Agroscope is the Swiss federal centre of excellence for research in agriculture and the food sector. It conducts research along the entire value chain, from farm to fork, and collaborates with universities for specialized training and research.
Address: Schwarzenburgstrasse 161, 3003 Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Agricultural Sciences, Food Sciences, Agrotechnology
Domains taught:
- Agriculture, AI and Machine Learning, Automation, Bioengineering, Bioinformatics, Chemistry, Data Analytics, Ecology and Sustainability, Engineering, Fluid Dynamics, Food Science, Manufacturing, Materials, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Microbiology and Genetics, Physics, Process Control, Project Management, Quality, Robotics, Signal Processing, Statistics, Thermodynamics
Diplomas*:
- Diploma, Doctor, Master
Status:
- Public
Partnerships:
Swiss federal research station. Collaborates with ETH Zurich, agricultural schools (e.g., Strickhof, Changins), industry, and international agricultural research organizations.
Research:
Research in plant production, animal husbandry, agroecology, food quality and safety, agricultural economics, and agrotechnology.
Famous Alumnis:
N/A
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
1500
Current students***:
100
Foreign students***:
10%
Cumulative former students***:
800
Pros
Key national institution for applied research in agriculture and food. Provides scientific basis for policy and practice.
Cons
Primarily a research institution. Educational links mostly at postgraduate or specialized course level.
Best For
Researchers and postgraduate students in agricultural sciences, food science, or agrotechnology.
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Most Similar Schools Locally
- Among national alternatives, Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau stands out for its focus on agriculture, food science and quality, and it covers software engineering as well, and is smaller, enrolling about 50 students against roughly 100 here.
- Among national alternatives, Paul Scherrer Institut stands out for its focus on quality, bioinformatics and signal processing, and it is also a public institution and does not run the diploma programmes found here.
- Strickhof, Höhere Fachschule für Agrarwirtschaft is the closest domestic counterpart for agriculture, food science and quality; it is larger, enrolling about 150 students against roughly 100 here, and is also a public institution.
- A good alternative in the same country is Changins - Haute école de viticulture et œnologie, which likewise covers agriculture, food science and quality; it is far larger, with about 300 students against roughly 100 here, and is also a public institution.
- Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt für Wald, Schnee und Landschaft follows much the same lines as this institution, with agriculture, quality and bioinformatics as common ground, and it has almost the same size, at about 100 students, and is also a public institution.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
- Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria in Spain pursues a similar profile in agriculture, food science and bioinformatics, and it is also a public institution and does not run the diploma programmes found here.
- If this institution is on your list for agriculture, food science and quality, Bordeaux Sciences Agro in France deserves a comparison, because it is also a public institution and does not run the diploma programmes found here.
- Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, in Spain, takes a similar route through fluid dynamics, bioengineering and thermodynamics; it covers metrology and astroscience as well, and has almost the same size, at about 100 students.
- The closest overseas parallel on agriculture, food science and quality is Institut Agro Dijon, located in France; it is far larger, with about 1,000 students against roughly 100 here, and is also a public institution.
- Istituto Tecnico Superiore per le Tecnologie per la Vita - Viterbo offers an international parallel to this school, with agriculture, food science and quality as common ground; it does not run the master's and doctoral programmes found here and covers life sciences as well.
*our own picks (our criteria: a mix between domains, diploma delivered, reputation and size), but obviously too many criteria for an apple-to-apple ranking.
- Agriculture, Environmental Impact, Food, Food Safety
*: without any judgment of the quality, readers are strongly encouraged to check the official status of the exact diploma envisioned as many universities have a mix of recognized diplomas, not recognized, “co-delivered,” “equivalent to”, “some pathways” (…), can change over time, and can be named differently from one country to another.
**: international reputation: is based on some criteria that do not mean much in some domains or specialties (number of researchers, of scientific publications, on budget ….). Our approximate 1-4 scale:
- known locally
- known locally and internationally
- is listed in some of the world university’s classifications
- is listed among the 20 firsts in some of world university’s classifications
***: estimated numbers, based on online sources and/or feedbacks. The numbers can vary greatly depending on school organisation (ex.: school is part of a group, it employs internal staff or external consultants or has public staff without employing them …). Refer to all the links provided to have accurate and updated numbers.
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