Wageningen University Courses

Sustainable Food Security: Food Access

8 ratings at edX

Who decides what food is on your plate? Understand the basics of access to food and food decision-making from a multilevel perspective in this course. This online course is offered as a MOOC, and is part of the XSeries Sustainable Food Security.

• edX
• 6 weeks, 6-8 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Sustainable Urban Development

28 ratings at edX

Learn why cities are key in resolving global urbanization and sustainability challenges and how you can engineer tomorrow’s cities today.

• edX
• 7 weeks, 4-6 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Entrepreneurship for Engineers

5 ratings at edX

A toolbox for building a technology startup from idea to execution.

• edX
• 8 weeks, 2-3 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

The Science of Beer

1 rating

Are you interested in more than just the taste of beer? Discover what's in your beer, how it's made and marketed and the effect it has on your body and health.

• edX
• 6 weeks, 2-4 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Genetic Models for Animal Breeding

11 ratings at edX

Understand the genetic and statistic principles that enable responsible animal breeding. Learn how to set up a breeding programme and apply genetic models and tools to predict the breeding value. Subscribe to this online course now.

• edX
• 6 weeks, 4-6 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Tourism and Climate Change

1 rating

Explore the complex relationship between tourism and climate change, learning about impacts, mitigation strategies, and future challenges to drive sustainability in the industry.

• edX
• 5 weeks, 2-4 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Sustainable Soil Management: Soil for life

25 ratings at edX

Explore soil's vital role, threats to its health, and sustainable management practices. Gain hands-on experience through experiments and games while learning to protect this crucial natural resource.

• edX
• 7 weeks, 8-10 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Credential

Food, Nutrition and Health

1 rating

Comprehensive exploration of nutrition science, covering macro/micronutrients, energy balance, and health impacts. Develop critical thinking skills to evaluate food-related information and combat nutrition misinformation.

• edX
• 16 weeks, 6-8 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• $498.00
• 2 courses

Nutrition for Healthy Ageing

26 ratings at edX

What you eat and how you live has a big impact on your physical and mental health. But can it also slow down ageing? Be empowered by the science behind diet and the ageing body. Join us and learn to take control of your ageing process!

• edX
• 6 weeks, 4-5 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Agricultural Water Management: Water,-Society and Technology Interactions

16 ratings at edX

Explore agricultural water management's role in sustainable food and water supplies, integrating technical aspects, institutional perspectives, and real-world applications through a Moroccan case study.

• edX
• 10 weeks, 4-5 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Biorefinery: From Biomass to Building Blocks of Biobased Products

15 ratings at edX

Learn how to design an effective biorefinery to obtain valuable components from various biobased feedstocks such as plants, organisms and waste streams.

• edX
• 7 weeks, 12-20 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Drones for Agriculture: Prepare and Design Your Drone (UAV) Mission

12 ratings at edX

Take a dive and expand your knowledge about drones en drone technology. Learn how to prepare and execute a flight mission with an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and how to use, process and understand the collected drone data for your own applications.

• edX
• 3 weeks, 4-8 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Catalytic Conversions for Biobased Chemicals and Products

12 ratings at edX

Design new (bio)catalytic conversion routes that allow you to use biobased feedstocks to their highest potential as building blocks for chemicals, materials and fuels.

• edX
• 5 weeks, 12-16 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Circular Economy: An Interdisciplinary Approach

12 ratings at edX

Join the transition towards a circular economy considering economic, supply chain, social, technical, managerial and environmental aspects.

• edX
• 6 weeks, 16-24 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Big Data for Agri-Food: Principles and Tools

11 ratings at edX

Explore big data principles and tools for agri-food, focusing on scalable solutions for managing large datasets. Learn to apply technologies like Python, Hadoop, and Apache Spark to unlock insights in agriculture.

• edX
• 6 weeks, 6-10 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)