The Bordeaux School of Agronomic Sciences has established many partnerships with foreign universities in order to develop its international activity in terms of training, research and transfer. As the only agronomy school in Europe’s leading agricultural region, BSA (Bordeaux Sciences Agro) welcomes many international exchange students. Discover all of BSA’s international assets.
Global agricultural challenges
More than 70 international partnerships
Range of French and English-speaking courses
Bordeaux, a pleasant and safe city
Global agricultural challenges
The challenges of modern agriculture go far beyond national borders: globalization of trade and markets, meeting future food needs, preserving natural resources, adapting to and mitigating climate change, regional development, etc.
BSA is the only agricultural engineering school located in Nouvelle Aquitaine, the leading agricultural region in France and Europe
This privileged position and the quality of its training offer have enabled the school to establish several international partnerships with prestigious foreign universities, thus allowing its students, teachers and staff to develop their international projects in the best conditions.
More than 70 international partnerships
BSA has over 70 international partnerships, 55% of which are in the European Union. These partnerships, which have an average duration of 5 years, are established on a reciprocal basis for exchange programs, which allows the exemption of registration fees at the host institution. Thus, any student wishing to come to Bordeaux Sciences Agro as part of an exchange program will be able to benefit from its teachings without paying any fees, while being able to have any prior learning recognized on their original degree.
Bordeaux Sciences Agro, by its size and profile, has demonstrated great resilience and adaptability. In spite of the health crisis that has swept the planet, the school has been able to maintain, adapt or reschedule many of the exchanges planned for 2020-21, which would not have been possible without the excellent communication that exists with its partners and their flexibility and benevolence.
The school has adapted to the new constraints of the Erasmus program and is already in the process of dematerializing procedures in accordance with the “Erasmus Without Papers” recommendations, which will undoubtedly facilitate cooperation with its European partners and encourage the development of future collaborations.
A range of French- and English-speaking courses
BSA offers its students an excellent academic program in line with the new challenges of sustainable agriculture. A public school under the aegis of the French Ministry for Agriculture, it trains agricultural engineers in three years. It is ranked among the French “grandes écoles”.
University courses
The agricultural engineering degree consists of a common core of 2 semesters, a modular semester, and finally 3 specialized semesters, chosen among the following 12 proposed specialties:
- Agro-finance
- Sustainable animal sectors
- QSE (Quality Safety Environment) management of the food industry
- Food and nutrition-health
- Agro-ecology and resource management
- Agriculture, proximity and local and global territories
- Strategy, entrepreneurship, management of agricultural enterprises
- Resource and Environmental Management
- AgroICT (Information and Communication Technologies)
- Forestry management and wood supply logistics
- Viticulture and oenology
- VitiManager.
The modular semester consists of intensive 3-week courses. Students can choose each period from 4 modules, offered in parallel, including one in English.
This semester thus allows students to tailor their training according to their disciplinary interests or their own language skills. Here are some examples of the modules offered:
- Agriculture and Global Changes
- (R)Evolution in Ruminant Reproduction Management
- Plants with Human Health Benefits
- Worldwide Agriculture
- Water Resource Management
- Food Microbiology and Food Safety
- Food supplements: Safety, Efficiency, and Innovation
- Independent Science and Policy Research
High quality research-based teaching in the field
As an engineering school, BSA offers applied teaching methods: theoretical courses associated with a lot of practical work in laboratories and in the field, as well as presentations by more than 450 professionals. BSA is the owner of Château Luchey-Halde, which is an excellent selling point for several of its specializations, including Vineyard and Winery Management, Agroecology, Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Agricultural Business Management and QSE Management.
The classes, mostly organized in small groups, between 25 and 40 students from the second year onwards, are taught by research professors from the school, with a very dynamic research activity within 12 mixed units covering the disciplinary fields developed by our courses
A service dedicated to the integration of foreign students
BSA’s International Relations Department assists students in their integration into the school and in all the steps necessary for their successful settlement and registration.
The school also offers, to those who wish, free French as a foreign language courses, adapted to their level and integrated into their timetable and pedagogical contract for an hour and a half on a weekly basis.
A sponsorship system has also been set up to encourage exchanges between international and domestic students and to allow international students to better settle in, and to give domestic students greater international exposure.
Accommodation offered to all international students
BSA (Bordeaux Sciences Agro) provides each international student with a studio on campus, which costs less than in the city (between €335 for a room and €420 for a 22 m2 studio) and is eligible for housing assistance from the French CAF (Caisse d’Allocations Familiales).
This fully-equipped accommodation are located within the school’s secure campus. They are equipped with numerous facilities (gymnasium, sports fields, music rooms, library, vegetable garden, etc.) and provide access to various services, including university restaurants (€1 per meal) and the student health service, which is completely free.
Bordeaux, a pleasant and safe city
Finally, 93% of students enjoy living in the Gironde capital, which is listed as a UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) World Heritage Site. Its mild climate, its beautiful architecture, its history, its safe environment, the numerous restaurants, its location in the heart of the most prestigious wine region in the world, its proximity to the ocean, the mountains and the largest planted forest in Europe (the Landes), etc., make it one of the most attractive cities in France.
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