L'Institut Agro

Engineering degree (diplôme d'ingénieur)

The engineering degree is entered by concours. Post-baccalaureate candidates holding a general baccalaureate apply through Parcoursup, or through the Geipi Polytech concours for the Dijon integrated preparatory cycle; Rennes-Angers admits to L1 through Parcoursup (55 places, of which 10 for a Sciences Po Rennes double degree, in food engineering) after file review and interview. After Bac+2, candidates enter at L3/year 1 through the Agro-Véto concours (BCPST or TB preparatory classes, licence, BTSA/BTS, BUT) or the apprenticeship concours; Dijon also takes the PC preparatory-class concours for food engineering. International concours fees are 100 EUR at Rennes-Angers and 50 EUR at Dijon.

International applicants

International students holding a diploma after 3 years of higher education or 180 ECTS in a related scientific field enter the first year of the engineering degree (level L3) through the concours BE (file selection, then a motivation interview and an English test); at Rennes-Angers the concours DE gives M1 entry to holders of a scientific master's or engineering diploma. A minimum of French B2 and English B1 is required at Rennes-Angers. Candidates residing in 'Études en France' countries apply through the Campus France procedure and also create an application on eCandidat (applications at Dijon until 27 February 2027; Eiffel scholarship applicants by 15 November 2026). Non-EEA students need a long-stay student visa for studies longer than three months; EEA and Swiss students need neither visa nor residence permit.

Bachelor agro and licence professionnelle

The bachelor agro (one year, 60 ECTS, grade of licence) and the licences professionnelles are entered at the level of a Bac+2: BTSA or BTS in a related field, BUT, or 120 ECTS from a licence; the bachelor agro will also be open after the baccalaureate through Parcoursup from 2027. Selection is on file (and interview for some programmes) through eCandidat. International applicants for the Montpellier licences professionnelles need a Bac+2 diploma and, for several of them, one year of initial training in France.

Master

Master pathways are entered in M1 through Mon Master (17 February to 16 March in the 2026 round) or, for international applicants from 'Études en France' countries, through the Campus France platform; M2 is entered through eCandidat or, for co-accredited masters, through the partner university's platform, after a validated M1 or Bac+4. International masters taught in English (for example MP2 and P2FOOD at Dijon) require English B2; French-taught masters require French B2 (TCF, TEF, DELF or equivalent).

Doctorate

The doctorate (3 years) requires a national master's degree or equivalent, a supervisor holding an HDR who agrees to supervise the thesis, and registration through the co-accredited doctoral school; the school is co-accredited in 14 doctoral schools.

L'Institut Agro operates 6 campuses and 3 experimental farms across France:

• Paris - head office, 42 rue Scheffer, 75116 Paris.
• Dijon - L'Institut Agro Dijon, 26 boulevard Docteur Petitjean, 21079 Dijon: engineering degrees in food and agronomy, bachelor agro, licences professionnelles and masters; a 2,000 m2 food-technology hall with pilot-scale equipment and a sensory evaluation room with 12 individual booths; the Agro Open Lab with 16 workshops; the Magon residence with about 200 studio rooms of 16 m2 (monthly rent 393.01 EUR all charges included in 2026-2027) 100 m from the teaching buildings; two CROUS restaurants on campus; tram and bus links to the city centre; sport through the school association and the university sports service (more than 50 activities).
• Montpellier - La Gaillarde campus - 2 place Pierre Viala, 34060 Montpellier: 27 ha near the Peyrou gardens and the historic centre since 1871, with a 380-seat amphitheatre, the Château de la Gaillarde, the 'Cœur d'école' teaching building (about 10,000 m2) and the Pierre Galet ampelographic collection; it hosts the INRAE Occitanie-Montpellier centre, more than twenty research units and the Pôle Vigne et Vin; the L'@rchipel learning centre and the Pierre Bartoli documentation centre; student housing, catering and high-level sports facilities.
• Montpellier - Lavalette campus - 1101 avenue Agropolis, 34090 Montpellier: 145 ha shared with Cirad, IRD, INRAE and other institutions (40 ha farmland belongs to the school), home of the Pôle Tropiques et Méditerranée and the SAADS engineering degree.
• Florac - 9 rue Célestin Freinet, 48400 Florac-Trois-Rivières (Lozère), in the Cévennes National Park: licences professionnelles in environmental education and in agricultural management of natural rural spaces; it leads the school's support to technical agricultural education and has a documentation centre with audiovisual workshop.
• Domaine du Chapitre (Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone, Hérault) - 135 ha of agricultural land specialised in vine and wine, about 1,500 hl of wine and 5,000 olive trees, used for teaching and experiments. Domaine du Merle (Salon-de-Provence) - an estate for transhumant sheep farming, water management and Crau hay.
• Rennes - 65 rue de Saint-Brieuc, 35042 Rennes (seat of L'Institut Agro Rennes-Angers): engineering degrees in agronomy and food, and 18 master pathways; Rennes-based libraries and a Rennes campus with about 1,000 students from licence to doctorate.
• Angers - 2 rue André Le Nôtre, 49045 Angers: engineering degrees in horticulture and landscape, master pathways in plant biology and an experimental teaching estate of 12 ha with 3,800 m2 of greenhouses and 2,200 m2 of tunnels.

Libraries: Montpellier has four libraries and documentation centres on three sites (La Gaillarde, Lavalette and Florac); Rennes-Angers holds 55,000 books, 11,000 end-of-study dissertations, 550 theses and 400 print periodicals.