International Agribusiness and Trade

These are exciting times. Climate change, CO2-emissions, world food supply challenges, cultural differences; challenges galore when looking at our future. This means that there are plenty of challenges, especially for students of International Agribusiness and Trade (IAT). Students who will come up with future-proof but above all future-defining solutions for us and our world. Solutions with sustainable impact. Real game changers to be sure.

Precisely because the IAT programme is so individually structured, it offers you every opportunity to develop your own ideal combination of knowledge and skills. For instance, in the field of commerce and management, but also where more sector-specific technical knowledge about food, horticulture and flowers is concerned.

Specialisations

In your first IAT year of study, flowers, food and wood sectors will be covered. This is to foster a broader understanding of the agribusiness sector as a whole.

Starting in the second year of study, you have multiole options:

• focus on the food business
• focus on the flower business
• focus on the wood business
• haven’t made a choice yet - simply continue with a wide scope

In addition, your skills in areas such as sustainability, research, and entrepreneurship are expanded step by step throughout the programme. All this to give you every opportunity to discover and develop your own entrepreneurial qualities, set your business goals and, most importantly, be able to achieve them.

Students from all over the world, lecturers from all over the world... An international crowd, an international setting, the IAT programme. With the goal throughout the study: to develop and roll out sustainable, innovative and resilient business models based on ‘best practices’.
Furthermore, starting in the second year of study, the programme offers the opportunity to increasingly specialise in the agribusiness sector. You can therefore choose from sector-specific projects, minor programmes, work placements and thesis topics.

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Kastu feedback about the program after the visit

• It’s still business program and people shouldn‘t be scared of the word „agribusiness“. They will still be able to work in an office with a suit. And this program could have additional advantage in the job market of business management specialists with the very specific knowledge of agriculture products and processes, especially if someone is planning to stay in the Netherlands.
• The students become experts knowing the whole process of agriculture, so this way they can be advisors of various agribusiness products, after finishing this program they will be able to sell the products better because of their knowledge related to the processes: how it‘s made and etc.
• VHL are in touch with local companies, so students do practical assignments with them.