Our Courses

Understanding Nuclear Energy

Learn the science and technology behind nuclear energy and the special features of this energy source.

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• English

Advanced Bayesian Statistics Using R

Now that you know the basics of Bayesian inference, dive deeper to explore its richness and flexibility more fully. Let’s take a closer look at modeling latent variables, Bayesian model averaging, generalised linear models, and MCMC methods

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• 21
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Noongar Language and Culture

Learn about the Noongar people of Western Australia, their culture and their language.

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• 23
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Introduction to Bayesian Statistics Using R

Learn the fundamentals of Bayesian approach to data analysis, and practice answering real life questions using R.

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• 14
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Shakespeare Matters

Learn about Shakespeare’s plays and their influence through a focus on emotions such as love, hate, and jealousy.

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• 13
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Ruralization: Creating New Opportunities in Rural Areas

Analyze trends and dynamics of rural regions and learn to formulate ideas, strategies and actions to boost rural development, with a particular focus on younger generations.

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• 21
• English

Sustainable Urban Development

Learn why cities are key in resolving global urbanization and sustainability challenges and how you can engineer tomorrow’s cities today.

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• 32
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Co-Creating Sustainable Cities

Sustainability is a result of the interplay between technology, policy and people’s daily lives. Understanding this interplay is essential for creating sustainable cities. Learn how citizen’s co-creation is key in making cities worldwide more sustainable in this open and online course.

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• 18
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Environmental Gamechanger - Lead the Way to Sustainable Development

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• 27
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Computational Neuroscience: Neuronal Dynamics of Cognition

This course explains the mathematical and computational models that are used in the field of theoretical neuroscience to analyze the collective dynamics of thousands of interacting neurons.

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• 25
• English

Room for Rivers: Perspectives on River Basin Management

Learn from the experience of the Netherlands-based “Room for the River” program devising sustainable river and delta solutions in times of climate change.

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• 30
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Cellular Mechanisms of Brain Function

This course aims for a mechanistic description of mammalian brain function at the level of individual nerve cells and their synaptic interactions.

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• 18
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Energy Demand in Buildings

Discover how building design and occupancy determines the energy demand in buildings and learn how to (re)design low energy buildings.

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• 27
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Modelling with Differential Equations

How do populations grow? How do viruses spread? What is the trajectory of a glider? Introduce yourself to the modelling cycle which includes: analyzing a problem, formulating it as a mathematical model, calculating solutions and validating your results.

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• 30
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Energy Supply Systems for Buildings

Discover how to convert natural resources into heat, cold and electricity, what the capabilities of renewable systems are, how to match energy supply with buildings’ energy demand, and what that means for energy efficiency and carbon emissions.

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• 30
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Comfort and Health in Buildings

Learn how to realize thermally comfortable and healthy buildings and how energy technologies impact comfort.

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• 49
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The Science of Beer

Are you interested in more than just the taste of beer? Discover what's in your beer, how it's made and marketed and the effect it has on your body and health.

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• 49
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Drainage in Agriculture: controlling water and salt levels in the soil

Get prepared for heavier rainfall and the increasing demand for food! The #1 Agricultural University of the world will teach you how to design and implement effective drainage systems in agriculture. You will learn how to create a perfect soil profile for optimal growing conditions for a crop and help feed the growing world population. Enroll now and prepare for the effects of climate change by draining excess water.

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• 15
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Sustainable Building with Timber

Innovations in architecture, engineering and manufacturing make it feasible to construct almost any building in timber, including high-rise structures. Discover how this way of building could help solve our climate, resource and housing related challenges.

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• 49
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Ethical Decision-Making: Labor and Production Dilemmas

Labor and production standards, meant to ensure the safety of workers and consumers, are neither universally accepted nor always enforced. Where local governments fail to act, global corporations may receive pressure to step in. In this course, you will consider ethical questions about the role of international businesses in preventing harm abroad.

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Urban Rewilding: Restore Your Local Ecosystem

Would you like to see your neighbourhood become more liveable and sustainable? To alleviate city-specific challenges – from urban heat islands to mental health issues – we need to first change our minds. From wanting to control nature to leveraging its power, we need to allow nature to do what it does best: grow. Join Wageningen University & Research and rewild your city. With gardens, parks and ponds, with indigenous plants and animals, we will see both ecosystems and our living environment restored. Enroll now.

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• 76
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Machine Learning for Semiconductor Quantum Devices

Learn how to deploy artificial intelligence to control and calibrate semiconductor quantum computing chips

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• 27
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Ethical Decision-Making: Cultural and Environmental Impact

International corporations can trigger significant cultural shifts and environmental impacts. For example, when foreign corporations set up large mineral extraction operations in developing countries, both culture and environment are altered. Ethical concerns arise when manipulative marketing techniques are used to mislead foreign consumers, especially about potentially harmful products. In this course, you will consider the ethics of these types of global influence.

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Geoscience: the Earth and its Resources

Your introduction to modern Earth Sciences with application to the Geology of hydrocarbon and geothermal energy.

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• 30
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Façade design and engineering: complexity made simple

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• 27
• English