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With more than 1600 students enrolled, Montpellier Sup Agro has an academic staff of 88 professors and 345 external lecturers, and 450 other personnel. This National Institute of Further Education in Agricultural Science offers a full range of courses from Bachelor of Science Degree level vocational qualifications to Ph.D. level and a range of agricultural engineering training curricula. The school's main missions concern initial and further education, research, international scientific and technical cooperation, sustainable development in Agriculture, Agri-Food Science, Environment, and Rural Management. The institute offers courses specifically dedicated to innovation in the Mediterranean, tropical and sub-tropical issues. Instruction is given at the Master of Science and Ph.D. level to train students to a high profile professional standard, educating future professional agricultural engineers who will significantly design and implement a new agricultural revolution. Montpellier Sup Agro is located in the most vibrant town in France. It benefits from a prominent and worldwide scientific environment in agricultural sciences and is part of Agropolis International. This association brings together more than 2000 scientific researchers working in 112 research units. It is the leading pole of expertise or 'cluster' of this kind in Europe. The headquarters of the worldwide leader in agricultural sciences: The Consortium Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), is located nearby. The CGIAR, with fifteen specialized research institutes set up in most developing countries, employs 8500 researchers. The National Institute of Higher Education in Agricultural Sciences, Montpellier, the National Center for Tropical and Sub-Tropical Environments (CNC), the Institute for Innovative Education In Experimental Agro-Environment in Florac and the National Institute of Higher Education in Tropical and Sub-Tropical Agri-Food Sciences (SIARC). Montpellier SupAgro is continuing to follow a long tradition of international openness both in its academic training and research. Actively engaged in international research networks through 'Agropolis International Cluster' Pole of Expertise and membership to Agreenium. Montpellier SupAgro ensures a wide opening to global issues and attracts many international students who follow a Master of Science Degree course (about 30% of the students enrolled) or a Ph.D. Degree program (over 50 % of the students enrolled). To develop the awareness of all students enrolled at Montpellier SupAgro concerning international contexts and opportunities. An ambitious policy is in place, including the possibility to follow several foreign language courses. Academic courses are being developed to become part of new foreign exchange and international mobility programs. Add to this the international experience shared through our teachers, researchers, and stakeholders. To attract high profile postgraduate students, Ph.D. students, teachers, and researchers from Europe, developed countries, emerging countries, and countries of the Zone of Priority Aid in France. To develop and sustain partnerships and academic networks within the academic training and research frameworks of Montpellier SupAgro. To contribute to the development of agricultural training schemes. Montpellier SupAgro staff is involved in several reforms and improvement programs regarding technology or higher education in Agronomy for Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the peripheral countries around Europe. Montpellier SupAgro has one central library and two documentation centers open to the public and located on two sites: La Gaillarde in Montpellier and the Florac Campus in the Lozère region. These libraries and documentation centers are part of Montpellier SupAgro or INRA (French Institute in Agricultural Research). The network of resources is supplemented by the laboratory and research unit libraries, giving access to specialized fields to students, academics & staff. View full university