Higher Institute Of Agricultural Science Food Horticulture And Landscape
| Higher Institute of Agricultural Science, food, horticulture and landscape | |
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| Information | |
| Foundation | 2008 |
| Type | Large institution |
| Location | |
| City | Rennes , Angers |
| Country | |
| Region | Brittany , Pays de la Loire |
| Direction | |
| President | Jean-Michel Lemetayer |
| Teacher-researchers | 135 |
| Students | 1650 |
| PhD | 62 |
| Level | Bac +8 ( PhD ) |
| Graduates / year | 129 in 2009 |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Affiliates | CGE , CDEFI , European University of Brittany , Nantes Angers Le Mans University |
| Website | www.agrocampus-ouest.fr |
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The Higher Institute of Agricultural Science, food, horticulture and landscape of West Agrocampus used name, is a French agricultural higher education whose mission is the training of engineers and research. Consists of two centers, one located in Rennes, the other in Los Angeles, the institution is in the form of a public institution with scientific, cultural and professional (EPCSCP) Type " great institution ". It is under the supervision of the Minister for Agriculture.
Summary |
History
Created from 1 July 2008 , the property resulting from the merger of the National Institute of Horticulture and Landscape Angers and Institut national higher education and agricultural research and agri-food Rennes (Rennes Agrocampus). Its headquarters are in Rennes (65, rue de Saint-Brieuc - 35042 Rennes cedex). Its CEO is Dr. Gregory Thomas, former director of Agrocampus Rennes. The scientific management is based in Angers (2, rue Andr Le Ntre - 49045 Angers Cedex 01).
Some figures
The property includes:
- 1650 students, including 1,250 in training engineers and 120 doctoral students;
- 150 scientists including 135 professors.
- 4 training courses for engineers authorized for six years by the Securities Commission as an engineer.
Located on 2 Training Centres Research (Angers and Rennes), WEST AGROCAMPUS now issuing an engineering degree AGROCAMPUS WESTERN in 4 specialties:
- agronomist in Rennes
- food engineer in Rennes
- Engineering Horticulture in Angers
- landscape engineer in Angers
AGROCAMPUS WEST is the only public higher education to propose a French agricultural engineering training in food available directly after the bachelor's and provide training to engineers and landscape plant.
- Master 16 specialties in the areas of agribusiness, economics, environment, applied statistics, animal and plant sciences including an Erasmus Mundus Master in Rural Development.
- 7 professional licenses.
- 14 UMR (Mixed Research Units), particularly with the National Institute of Agronomic Research.
- 5 co-accreditations in five graduate schools.
- Vie-Agro-Sant (VAS)
- Mathematics, telecommunications, computing, signal systems, electronic (Matisse)
- Material Sciences (SDLM)
- Humanities, organization and society (shose)
- Plant, environment, health, Maine-Anjou (VESAM)
References
- http://www.cge.asso.fr/ecoles/ECOLE47.phtml
- http://www.agrocampus-ouest.fr/infoglueDeliverLive/themes/agrocampus-ouest
- a , b and c http://www.letudiant.fr/palmares/classement-ecole-ingenieur-apres-prepa/fiche/agrocampus-ouest-centre-de-rennes-4781.html
- (en) Decree No. 2008-616 of 27 June 2008 establishing the Higher Institute of Agricultural Science, food, horticulture and landscape (Agro West Campus) on Lgifrance.

