Institute des sciences et industries du vivant et de l'environnement

Coordinates: 48 ° 50 ′ 23 "  N , 2 ° 20 ′ 54"  E

AgroParisTech ( Institut des Sciences et Industries du Vivant et de l'Environnement ) is a French institute for education and scientific research. It is a member of the Center for Research and Higher Education and enjoys the status of a major institution .

history

The institute was founded on January 1st, 2007 by the following three engineering universities:

• INA-PG - Institut National Agronomique de Paris-Grignon
• ENGREF - Ecole Nationale du Génie Rural, des Eaux et des Forêts
• ENSIA - Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Industries Agricoles et Alimentaires

AgroParisTech is a member of the Paris Institute of Technology ( ParisTech ), a consortium of the ten most important French engineering universities . AgroParisTech, together with INRA , Cemagref-IRSTEA , AFSSA , the National Veterinary College of Alfort (ENVA) and the National School of Landscape Architecture of Versailles (ENSP), belongs to the network of bio- and environmental science and technology of the Paris region.

AgroParisTech chairs

The five chairs are divided into:

• Agricultural, forest, water and environmental sciences and technology
• Life Science and Health
• Food Science and Biomaterial
• Social, Economics and Management
• Mathematics, computer science and physics

education

AgroParisTech offers the following scientific program:

• 3 different Masters in engineering:

• Agricultural Sciences
• Food science
• forestry

• 1 Master of Science with 5 majors, which encompasses the majority of the life sciences and technology field.
• 1 very broad spectrum of doctoral programs
• 1 post-master's degree in management and administration in environmental economics and policy, offered by ENGREF.
• 9 professional post-masters (one-year postgraduate training)

Data

In 2012 there were 2,000 students and 450 doctoral students at the institute . 230 scientific staff worked with 300 researchers in 39 research units. There are a total of nine campuses , four of them in Paris and in the Paris region.

Well-known alumni

• Jacques Diouf , Senegalese diplomat, from 1994 to 2011 Director General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization FAO
• René Dumont , French agricultural engineer, sociologist and politician who campaigns for environmental protection
• Pierre-Henri Gouyon, French biologist
• Alain Robbe-Grillet , French writer and filmmaker
• Michel Houellebecq , French writer
• André-Max Leroy , French livestock scientist and President of the European Association for Animal Production

Web links

• AgroParisTech website

swell

• www.agroparistech.fr