Montpellier SupAgro with more than 1600 students enrolled has an academic staff of 88 professors and 345 external lecturers and 450 other personnel. This National Institute of Further Education in Agricultural Science offers a full range of courses from Bachelor of Science Degree level vocational qualifications to PhD level, as well as a range of agricultural engineering training curricula.
The school’s main missions concern initial and further education, research, international scientific and technical cooperation and sustainable development in Agriculture, Agri-Food Science, Environment and Rural Management.
An outstanding academic and scientific environment
Montpellier SupAgro is located in the most dynamic town in France. It benefits from a prominent and worldwide scientific environment in agricultural sciences and is part of Agropolis International. This association brings together more than 2000 scientific researchers working in 112 research units. It is the leading pole of expertise or ‘cluster’ of this kind in Europe.
The headquarters of the worldwide leader in agricultural sciences: The Consortium Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) is located nearby. The CGIAR with fifteen specialized research institutes set up in most developing countries employs 8500 researchers.
