Opening of the AID 2025 – theme: Radiate. Photo Resource The AID kicked off this afternoon. 1663 participants registered for the introduction week, during which they will get to know the campus and the city. Resource took a closer look at the numbers: who are these new students and where do they come from?
This year, the AID welcomes slightly more women than men to the Wageningen campus. The average age of the new students is 20. There are also outliers: five AID participants are only 16 years old. A total of 138 are not yet legally adults. There are also 26 participants over the age of 30 and even three over the age of 40.
Far or further away from home
Of all AID participants, 1154 have the Dutch nationality. They come from all parts of the country – from Texel to Vaals and from Eemsdelta to Sluis. The municipality of Utrecht tops the list: this municipality provides 44 AID participants, closely followed by Amsterdam and – closer to the campus – Nijmegen. Check the figure below to see how many AID participants come from which municipality.
The AID participants who are of non-Dutch nationality also come from all over the world. Italy, Germany and India each account for more than 50 participants, each representing roughly ten per cent of the international AID participants. While the Netherlands’ eastern neighbour delivers many students, only 14 Belgian southern neighbours are participating in the AID. In terms of crow-fly distance, the students from Australia (3), New Zealand (2) and Chile (2) are furthest away from home.
Studies
It is not yet entirely clear what these prospective students will be studying in September. Students can still enroll until 1 September. Nevertheless, the pre-enrolments give a good idea of the courses the new students will be taking.
