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Key features

Oceans, seas, estuaries and lakes are major providers of ecosystem goods and services such as food, tourism and coastal protection. In many cases, exploitation levels have bypassed the carrying capacity of these ecosystems leading to devastating effects on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning.

The master's Aquaculture and Marine Resource Management at Wageningen University and Research is a two-year MSc programme. You can specialise in Aquaculture; Marine Governance; Marine Resources and Ecology.

What makes the master's Aquaculture and Marine Resource Management unique?

Combining natural sciences and social sciences to find integrative solutions

A lot of personal contact between teachers and students, informal study culture

Research institute IMARES is part of Wageningen University & Research. This makes it possible to provide unique training opportunities in the marine field.

Internationally oriented programme

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Life History of Aquatic Organisms

Marine Systems

Trends in Aquaculture

Aquaculture

Marine Resources and Ecology

Marine Governance

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Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-15 00:00:00 , EEA/EU
- Apply before 2026-06-15 00:00:00 , National
Starting 2027-09-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-04-15 00:00:00 , International

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

On Campus

Campus Location

Wageningen, Netherlands

Disciplines

Natural Resource Management Marine Science View 8 other Masters in Marine Science in Netherlands

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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

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90

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62

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6.5

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General requirements

A WUR BSc degree in Animal Sciences, Forest and Nature Conservation, Environmental Sciences, a Dutch BSc in Biology, or equivalent.

An assessment of the student's expertise in at least: Biology (ecology, animal physiology and morphology). And two of the following four topics: Aquaculture, Chemistry, Marine governance and policy development, Natural resources management

At least one course in the previous education specifically focused on: Statistics (formulate hypotheses for population means, t-tests, confidence intervals, normal and binomial distributions), Mathematics (linear algebra, calculus, differentiation, integration, first order differential equations, systems of linear equations, vectors and vector geometry, matrices and determinants, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, functions of two variables)

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

21200 EUR / year

≈ 21200 EUR / year
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EU/EEA Nationals

2601 EUR / year

≈ 2601 EUR / year

Living costs

Wageningen

Netherlands

700 - 800 EUR / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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