BUT Génie Biologique - Agronomie at Université de Perpignan Via Domitia

The Agronomie pathway of the BUT Génie Biologique trains students in the technical and economic skills needed to manage and develop agricultural production units in an environmentally responsible way. It is taught at the IUT of Perpignan, which has a 3-hectare organic experimental farm next to the campus.

Faculty: Institut Universitaire de Technologie (IUT)  |  Department: Génie Biologique  |  Duration: 3 years (6 semesters, 180 ECTS)  |  Study mode: full-time or work-study (alternance) where offered; taught in French with English  |  Intake: September  |  Location: Perpignan, Occitanie, France

What you will study

Disciplines range from genetics and ecology to land-planning sciences and animal and plant production. The programme runs over six semesters with 26 weeks of placements (4 in year 1, 8 in year 2, 14 in year 3), 600 hours of supervised projects and 2,600 hours of teaching; year 3 can be done as work-study.

Career pathways

Technical, assistant-engineer and extension roles in agricultural supply, agri-food and farm production, agricultural development bodies such as chambers of agriculture, local authorities and applied research laboratories such as INRAE.

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