AGROCAMPUS OUEST Higher education and research Agriculture Food sciences Life sciences Environment Sea and Seashore Horticulture Landscaping

Localisation Rennes Angers Beg Meil Paris 350 km 2h high speed train 300 km 1h40 high speed train

AGROCAMPUS OUEST  A newly created university founded on 2008, July 1st, by two graduate Institutions in Sciences and Engineering : Agrocampus Rennes Institut National d’Horticulture (Angers)  The only one in France with such a wide range of activities (education, research and application) in the field of Life Sciences  Global staff Teaching & Research staff 150  350 scientist partners (joint research units)  1890 students  2 centers Rennes (agriculture, food, life sciences, sea and seashore, environment) Angers (horticulture, landscaping, environment)

AGROCAMPUS OUEST  In a major agricultural Region in Europe  Member of national clusters Pôle Mer Bretagne (sea and seashore) Valorial, l’aliment de demain (food) Végépolys (horticulture)  Founding member of 3 consortia : The European University of Brittany The Nantes – Angers – Le Mans University The «Consortium national pour l’agriculture, l’alimentation, la santé animale et l’environnement » AGREENIUM  Certified ISO 9001:2008 for all activities in education and research

Organisational structure

Départements 10 departments of education and research / 3 « Pôles » Angers : - Agriculture engineering, -Biological sciences, -Sciences and horticultural Production engineering, -Economy, Data processing - Communication, -Landscape Rennes -Agriculture, Environment and countryside -Food sciences, -Rural economy and management, -Animal sciences, -Engineerings -Languages Halieutic « pôle » Agriculture, Environment, Territories « pôle » Food sciences « pôle »

Degree programmes Curricula M  4 « ingénieur » degrees (Master grade)  Agricultural sciences  Food science & technology  Horticulture  Landscaping  16 Master degrees in the above specialities  1 Master Erasmus Mundus « International Master of Rural Development »  3 double degrees (Germany, Spain and China)

Master programmes 16 spécialities of master -Food, milk, innovation and management -Applied biology to production and animal health -Integrative Biology: gene, plant, agrosystem -Territorial dynamics and landscape -Eco-engineering of the wetlands and biodiversity -Functional, behavioral and evolutionary ecology -Space and environment -Mediterranean and tropical horticulture – HORTIMET -Hydrogéology, hydrobiogeochimy, hydropedology -Environmental Engineering -Modeling of the biological systems -Policy of the resources of agriculture, sea and environment -Statistics for agriculture and food sciences -Companies’stratégy of the plant sector -Plant technology and specialized productions -Master Erasmus Mundus « International master in rural development » - IMRD

Degree programmes Curricula D Doctorate degree within 6 doctoral schools in the following areas:  Life, Agricultural and Health Sciences  Physics and Chemistry  Mathematics and Electronic systems  Economics and Social Sciences  Plant, Environment, Nutrition, Food Sciences  Rules and Regulations, Economics Management  Sea Sciences

S1-S2 S3-S4 S5-S6 S7-S8 S9-S10 S11-S12 S13-S14 S15-S16 Secondary education (age 18 – Baccalauréat diploma) Outgoing student flow per year (number of graduates) Semesters Doctorate Ingénieur agricultural sciences - horticulture - landscaping Master Ingénieur -food science & technology - horticulture - landscaping propedeutic phase Degree programmes

S1-S2 S3-S4 S5-S6 S7-S8 S9-S10 S11-S12 S13-S14 S15-S16 Recruitment routes for foreign students Semesters Doctorate Ingénieur agricultural sciences - horticulture - landscaping Master Ingénieur -food science & technology - horticulture - landscaping propedeutic phase Degree programmes Recruitment routes

International  Compulsory mobility abroad for French « ingénieurs » students, mainly in semester 7 (internship or study period in a foreign university)  More than 10% foreign students mainly at Master or PhD level  80 international partners  Participation in International Education Programmes  European programmes  Life Long Learning Program -Erasmus (since 1988) Erasmus Mundus (since 2004)  Tempus (since 1996)  Cooperation with US (since 2004)

Research a partnership strategy Universities Rennes, Angers INRA IRDIFREMERCEMAGREFCIRAD CNRS 15 Research units

Research 7 areas – 18 units Livestock Production Sciences (dairy production, animal and human nutrition) Horticulture, Crops and Seeds (genetics, plant pathology, biotech.) Environment, Landscape and Sustainable Development (ecology, soil science) Bio-industries (milk and egg) and food Safety Sea and Seashore (sea resources and aquaculture, coastal management) Economics and Policies (environment, agriculture and marine resources) Biomathematics (sensory analysis)

MàJ 9 juillet 2008