologist and head researcher on Xylella at the Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection in Bari.

A decade later, far from nearing resolution, the threat to European plants from Xylella and other diseases is only growing: in February 2024, Puglia scientists found another Xylella subspecies , which had annihilated US vineyards and never previously been detected in Italy. For many farmers, scientists and regulators, the disease is emblematic of a far broader problem: the EU’s difficulty curtailing the introduction of devastating new plant diseases, despite regulatory efforts over the past decade. New data, released to the Guardian, shows that dozens of newly introduced disease outbreaks are detected in the EU every year, even as farmers and scientists struggle to contain previously introduced pathogens. As the climate heats, scientists warn the problem will get worse.

Across the EU, data shows, outbreaks of newly introduced plant disease have continued unabated at an average rate of 70 a year between 2015 and 2020, despite regulations introduced to stop their spread in 2016. While a number of member states have taken steps to prevent and curb the outbreaks, scientists, plant epidemiologists and agronomists say it is still insufficient.

“I can’t understand how, after Xylella, we learned almost nothing,” says Pierfederico La Notte, an Italian plant epidemiologist.

Import system – open or closed?

On a scorching June morning in 2023, Paolo Solmi, a phytosanitary inspector at the port of Ravenna in northern Italy , tells his team to open the first of 28 containers of Egyptian potatoes to check that day. They fill bags with 100 potatoes each before taking them to the labs for EU standardised tests.

“Once these checks have been passed, the goods are free to move within the European Union,” Solmi says.

The EU has an open import system: everything that is not known to be harmful can enter. Some countries, such as New Zealand and Chile, have opted for a closed system: everything is considered guilty until proven innocent.

Evidence shows that the Xylella bacteria came from Latin America and, most likely, got a ride from ornamental coffee plants passing through the Netherlands . About 30 billion rooted and unrooted plants, cuttings, bulbs and tissues came from third countries into Europe between 2005 and 2014, mainly through Dutch ports.

According to Alberto Santini, a forest pathologist at the Italian National Research Council, such an open system has been letting in an alarming number of plant pests and diseases from third countries.

“If you know your enemy, you can try to stop it from entering your country,” Santini says. But, he added, many pathogens are harmless elsewhere because ecosystems evolved with them. While Xyllela might not have affected coffee plants in Costa Rica, it thrived when it met the defenceless southern Italian olive trees.

The EU introduced new regulations in 2016 to better manage what gets in and how, and to deal with outbreaks quickly. Still, with so many ports of entry, scientists and regulators can’t keep up with the volumes coming in. Trioza erytreae , a sap-sucking pest, has been endangering Portuguese citrus ; a bacterium infecting carrots and celery has been raising concerns around the continent; and Hymenoscyphus fraxineus has been killing ash trees in Poland . Many scientists fear the spread will be helped by the climate crisis, which is making Europe a warmer, more hospitable place for foreign plant pests to thrive.

“With the current system in Europe, we continuously introduce new organisms,” La Notte says. “In the context of climate change, it will be more and more difficult to manage them.”

Data provided to the Guardian by Wopke van der Werf and Hongyu Sun, researchers at Wageningen University and Research in the Netherlands, shows that there were 1,720 recorded outbreaks of alien plant disease between 1975 and 2020 in the EU, with Italy, France and Spain accounting for half of them. 2018 was the worst year, with 115 known cases.

The data is drawn from the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO) database, which records where alien plant diseases – outbreaks caused by alien insects, pathogens and nematodes – are found for the first time or in a new region inside the union. That data is likely an underestimate: EPPO collects new findings by scanning the scientific literature and acquiring official pest reports from its member countries’ national plant protection organisations, so its reports are limited to each country’s responsiveness and interest in investigating an uncommon pest sighting.

According to La Notte, a few crops – such as grape vines – are heavily regulated. But many others, especially ornamental plants, are treated more leniently, making them potential carriers of alien plant pests. Wooden pallets, internet plant sales, and travellers carrying prohibited plants or fruits are all responsible for bringing in diseases, according to several researchers interviewed for this story.

A long trading history

For some countries, such as the Netherlands, open trade in plants is a core part of their history and economy – and they have been resistant to increased regulation. Christian Linden, the founder and CEO of IBH Export, walks around his 14,000-sq metre storage area in the Aalsmeer Flower Auction house in the Netherlands. He imports cut flowers and pot plants, mostly from Turkey and east Africa, and redistributes them around Europe.

Linden says he doesn’t know much about pathogens or bugs entering through the plant trade, but isn’t concerned because the phytosanitary authorities “are very strict”. He thinks the 2016 plant health regulation created higher protection for the EU, and points out the introduction of plant passports, which did not exist when Xylella arrived in Italy. Today, he adds, if one customer finds a disease or a bug on an imported plant, the whole shipment is tracked down and destroyed.

“When it’s necessary to protect the environment, you have to do it,” he says.

John Van Ruiten, the former director of Naktuinbouw, the Netherlands inspection service for horticulture, says their controls on imported material are strict. However, he admits it’s hard to detect everything – insects, symptoms of bacteria or viruses – especially during a visual inspection: “It is impossible that inspectors have the knowledge of all diseases in all commodities.”

