In this section you can find contact addresses and links of a wide variety of organisations, societies and services that might be of use to you during your PhD study in Wageningen. A lot of this information extended with a brief explanation can also be found in the “Wageningen University PhD guide". We advise all starting PhDs to read the Wageningen University PhD guide as it contains a lot of practical information that makes you familiar with the PhD programme at WUR and the city of Wageningen. If you would like to have a copy of the PhD guide, please send an email to claudius.vandevijver@wur.nl.
The Euraxess web-site (www.euraxess.nl) provides international researchers with free information about living and working in the Netherlands. This includes topics such as: rules and regulations, immigration procedures, social security, taxation, health insurance, and more. Moreover, it also offers an extensive jobs database (in cooperation with Academic Transfer), a helpdesk service (via email or phone) and a two-monthly newsletter. Also see the Euraxess flyer.
Important contacts:
Student physician: Andre Godkewitsch (Andre.Godkewitsch@wur.nl), telephone: 0317-484022
Student psychologist: Ben Riksen (Ben.Riksen@wur.nl, telephone: 0317-482027
Confidential advisor Graduate school PE&RC: Claudius van de Vijver (Claudius.vandeVijver@wur.nl), telephone: 0317-485116
Social Workers for Wageningen University Staff (email: bedrijfsmaatschappelijkwerk@wur.nl), telephone: 0317-474158
Important websites:
University Sport Centre “De Bongerd”
IDEALIS (Social Housing Corporation Wageningen)
Language courses at Language Services
For scientific information: WUR library
For leisure time reading: Wageningen Public Library (Openbare Bibliotheek Wageningen)
Foreign Embassies and Consulates in the Netherlands (http://213.53.163.217/cccd/default.aspx)