About 6500 students including international MSc and PhD students are currently enrolled in the university and it employs about 700 teaching staff, among whom there are more than 100 full professors. Many have extensive international experience obtained through bilateral and multilateral cooperation projects, consultancies and staff development in developing countries and through staff exchange programmes worldwide. Wageningen University attracts a steady stream of visiting professors, Erasmus, MSc, Tempus and Ph.D. students from all over the world and is involved in research projects in many countries. Supporting basic sciences such as mathematics, statistics, chemistry and basic life sciences are part of the curriculum. The university and research institutes in Wageningen clearly make their mark on this town of 35,000 people.
Most students live in one of the student apartment buildings.
Lovers of theatre, music, lectures, film, art and other cultural activities will find that Wageningen has plenty to offer. Students can also make use of the excellent sports facilities in Wageningen. Finally, nothing is far away from Wageningen. The cities of Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague are only one or two hours' drive away.