Scientific courses open for registration
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Advanced Organic Chemistry (AOC25-26)
29 September 2025 - Advanced course for PhD candidates with a solid background and interest in Organic Chemistry, who are intrinsically motivated to develop an advanced... -
Advanced Course Bioprocess Design
06 October 2025 - With recent advances in molecular biology and a growing biomass availability for use as industrial feedstock, the bio-based economy is getting a wider... -
Rheology: The do's and don'ts
06 October 2025 - Participants will learn how to identify typical material characteristics in rheological data (yield stress, shear thinning, fracture, etc.). -
Reaction kinetics in food science
13 October 2025 - 13th edition
The use of kinetics is necessary for many aspects of food research. Enzymatic, chemical, physical and microbial reactions in foods occur... -
Big Data Analysis in the Life Sciences
20 October 2025 - Technological and scientific advances have pushed the Life Sciences into the BIG data era. The increased volume and heterogeneity of available data... -
Stable Isotope Methods in Nutrition Research
27 October 2025 - The course will provide advanced understanding of the principles and concepts of different stable isotope techniques in nutrition research. -
Enhancing food supply chain integrity- the role of blockchain in traceability
04 November 2025 - Have you ever heard of blockchain and the possibilities in the agri-food chain, but would you like to know more about the topic? Then this course is... -
Advanced Food Analysis
08 December 2025 - 10th advanced course on analytical techniques used in compositional analysis of food -
Microscopy and spectroscopy in food and plant sciences (MSFP26)
02 February 2026 - The course will cover the theory and practice of several advanced microscopic and micro-spectroscopic techniques that have a wide range of... -
Food Proteins (FP26)
09 February 2026 - This course provides an overview of the extraction process, chemistry, composition, and structure-function properties of proteins from different...
Overview of all VLAG courses regularly organised
VLAG Graduate School organises a large number of advanced discipline-specific courses. Topics covered by these courses are of particular interest to the research groups within VLAG. Some courses are given annually, but most courses are organised every two or three years. For an overview of all courses regularly organised by VLAG take a look in Long-term course planning.