AgroParisTech


AgroParisTech is a French higher education institution, known as a grande école. It is a constituent member of the Paris-Saclay University. It was founded on January 1, 2007, by the merger of three life sciences grandes écoles.
AgroParisTech is one of the founding members of the Université Paris-Saclay, which will be the largest European multidisciplinary campus. AgroParisTech will consequently be moving to the Paris-Saclay business and research-intensive cluster in 2021.
AgroParisTech is a part of the Paris-Saclay University and a member of the Paris Institute of Technology. The latter is a consortium of ten graduate institutes of science and engineering. AgroParisTech is also part of 'The Life and Environmental Science and Technology Hub' of the Paris region, together with INRAE, Cemagref, AFSSA, École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort and the Versailles National School of Landscape architecture.

History

AgroParisTech is the merger of three graduate institutes of science and engineering located around Paris:
The public higher education system in France includes universities and other institutions called the grande école. The grandes écoles are the best rated pathways for higher education in Engineering and Management. The vast majority of the chief executives in major French companies and of top managers in the French Administration are graduates from the grandes écoles. The features are:
  • A very selective admission process through which students are either admitted by a nationwide entrance exam or by the virtue of excellent academic records
  • 5 years to 8 years of higher education
  • The degree course at the grandes écoles includes compulsory internships in laboratories and companies, in France or abroad
  • The prestige of the grandes écoles and contacts with major companies provide an easy access to the job market
The university includes a museum, which has objects on loan from institutions in Wallis and Futuna, such as Uvea Museum Association, including a coca cola bottle dating to 1942.

Organization

AgroParisTech is organized into five departments:
AgroParisTech offers different Masters:
It also offers:
  • a wide range of Ph.D. programs.
  • 1 Post-Master's degree for Management and Administration in environmental sciences and policies, proposed by ENGREF, a post-graduate institute of AgroParisTech.
  • 9 Post-master professional certificates

    Research programmes

AgroParisTech has: