Bachelor's Animal Sciences

Wageningen University & Research · Wageningen, Netherlands

Level
Bachelor's
Award
BACHELOR
Study mode
Full-time
Campus
Wageningen
Credits
180 ECTS_PUNT

Wageningen University & Research does not publish a fee for this programme on its own. Its published rate for bachelor's programmes is €18,300 a year for international students.

About this programme

The BSc programme Animal Sciences is an international academic programme in applied animal biology. The programme is directed to all types of domesticated animals such as livestock (farm animals, mainly cattle, pigs and poultry), fish (including fisheries), companion animals (horses, dogs and cats) and zoo-animals, in any function for human use and well-being. Examples of such functions are food production, companionship, sports, processing of waste, nature conservation and educational and recreational purposes. The programme is disciplinary oriented and focuses on aspects such as animal health and welfare, genetics, nutrition, environmental and animal ethics issues. Students are particularly trained to become aware of the need for multidisciplinary approaches in animal sciences. All education is in English. The objective of the programme is to educate academic professionals who are able to explore sustainable development options for complex, society driven problems of a wide range of animal husbandry systems. Development of such systems is constrained by technical factors (such as feed supply, animal health, level of management or genetic diversity) and by infra-structural, ecological and socio-economic factors. E.g. animal-human interactions become increasingly important in high-income developed countries, whereas food security in terms of animal protein is still key issue in developing countries worldwide. Animal health and welfare play a key role in this field, focu

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