{"id":5285,"date":"2022-08-17T13:53:15","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T11:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weblog.wur.eu\/international-students\/?p=5285"},"modified":"2022-08-17T13:52:51","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T11:52:51","slug":"structure-of-education-at-wageningen-university-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weblog.wur.eu\/international-students\/2022\/08\/17\/structure-of-education-at-wageningen-university-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Structure of education at Wageningen University &amp; Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New students often ask how the academic year at Wageningen University &amp; Research is organised. The education system at the university mostly differs from what they&#8217;re used to in their home country.<\/p>\n<p>In Wageningen, there are 6 periods in an academic year. This might sound like a lot but it&#8217;s actually quite nice. Since you finish the periods with exams you don&#8217;t have to do them all at once at the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the videos below to get a better understanding of the academic year. Also, international student Samuel already gave some great insides on how the structure of periods looks like at the university. <a href=\"https:\/\/weblog.wur.eu\/international-students\/2021\/07\/07\/the-structure-of-the-periods-at-wur\/\">Don&#8217;t forget to read his useful blog and his tips<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h1>Structure of education bachelor&#8217;s programmes<\/h1>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Structure of education of WUR bachelor&#039;s programmes | WURtube\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MVx4qZD0rTg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1>Structure of education master&#8217;s programmes<\/h1>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Structure of education of WUR master&#039;s programmes | WURtube\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z_Ge-7vk8JY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New students often ask how the academic year at Wageningen University &amp; Research is organised. 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