Information about Programme Committees.

Programme Committees (PC)

The primary task of a PC is to advise on enhancing and assuring the quality of its accompanying bachelor and/or master programme(s) at Wageningen University. This advice is given to the Board of Education (BoE) or Programme Director (PD). The BoE is the single board for all degree programmes at the university, established by the Executive Board. PC members are appointed by the BoE.

Each PC consists of 6, 8 or 10 members, half staff members and half students. The term for members is two years and they can be reappointed twice. Most PC’s have an agenda committee consisting of one student member, one staff member and the programme director. The regulations may be different for the joint degrees.

Role of the PC

The core task of the PC is laid down in the Higher Education and Scientific Research Act (WHW). More specifically, this Act lists the following tasks of the PC:

• Regarding the Education and Examination Regulations (EER):
  • Exercise right of consent with regard to parts of the EER
  • Exercise right to advise with regard to other parts of the EER
  • Annually assess how the EER is implemented
• Offer solicited or unsolicited advice or put forward proposals to the BoE, the programme director and the Executive Board ‘on all matters relating to education in the relevant degree programme’.
  
  

In addition, the University's Management and Administration Regulations (BBR) list the following duties:

• Advise on the vision for the degree programme(s);
• Putting forward proposals to the BoE concerning the design of degree programmes, including proposals regarding the competencies to be developed, the development of the programme(s) according to the wishes of the students and the professional field, and the consequences that this has for the structure of the programme(s);
• Assessing the quality of education provided (including the assessment) and advising the BoE and the programme director in this regard.

The purpose of the PC is therefore to promote and safeguard the quality of the degree programme(s). This means that anything related to the quality of the degree programme(s) should be open to discussion within the PC and with its dialogue partners. In this context, the opinions of student members and staff members carry equal weight.
 

Overview of all 25 Programme Committees of Wageningen University

Social Sciences

• OC BCL/BGM/MCH:

  • BSc Communication & Life Sciences
  • BSc Health & Society, MSc Communication
  • Health & Life Sciences

• OC BBC/BEB/MME:

  • BSc Management
  • Economics & Consumer Studies
  • BSc Economics & Policy
  • MSc Management
  • Economics and Consumer Studies

• OC BIN/MID:

  • BSc International Development Studies
  • MSc International Development Studies

• OC MDR:

  • MSc Development & Rural Innovation
    
    

Life Sciences

• OC BBI/MBI

  • BSc Biology
  • MSc Biology

• OC MAM:

  • MSc Aquaculture & Marine Resource Management

• OC BAS/MAS:

  • BSc Animal Sciences
  • MSc Animal Sciences

• OC BPW/MPB/MPS:

  • BSc Plant Sciences
  • MSc Plant Biotechnology
  • MSc Plant Sciences

• OC MRF:

  • MSc Resilient Farming & Food systems
    
    

Food & Nutrition

• OC BML/MML:

  • BSc Molecular Life Sciences
  • MSc Molecular Life Sciences

• OC BDS/MDS:

  • BSc Data Science
  • MSc Data Science for Food & Health

• OC BAT/MBE:

  • BSc Agrotechnology
  • MSc Biosystems Engineering

• OC MBS:

  • MSc Biobased Sciences

• OC BBT/MBT/MBF:

  • BSc Biotechnology
  • MSc Biotechnology
  • MSc Bioinformatics

• OC MFQ/MFS:

  • MSc Food Quality Management
  • MSc Food Safety

• OC BFT/MFT:

  • BSc Food Technology
  • MSc Food Technology

• OC BVG/MNH:

  • BSc Nutrition & Health
  • MSc Nutrition & Health
    
    

Environmental Sciences

• OC BES/MES/MUE:

  • BSc Environmental Sciences
  • MSc Environmental Sciences
  • MSc Urban Environmental Management

• OC BSW/MEE:

  • BSc Soil, Water
  • Atmosphere, MSc Earth & Environment

• OC MGI:

  • MSc Geo-Information Science

• OC BBN/MFN:

  • BSc Forest & Nature Conservation
  • MSc Forest & Nature Conservation

• OC MCL:

  • MSc Climate Studies

• OC BLP/MLP:

  • BSc Landscape Architecture & Spatial Planning
  • MSc Landscape Architecture & Spatial Planning

• OC BIL/MIL:

  • BSc International Land & Water Management
  • MSc International Land & Water Management

• OC MTO:

  • MSc Leisure, Tourism & Environment
    
    

If you have any questions or would like to know more, please contact Lonneke Bentinck, secretary to the programme committees.

Also see: Relevant courses for members of Participation Bodies at WUR.