About Us

November 2022, we celebrated the Lustrum (5-year anniversary) of B.V.W. 'Biologica'. This means that our study association is now more than thirty-five years old. During these years the association has grown and it currently consists of just over nine hundred members.

The study of biology was set up in Wageningen in 1970 and had therefore already been taught for seventeen years when B.V.W. 'Biologica' was founded. However, there were already activities for biologists, organized by biologists. Some of our committees have a history that goes back longer than our official founding. The Missing Link, for example, already existed under the prehistoric name 'Pruttel'. A committee called the bioborrel committee later evolved into the BAC, Biologists Activities Committee. Finally, there was already a committee that was concerned with introducing first-year biologists to each other: the current BIKcie. It was not until 1987 that these various committees were actually united. If you want to know more about the history of Biologica, I recommend that you take a look at our old almanacs! A new almanac is published every two years, and it shows that Biologica is still evolving.

As of 2023 the new bachelor Marine Sciences became a part of Biologica. At this moment work is being done to set up an sub-association to give the students of this new bachelor a place to organize marine science related activities and strengthening ties with fellow students even further.