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The aim of the programme is to build students' capacities in the fields of animal breeding and genetics to meet the following challenges in both developed and developing countries:
- increase of livestock and fish production, while preserving the quality of the products and the welfare of animals
- preservation of natural resources, especially biodiversity, which become scarcer and scarcer
- development of sustainable animal breeding programmes that contribute to improved livelihood of farmers and efficient food chains
- development of sustainable breeding programmes that contribute to the improved health and welfare of companion animals (including populations in zoos and nature reserves)
EMABG aims to offer high quality international training, both in terms of scientific knowledge as well as in didactic skills, provided by six excellent universities: WU in the Netherlands, SLU in Sweden, UB in Norway, CAU in Germany, BOKU in Austria, and Agro Paris Tech in France. Integrating education in a joint Master's programme offers the students better opportunity to specialise in a certain aspect, as well as have access to a broad range of subjects. The main language of instruction is English.
The two-year EMABG Master's programme consists of obligatory and optional studies, covering disciplinary and complementary subjects, as well as problem oriented studies and a thesis. EMABG starts with a three-week orientation period in Wageningen (the Netherlands) jointly for all the students. Thereafter, students conduct the major part of their training at two universities of the consortium, one year at each university. Successful students are awarded two nationally recognised Master's degrees (double degree).