With the increasing global demand for sustainable and responsible animal production systems, understanding animal biology, welfare, and management is more important than ever. The master’s Animal Sciences at Wageningen University & Research is a unique and internationally oriented programme that prepares you to tackle complex challenges in livestock, companion animal sectors, and wildlife. Are you ready to build a career that advances sustainable and ethical animal systems worldwide? Today’s professionals in livestock, aquaculture and companion animal sectors need a strong scientific foundation and a critical mindset to address the challenges of sustainable animal husbandry.
What will you study during this Master’s?
The animal-human interaction plays an important role in this study programme. Themes like animal nutrition, animal health, animal welfare, levels of management, genetic diversity and socio-economic factors are all widely discussed. In that you can tackle problems related to sustainable livestock development as well as for management systems of livestock, companion and zoo animals. Want to make your contribution to worldwide sustainable and responsible animal husbandry? Then the master's Animal Sciences is for you! Turn your passion for animals into your dream career!
Why this programme?
- You are able to design your own curriculum and where you want to specialise. It is also possible to combine it with other disciplines.
- International orientation and collaborations with other universities will give you the opportunity to study, do your internship or write your thesis abroad. In that way, you improve your skill set, and be prepared for a broad career perspective of animal sciences.
- Take part of a university consistently ranked among the global best in life sciences, backed by renowned research groups. You will have access to cutting-edge facilities, like an animal research facility centre with unique climate respiration chambers.
- Create modern, efficient and humane ways (ethical methods) to care for and manage future animal husbandry systems for livestock, companion, zoo and wild animals around the world. Unique, because you can decide on which you would like to focus. Zoom in on cell level or zoom out on population level.