Only a sample of about 2% of imported plants are inspected for the presence of symptoms, according to international protocols , says the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA). Given the number of plants that come through the main EU ports, it is “possible that new species will be introduced”.

The NVWA says it believes the Netherlands has a robust control system. For example, once certain live plants pass the border and end up in a nursery, the phytosanitary inspector rechecks them after two weeks to see if they carry any latent disease.

According to Van Ruiten, the burden of preventing disease shouldn’t fall entirely on the shoulders of the importers. He says exporting countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America should also conduct proper checks.

Balancing costs and benefits

In the port at Ravenna, phytosanitary inspector Solmi recognises the challenge. “Europe was born around the movement of goods, capital and people,” he says. “Our mission is to do our best within the open phytosanitary system because an alternative currently does not exist.”

But while the economic cost of what the EU could lose in terms of trading is substantial, so is the price of the damages caused by alien pests and diseases. How do you put a price on a lost forest of ash trees?

“The main issue on the economics is that data is kind of scarce,” says Françoise Petter, former assistant director at EPPO. The costs and benefits of a closed system have not been calculated, and it is unknown whether losses incurred by a slower trading system would be offset by the preserved value of EU agriculture and biodiversity.

“We’ve never tried to do a full comparison with a closed system,” Petter says. “That’s a little bit depressing, isn’t it?”

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Below you find the summary of the history of Wageningen University and Wageningen Research Foundation

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To explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life: that is the mission of Wageningen University & Research. A staff of 6,500 and 10,000 students from over 100 countries work everywhere around the world in the domain of healthy food and the living environment for governments and the business community-at-large.

The strength of Wageningen University & Research lies in its ability to join the forces of specialised research institutes and the university. It also lies in the combined efforts of the various fields of natural and social sciences.

The domain of Wageningen University & Research consists of three related core areas:

• Food, feed & biobased production
• Natural resources & living environment
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The campus of Wageningen University & Research measures 70.000m2 and is chosen as most sustainable university of the Netherlands. It is home to students, teachers, researchers and staff from over 103 different countries.Sports Centre de Bongerd (SCB) is the sports centre for students and staff of Wageningen University & Research. We welcome everyone who would like to become active, from beginners to accomplished athletes. Come to have fun or relax, to work on your health and endurance, to push your fitness boundaries, or to enhance your athletic performance.Several kinds of (student) sports clubs are active in and around the sports centre de Bongerd's facilities. Students who possess a WUR card whose sports rights have been activated can join these clubs for free or at a reduced rate.

The university distributes housing on a first come, first serve basis. Housing in the student residences ranges from 300 to 350 euros per month.

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Animal sciences, environmental sciences, food technology, international land and water management, marine sciences, soil, water and atmosphere, masters programs offered, aquaculture and marine resource management, biobased sciences, bioinformatics, biosystems engineering, biotechnology, climate studies, communication, health, and life science, development and rural innovation, earth and environment, food quality management, food safety, forest and nature conservation, geo-information science, international development studies, landscape architecture and planning, management, economics and consumer studies, molecular life sciences, nutrition and health, organic agriculture, plant biotechnology, plant sciences, tourism, society and environment, urban environmental management.

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Wageningen University and Research Centre, Atlas Building

A prefabricated load-bearing structure on the exterior combines with structural ramps and bridges that span a large central atrium to facilitate interaction and create a nearly column-free interior.

Wageningen University and Research Centre chose an agriculturally depleted field as the site for the Centrum de Born, its new, consolidated campus north of Wageningen, the Netherlands created in part to express the university’s developing commitment to environmental research. Rafael Viñoly Architects responded to this contextual challenge by creating a structure that answered client specifications in innovative ways.

The Atlas Building is a flexible structure, perfectly suited to its current purpose and also prepared for change. The building’s precast concrete latticework doubles as a structural exoskeleton and renders the interior almost entirely column free. The application of a cube-shaped structure with central atrium maximizes floor use and creates a spacious perambulatory atmosphere without the loss of interior square footage. To reflect a commitment to sustainability, a set of criteria was developed that called for user-controlled environments for lighting and temperature and utilized natural northern light to reduce HVAC expenditures. A vast skylit atrium encourages the creation of an interactive environment, invigorated through a series of pedestrian bridges that join the large, grade-level floor plan and functions.

Key programmatic needs were revealed with respect to the concept that lab configurations, experiments, and research initiatives are in constant flux. To address the transitory quality of research needs, laboratories can easily be converted into offices. Additionally, it was clear that circulation and common areas should be highlighted in the design. Building specifications demanded that the lowest level should hold a fully contained and controlled soil research laboratory, vibration-sensitive equipment, and climate-controlled labs, limiting floor arrangements and uses. In the final design, all of these constraints were addressed.

Further, with respect to urban planning, the university required a small building footprint and flexible partitioning, rejecting pavilion and outbuilding installations. The dramatic 89.6-meter (98-yard-long) entrance ramp leads pedestrian traffic from campus pathways to the building’s main level.

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