Van Hall Larenstein University of Professional Education focuses on integrated regional development, animal management, and nutrition and health. It is a key teaching, training, and research centre offering Bachelor, Master and Specialist Certificate programmes.
These activities are complemented by in-service training courses, applied research, and consultancy services in these fields.
Specialist certificate programma
Bio-energy
Students develop the competence to assess technological and economic efficiency and the social acceptance of sustainable energy use in a manner which strike a balance between social development (people) and environmental quality (planet).
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Course dates 01/09/08 until 31/07/09
Location Leeuwarden (NL)
Fee/euro € 5500
Application deadline with NFP funding 01/02/08
Application deadline non NFP funding 15/05/08
Theme B5
Biotechnology
Biotechnologists carry out research work concerning the development of some technique. They usually work in teams. They investigate or devise strategies, formulated by research questions.
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Course dates 01/09/08 until 31/07/09
Location Leeuwarden (NL)
Fee/euro € 5500
Application deadline with NFP funding 01/02/08
Application deadline non NFP funding 15/05/08
Theme B5
Coastal zone management
Students will gain insight into civil engineering, tourism, ecology, law, fisheries, economics, transport and the environment. Communication and management skills play an important role in the programme.
Course dates 01/09/08 until 31/07/09
Location Leeuwarden (NL)
Fee/euro € 5500
Application deadline with NFP funding 01/02/08
Application deadline non NFP funding 15/05/08
Theme C1
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Environmental policy and management
Participants are able to deal with issues of environmental policy and management from an international perspective. They can solve problems within a framework of sustainable development and are able to function effectively in international teams.
Course dates 01/09/08 until 31/07/09
Location Leeuwarden (NL)
Fee/euro € 5500
Application deadline with NFP funding 01/02/08
Application deadline non NFP funding 15/05/08
Theme B1
Environmental sciences
Participants will gain insight in the broad field of environmental sciences and the environmental themes that are of international importance. Sustainable development is an essential theme. After the programme the participants will be able to analyze, design, and implement strategies to protect and enhance the environment within a framework of sustainable development.
Course dates 01/09/08 until 31/07/09
Location Leeuwarden (NL)
Fee/euro € 5500
Application deadline with NFP funding 01/02/08
Application deadline non NFP funding 15/05/08
Theme B1
sciences1
Environmental technology
Participants will gain insight in the main environmental technologies. They will be able to use these technologies to analyze, design and implement strategies to enhance the quality of soil, water, air and communities. They can do this within a framework of sustainable development.
Course dates 01/09/08 until 31/07/09
Location Leeuwarden (NL)
Fee/euro € 5500
Application deadline with NFP funding 01/02/08
Application deadline non NFP funding 15/05/08
Theme B1
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Food & agribusiness management
Participants will gain insight in the main aspects of food and agribusiness such as quality systems, product export, human resource management, consumer demands, demand & supply chain management, strategic management and policy development, set in an international business environment
Course dates 01/09/08 until 31/07/09
Location Leeuwarden (NL)
Fee/euro € 5500
Application deadline with NFP funding 01/02/08
Application deadline non NFP funding 15/05/08
Theme B6
Food science and technology
Participants will gain insight in and develop skills in the main aspects of agricultural/food consumer chain management and control, including policy making, product development, quality control, entrepreneurship, marketing and management.
Course dates 01/09/08 until 31/07/09
Location Leeuwarden (NL)
Fee/euro € 5500
Application deadline with NFP funding 01/02/08
Application deadline non NFP funding 15/05/08
Theme B6
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Geo-information studies1
Geo-information studies
Participants with a background in one of the natural sciences will be able to apply GIS to solving problems in their own area of expertise.
Course dates 01/09/08 until 31/07/09
Location Leeuwarden (NL)
Fee/euro € 5500
Application deadline with NFP funding 01/02/08
Application deadline non NFP funding 15/05/08
Theme B1
Integrated wetland management
Students develop the competences necessary for integrated management of wetlands, striking a balance between social development (people) and environmental quality (planet) and economic efficiency (profit).
