Wageningen University is one of the leading centres in Nutrition Sciences in Europe and the world. The university is listed as the
number 2  in the world in the field of Food Science and Nutrition (source: www.cest.ch) and the first in Europe. The ISI Web of Science
(www.isinet.com)  lists Wageningen University as third in the world, but as second university.

The history of the Nutrition & Health programme at Wageningen University goes back for 40 years; it is considered to be one of the best
and most innovative programmes in its field in Europe.

Research in Nutrition and Health in Wageningen covers all areas within the field. From advanced Nutrigenomics research (member of
EU-network of excellence), to sociological considerations of Nutrition behaviour, Wageningen studies Nutrition & Health at the (sub)cellular,
individual and population level. These fields of interest are represented by the different specialisations of the MSc. More information on the
different specialisations, click on the 'specialisations' button in the menu on the left.

Moreover, close co-operation with other MSc-programmes in Wageningen, allow students to operate on the interface of Nutrition with
other disciplines. Examples can be found in Master-theses supervised in colaboration between the divisions of Human Nutrition and
Communication Sciences. Cooperation between the Laboratory of biochemistry and the molecular nutrition group is another example.

Because the field of Nutrition & Health is a very broad field, students are required to choose one of the specialisations offered within
the programme.