Mission and vision

With leading green education and applied research in the fields of agriculture, animal, food, a healthy living environment and technology, we contribute to a sustainable society and the associated green transitions. Firmly embedded in society and the professional field, we train pupils, students and course participants to become critical global citizens and challenge them as (prospective) professionals to build tomorrow’s liveable and future-proof world based on well-founded knowledge.

Society is confronted with major transitions. The urgency to become more sustainable is high. Themes such as climate, a healthy living environment, animal welfare and (global) food security are high on the agenda. These major transitions go hand in hand with an increasing need for people with knowledge and skills, combined with an investigative approach towards alternative perspectives.

The Dutch sectors associated with agriculture, animals, food, a healthy living environment and technology are leading in the world. Aeres is anchored in these sectors and, through its education and research, can prepare pupils, students and course participants to make an important contribution to strengthening the green sectors and to solutions to the major change issues of our time.

Aeres is built on both a general Christian and neutral foundation. Based on the cohesion between pedagogy and religious or philosophical choices, we demonstrate our social responsibility within society.

'The Green Changemaker' is the title of our multi-year strategy 2023-2027. In the coming years, Aeres will continue to offer leading practice-oriented vocational education and supporting research in the fields of agriculture, food, green living environment, animals and technology. For pupils, students and trainees who have to deal with green transitions in all kinds of ways.

'The Green Changermaker' describes a number of changes in the world around us and how Aeres responds to them. This leads, among other things, to a new mission and vision (see above) and to a number of strategic choices and priorities.