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| Institut Agro Montpellier | |
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2, place Pierre Viala Hérault, Occitanie Montpellier 34060 CEDEX 2 France | |
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| School type | French public institution devoted to higher education and research in Agriculture, Food and Environment |
| Established | 1848; 177 years ago (1848) |
| Director | Anne-Lucie Wack |
Institut Agro Montpellier (previously namedMontpellier SupAgro till 2020) is a French public institution devoted to higher education and research in Agriculture, Food and Environment. Montpellier SupAgro is widely open to international issues and partnerships, with specific focus and expertise on southern and Mediterranean areas. It trains students in most of theagronomy and life sciences fields. It is part of Agropolis Fondation. The MontpellierINRA research center is also located onla Gaillarde campus.[1] It belongs to theInstitut Agro, along withInstitut Agro Rennes-Angers andInstitut Agro Dijon.
TheÉcole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique de Montpellier was founded in 1848.
From 1842 to 1853, Césaire Nivière was the first director of the precursor to the school, L’Institut de la Saulsaie, set up on his own land inMontluel. He had visited Germany where he was inspired by the farming techniques, and England where he saw techniques for water management for farmland. He was a pioneer in reducing wetlands bringing public health benefits to his area.
From 1881 to 1897,Gustave Foëx was director of the school. He was also a professor of viticulture from 1870 to 1896, and he created the school vineyard in 1876 to test the American vine-stock's resistance tophylloxera. At the end of the 19th century, Montpellier was recognized to be the European centre for studying vines, attracting both eminent researchers and viticulture specialists to the school.
The school oriented academic course content according to the main crops and agricultural practices already existing in theSouth of France. Animal breeding and husbandry in harsh zones, vineyards, fruit orchards and olive groves on the plains and water management for drought conditions and marshlands
In the 1980s, the French government decided to relocate all its tropical and Mediterranean research units to Montpellier, united in Agropolis International. SupAgro is a founding member ofAgropolis International with over 2000 researchers, other members include theCIRAD andIRD and the IAMM institute of higher education in agriculture for Mediterranean countries.
Montpellier SupAgro offers students and professionals two engineering courses (Master level) and a wide range of programs following the European LMD framework (Bachelor, Master/Advanced Master, PhD).
Montpellier SupAgro proposes anengineering training programme (Master level) offering dual specializations:
It proposes also a wide range ofinternational master's and master's programmes in partnership with theUniversity of Montpellier.
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