Course dates 01/09/08 until 31/07/09
Location Leeuwarden (NL)
Fee/euro € 5500
Application deadline with NFP funding 01/02/08
Application deadline non NFP funding 15/05/08
Theme C4
Nature and Wildlife management
Participants are able to deal with issues of nature and wildlife management from an international perspective. They can solve problems against a background of sustainable development and are able to function effectively in international teams.
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Course dates 01/09/08 until 31/07/09
Location Leeuwarden (NL)
Fee/euro € 5500
Application deadline with NFP funding 01/02/08
Application deadline non NFP funding 15/05/08
Theme B1, B3
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Rural resource management
Participants are able to analyze rural development issues and design integrated solutions within a framework of sustainable development. They are able to function effectively in international teams.
Course dates 01/09/08 until 31/07/09
Location Leeuwarden (NL)
Fee/euro € 5500
Application deadline with NFP funding 01/02/08
Application deadline non NFP funding 15/05/08
Theme B1
Sustainable arable cropping and horticulture
Students develop competencies in sustainable farm management which consist of applying knowledge, skills and attitudes in a professional work environment.
Course dates 01/09/08 until 31/07/09
Location Leeuwarden (NL)
Fee/euro € 5500
Application deadline with NFP funding 01/02/08
Application deadline non NFP funding 15/05/08
Theme B1
Sustainable soil management
Participants will gain insight in the problems of sustainable soil management. They will be able to analyze, design, and implement strategies for protecting and enhancing the quality of the soil in natural areas and areas dominated by human influence.
Course dates 01/09/08 until 31/07/09
Location Leeuwarden (NL)
Fee/euro € 5500
Application deadline with NFP funding 01/02/08
Application deadline non NFP funding 15/05/08
Theme B1
soil management1
Food & agribusiness management1
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Post-graduate degree courses
European MBA in food and agribusiness
The MBA is a practical, industry-oriented qualification with a solid academic underpinning. Designed for students intending to reach senior management positions, it is also suitable for academics, planners and consultants in the agrifood sector. It offers non-European citizens invaluable contact with the European marketplace, and the creation of career opportunities and trade links.
Course dates 01/09/08 until 31/07/09
Location Leeuwarden (NL)
Fee/euro € 8500
Application deadline with NFP funding 01/02/08
Application deadline non NFP funding 15/05/08
Theme B6
M MBA in food and agribusiness2
Management of development
This course focuses on professionals in development organizations, who, upon enrolment, will already be working as midlevel managers. Typically, they will be responsible for human resource development and training, as well as gender mainstreaming. Within their organization???s policies and programmes they will also be responsible for incorporating the consequences of AIDS to the livelihood of rural people. Training in management theories and approaches, communication and leadership, capacity building and self-development takes place in four specializations: (i) Social Inclusion, Gender and Rural Livelihoods (former GEA), (ii) Training, Rural Extension and Transformation, (iii)International Agriculture and (iv) Rural Development and HIV/AIDS.
Course dates 01/09/08 until 31/07/09
Location Wageningen (NL)
Fee/euro € 8500
Application deadline with NFP funding 01/02/08
Application deadline non NFP funding 15/05/08
Theme A15
Agricultural production chain management( with three specializations)
This course is intended for development specialists working in organizations dealing with agricultural production, processing, marketing, quality control and logistics. Typically, such work will confront them with complex problems that require new thinking and new approaches ??? providing services on the basis of demand, for example, rather than on the basis of production. The programme has three specializations: (i) Livestock Chains, (ii)
Horticulture Chains and (iii) Post-harvest Technology and Logistics.
Course dates 01/09/08 until 31/07/09
Location Leeuwarden (NL)
Fee/euro € 8500
Application deadline with NFP funding 01/02/08
Application deadline non NFP funding 15/05/08
Theme B6