Institut Agro Montpellier is the Montpellier school of the Institut Agro, the French national institute for higher education in agriculture, food and the environment. Until 2020 it operated as Montpellier SupAgro; on 1 January 2020 it became a constituent school of the new Institut Agro, whose other component was Agrocampus Ouest, based in Rennes and Angers.
The school offers a broad ladder of qualifications: professional bachelor’s degrees, engineering diplomas, master’s programmes, a national oenology diploma and doctoral training, which runs through the doctoral schools of the University of Montpellier. Its teaching sites are the La Gaillarde and Lavalette campuses in Montpellier and a campus at Florac, and the school also has two estates, the Domaine du Merle at Salon-de-Provence and the Domaine du Chapitre at Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone.
Its subjects cover agriculture, food and the environment, including agronomy and oenology. It is an associated institution of the University of Montpellier and a member of the Conférence des grandes écoles and of Agropolis International. Current programmes, partners and admission rules are published on the school’s official website.
Domains taught:
Agriculture, AI and Machine Learning, Bioengineering, Bioinformatics, Chemistry, Data Analytics, Ecology and Sustainability, Engineering, Fluid Dynamics, Food Science, Geotechnics, Life Sciences, Logistics, Manufacturing, Marine Science, Materials, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Microbiology and Genetics, Process Control, Project Management, Quality, Robotics, Software Engineering, Statistics, Structural Engineering, Telecommunications, Thermodynamics
Diplomas*:
Doctor, Master
Status:
Public
Partnerships:
Part of Institut Agro (national consortium). Strong collaborations with CIRAD, IRD, INRAE in Montpellier.
Research:
Tropical and Mediterranean agriculture, Viticulture and oenology, Water resources management, Agroecology and sustainable food systems.
Famous Alumnis:
N/A
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
600
Current students***:
1800
Foreign students***:
20%
Cumulative former students***:
N/A
Pros
Excellence in tropical and Mediterranean agriculture, strong research environment in Montpellier, international focus.
Cons
Specialized institution.
Best For
Higher education and research in agriculture, food, and environment, with a focus on Mediterranean and tropical systems.
Université de Montpellier: the neighbouring university and associated partner, strong in ecology and environmental science, biology and health sciences, and chemistry.
Université de Bourgogne: a university in Dijon whose recorded strengths include food science and agri-environment alongside materials and health sciences.
Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle: a Paris institution working in evolutionary biology, earth sciences and ecology.
Université Clermont Auvergne: offers geosciences and environmental science next to physics, chemistry and chemical engineering.
Université Savoie Mont Blanc: focuses on mountain environment and engineering, mechatronics and physics.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
University of Guelph (Canada): combines agriculture and food science with veterinary medicine and environmental sciences.
Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen (Germany): lists agricultural and environmental sciences among its main fields, together with chemistry and physics.
Università degli Studi di Perugia (Italy): a university whose recorded strengths are agricultural sciences, engineering and chemistry.
University of Reading (United Kingdom): known for agriculture and meteorology, with business studies at Henley.
Iowa State University (United States): a university in Ames with agriculture, engineering and veterinary medicine as main fields.
*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.
FAQ
What was Institut Agro Montpellier called before?
It was known as Montpellier SupAgro until 2020. In January 2020 the school joined the Institut Agro network as one of its constituent schools.
Which other school formed part of the same national institute at its creation?
Agrocampus Ouest, with sites in Rennes and Angers, was the other component when the Institut Agro was created. Both now belong to the same national structure.
What qualifications can students earn here?
The school delivers professional bachelor's degrees, engineering diplomas, master's programmes and the national oenology diploma. Doctoral training runs through the doctoral schools of the University of Montpellier.
Where are its campuses and estates?
Teaching takes place at the La Gaillarde and Lavalette campuses in Montpellier and at Florac. The school also has the Domaine du Merle at Salon-de-Provence and the Domaine du Chapitre at Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone.
What links exist with the University of Montpellier?
The school is an associated institution of the University of Montpellier. Both are involved in doctoral training in Montpellier.
Which networks does the school belong to?
It is a member of the Conférence des grandes écoles and of Agropolis International. Current partner lists and student-exchange agreements are posted on its official website.
*: 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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