Agrocampus Ouest

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Agrocampus Ouest
Institut supérieur des sciences agronomiques, agroalimentaires, horticoles et du paysage
Rennes École nationale supérieure agronomique.jpg
Main building in the campus of Rennes
TypeGrande école
Established2008 (merger of two grandes écoles)
Academic affiliation
CGE, CDEFI, European University of Brittany, Université Nantes Angers Le Mans
PresidentDominique Chargé
Academic staff
150 teachers including 130 professors/teachers [1]
Administrative staff
322[1]
Students1,950, including 120 PhD students [2]
Location
Campuses in Rennes and Angers
,
(respectively in Brittany and Pays de la Loire)
,
France

48°06′49″N 1°42′23″W / 48.1135°N 1.7064°W / 48.1135; -1.7064Coordinates: 48°06′49″N 1°42′23″W / 48.1135°N 1.7064°W / 48.1135; -1.7064
Websitehttp://www.agrocampus-ouest.fr

Agrocampus Ouest is a French higher education institution, known as a grande école. Its official name is Institut supérieur des sciences agronomiques, agroalimentaires, horticoles et du paysage (English: Higher Institute for agricultural sciences, food industry, horticulture and landscape management). It operates under the supervision of the French Ministry of Agriculture.

It trains agricultural sciences engineers and research scientists. It has two campuses in western France, one in Rennes and the other in Angers.

History[]

Agrocampus Ouest was created in 2008,[3] as the merger of two institutions:

Its head office is located in Rennes, and has a second campus in Angers.

Education programmes[]

Agrocampus Ouest mainly trains engineers (Msc level), 4 specializations being available:

  • agricultural sciences engineer
  • horticulture sciences engineer
  • landscape sciences engineer
  • food industry sciences engineer

Depending on the chosen specialization, trainings are held in one or the other campus. Agrocampus Ouest also offers 16 Master's degrees and 9 Bachelor's degrees in life sciences.

Moreover, Agrocampus Ouest has 6 doctoral schools:

  • Life-Agro-Health (VAS: Vie-Agro-Santé)
  • Plants, environment, health (VESAM: Végétal, environnement, santé, Anjou-Maine)
  • Materials science (SDLM: Sciences de la matière)
  • Human sciences, organizations and society (SHOS: Sciences humaines, organisation et société)
  • Mathematics, telecommunications, informatics, signal, systems, electronics (Matisse: Mathématiques, télécommunications, informatique, signal, systèmes, électronique)
  • Law, economy, management, environment, society and territories (DEGEST: Droit, économie, gestion, environnement, société et territoires)

The institution has 80 academic partnerships across the world.[1]

Research programmes[]

According to its website,[1] Agrocampus Ouest has:

  • 14 research units, generally in partnership with the INRA research institute
  • 398 associated researchers.

Rankings[]

According to the 2011 ranking published by the and L'Expansion, Agrocampus Ouest is the third French grande école for agricultural sciences, with ENSA de Toulouse.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-01-14. Retrieved 2015-06-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-06-21. Retrieved 2015-06-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ Décret no. 2008-616 du 27 juin 2008 portant création de l’Institut supérieur des sciences agronomiques, agroalimentaires, horticoles et du paysage (Agro campus Ouest) sur Légifrance.
  4. ^ http://www.letudiant.fr/palmares/classement-ecole-ingenieur-apres-prepa/secteur-agriculture-sylviculture-peche.html

See also[]

List of agricultural universities

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