L'Institut Agro, the French Institute for higher education & research in Food, Agriculture & the Environment

L'Institut Agro is a higher education and research institution in the fields of food, agriculture, environment, and landscape. It conducts its activities in close collaboration with research organizations, universities, other major schools, and stakeholders from the socio-economic sphere (both public and private), in France and worldwide.

It brings together 3 French and historical schools: L'Institut Agro Dijon, L'Institut Agro Montpellier, and L'Institut Agro Rennes-Angers.

It covers all topics and sectors related to plants and animals, including vine and wine, horticulture, fisheries, and landscaping, and offers a wide range of initial and continuous training programs, including engineering courses, professional licenses, master's degrees, and doctorates.

It has 6,000 students, including more than 3,200 engineers and 450 doctoral students, 1,400 staff members including 400 teaching and research staff, 60,000 alumni, 6 campuses, 3 agricultural experimental sites, 35 research units, a publishing house, a foundation, 18 chairs, and a network of business incubators.

L'Institut Agro also provides support to 800 institutions in agricultural technical education.

L'Institut, member of the first European university network, Euroleague for Life Sciences, carries out its activities internationally with over 160 partnerships.