WURth-while

WURth-while is an initiative started by a group of people from WUR and the Dutch Council for Refugees (Vluchtelingenwerk Oost Nederland). It provides refugees access to some free courses at the University. Participants can get an orientation of about 3 or 4 courses (from which they can get an official print-out of their study-results), but they are not eligible to get a full degree via WURth-while. For taking a full study program (MSc or BSc degree) we advise them to contact the UAF.

Note: Participation is ONLY possible for people who live less than 1 hour travel time from Wageningen!

We aim to enable refugees to continue developing themselves, as well as becoming part of the society. This is beneficial to the well-being of individual refugees as well as to society in general. Research shows that exclusion decreases the long-term chances for participation both in the labour market, and in other roles in society. WURth-while therefore aims to include refugees in the society by staying actively involved with their field of studies, with students and professors in Wageningen. The first evaluation confirms that WURth-while participants experienced various benefits of being included and welcomed at the University. In this way WURth-while helps newcomers to make constructive use of the waiting period.

WURth-while students can participate in BSc and MSc course of Wageningen University after being admitted by the coordinators of WURth-while and the course itself.

How to select a course

• This pdf provides instructions on how to select a suitable course for you, step-by-step (In case you can't open the pdf, see the following steps to select a course)
• Go to the course catalogue, there you can find all the courses
• To filter for courses of your interest, select a chair group on the left in the course catalogue
• Also select the period for which you want to apply (for dates see calendar below)
• Choose a course that interests you, you can follow per period

Please keep the registration deadlines in mind. Applications received after the deadline cannot be considered. If the course has a maximum number of participants, the deadline is a week earlier. This is indicated in the course catalogue.