Overview

Meet demands for yield, disease resistance, quality traits, and sustainability. Explore molecular to population-level aspects.

Gain knowledge in plant physiology, ecology, and genetics. Utilise molecular techniques for rapid gene identification and marker-assisted breeding. Register now for Wageningen University and Research 's Plant Breeding (Online) course.

Future career

Graduates from the Plant Breeding (Online) programme from Wageningen University and Research have excellent career prospects and most of them receive job offers before graduation. They are university trained professionals who are able to contribute to the sustainable development of plant production at various integration levels based on their knowledge of fundamental and applied plant sciences and their interdisciplinary approach.

Graduates with a research focus are employed at universities, research institutes and plant breeding or agribusiness companies. Other job opportunities are in management, policy, consultancy and communication in agribusiness and (non-) governmental organisations.

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Plant Breeding

Plant Pathology and Disease Epidemiology

Genetics

Plant Biotechnology

Advanced Statistics Distance Learning

Quantitative & Population Genetics

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Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-15 00:00:00 , EEA/EU
- Apply before 2026-04-15 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2026-06-15 00:00:00 , National

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

90

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PTE Academic

62

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

120 ECTS

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

Wageningen, Netherlands

Disciplines

Botany

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

90

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PTE Academic

62

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IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

A WUR BSc degree in Plant Sciences, a Dutch BSc in Biology, or equivalent.

The norm for this equivalence is an assessment of the student’s expertise in the following three topics:

Biology (plant physiology, genetics, molecular biology)

Statistics (formulate hypotheses for population means, t-tests, confidence intervals, binomial and normal distributions)

Research methodology

Transcript of records displaying the content of previous course subjects and project work;

Curriculum vitae displaying relevant work, internship and/or project experience on an academic level in a relevant field if applicable.

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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

11330 EUR / year

≈ 11330 EUR / year
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EU/EEA Nationals

2601 EUR / year

≈ 2601 EUR / year

Funding

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Disciplines

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Academic requirements

English requirements

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General requirements

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