About us

Montpellier SupAgro, International Center for Higher Education in Agricultural Sciences

A leading institution in teaching and research, under the trusteeship of the ministry of agriculture and fisheries, widely open to the Mediterranean and Tropical Environments.

Created in January 2007 as a single unit combining the four former institutions,

Montpellier National Superior School of Agronomy
The National Center for tropic and sub-tropic environments
The National Superior School of Agro Food Industry's Division for tropical and subtropical regions
Florac Pedagogical Teaching Experimental Center

Some key facts:

100 teacher- researchers among 350 academic staff,

1250 students,

21 Associated Joint Research Units (UMRs) with a wide range of high-level scientific skills

A full training course program strongly adjoined to the Agropolis International research units.

Three engineering degrees

A significant amount of preliminary and permanent courses registered to the European referential framework (Bachelor, Master, PhD).

Two institutes offer a joint study course and an expertise graduate education:

University Institute for Tropical Agrofood Industries and Rural Development (IRC)
Institute of Higher Vine and Wine Studies (IHEV)

Montpellier SupAgro also enhances the development of activities destined to the transfer of technologies, the assessment of cognizable research, support to the innovation and creation of businesses and firms, dissemination of technical and scientific knowledge

a network of partnership
a preferential association to the INRA (French National Institute for Agricultural Research ) and CIRAD (French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development ) committed to a more fair trade and sustainable development

Founding member:

in association with Agropolis International, the European leader research centre for agricultural, food, environmental and biodiversity sciences. ( Totalling more than 100 accredited research units, representing an operational staff of 4000 people of whom 2200 researchers and teacher-researchers) .
Montpellier Agronomy and Sustainable Development network accredited by the french government at the end of 2006 and promoted by the scientific cooperation foundation Agropolis Foundation.
The proposal University Montpellier South France selected along with five other projects by the national evaluation comittee for the Operation Campus end of May 2008. Montpellier SupAgro is involved in this project as well as the three Universities of Montpellier, bringing thus its higher agronomy education status

Member:

The Codige, Engineers Higher Education Institutes and Languedoc-Roussillon Engineering management directorship comity

The CGE, Superior Education Institute Conference The CPU, University Chancellors Comity

Web site: http://www.supagro.fr/web/?idl=20