Wageningen University and Research, also known as WUR, is an organization made up of a public technical research university and a non-profit research institute in Wageningen in the Netherlands. It specializes in life sciences with a focus on agriculture, technical and engineering subjects, and it is a globally important center for life sciences and agricultural research. It lies in a region known as the Food Valley. The organization consists of Wageningen University and the Wageningen Research Foundation, which includes former agricultural research institutes of the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture. The university is widely known for agriculture, forestry and environmental studies.
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located in Wageningen, Netherlands
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1876 as an agricultural college. Recognized in 1918 as a public university
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located in Wageningen, Netherlands
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Wageningen University Delft School of Microbiology (founder)
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Wageningen University, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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