Presentation
The Agronomy and Agro-industries engineering program by apprenticeship is offered on our Beauvais campus, in partnership with the CFA IRFA-APISUP.
By choosing an apprenticeship in our school, you choose a path of excellence combining high-level teaching and professional experience.
Key information
- Duration of the training: 3 years
- Language of instruction: French
- Recruitment from French Baccalaureate +2
- Training location: Beauvais campus
- CFA UniLaSalle
- Diploma accredited by the Commission des Titres d'Ingénieur (CTI), Master's degree and European EUR-ACE® label until 2024-25
- Tuition fees: paid by the host organization of your apprenticeship contract
22%
of students take the apprenticeship program
60%
of the training time spent in the company
100
engineers in Agronomy and Agro-industries trained each year by apprenticeship
97%
of young apprentice graduates are in employment one year after graduation
Training program
The BSc + MSc program in Agronomy and Agro-industries by apprenticeship is divided into four main periods:
- Semesters 1 to 3: common core courses
- Semesters 3 and 4: students choose a technical orientation among 3 proposed.
- Semester 5: students specialize in one of the 7 courses of study.
- Semester 6: students join their company for a long mission, leading to the writing of their final thesis.
Periods in a company
In total, the student apprentice spends 60% of his or her time in a company. They benefit from the same rights to paid leave as the company's other employees.
Apprenticeship rhythm
- 1st and 2nd years: 1 month in the company / 1 month at UniLaSalle
- 3rd year: 4 months at UniLaSalle (in-depth course) followed by 6 to 8 months in the company
Remuneration of the apprentice
The common base courses take place mainly during the first three semesters of the program.
The engineer's tools (6 ECTS credits)
- Quality standards and repositories
- Survey methodology
- Sampling methods
Business sciences (2 ECTS credits)
- Law (basics and principles) and labor law
- Human resources management
- Industrial economics: approach to sectors and industries
Food processing techniques (4 ECTS credits)
- Food microbiology
- Introduction to food toxicology
Professional project (1 ECTS credit)
- TOEIC preparation
- Apprentice's booklet
- Valuation of the 1st month in the company
- Bibliographic synthesis
Technical options (4 ECTS credits)
- Industrial refrigeration
- Agricultural mechanization
- Accounting
- Specific food needs and nutritional adaptations
Company : Professional skills and know-how (10 ECTS credits)
- Apprentice's booklet
Company : Knowing the company (5 ECTS credits)
- Skills associated with business sciences
Engineering tools (3 ECTS credits)
- Excel and SQL
- Multidimensional data analysis
- Computer application
- The linear model
Business Sciences (3 ECTS credits)
- Marketing
- Introduction to business strategy
- Management and business game
- Distribution channels and diffusion of food products
- Management information system
Sustainable development for agriculture and food (3 ECTS credits)
- Agricultural production (introduction to breeding systems and production chains)
- Biodiversity for the environment and food
- Industrial biochemistry of food
Interculturality (2 ECTS credits)
- English
- Preparing for mobility
Technical options 1 (4 ECTS credits)
- Food products: process/quality interaction
- Digital tools
- Strong nutritional components pathology
- Plant pathology
- Plant production and food valorization: introduction
- VANA - Agro-resources
Technical options 2 (4 ECTS credits)
- Animal feed: the basics
- Sanitary control plan and quality control
- Deepening management techniques
- Out-of-home catering
- Plant production and food valorization: deepening study
- Food chemical risks
Company : innovation at the service of the company (3 ECTS credits)
- Innovation in companies
Company : Business skills (8 ECTS credits)
- Bibliographic synthesis
- Apprentice's booklet
Personal and collective organization (10 ECTS credits)
- personal development
- creativity and innovation, products and services
- circular economy - waste prevention and management
- circular economy - sustainable development and CSR
- circular economy - energy and climate issues
- team management
- economic intelligence and strategic watch
- project management
Business and society (10 ECTS credits)
- operations management
- QHSE approach, implementation in companies
- economic management of a project
- management tools
- research and information processing
- management of information systems
Business sciences (7 ECTS credits)
- strategy
- economic regulation and governance
- sector study
- business relations
Personal work (3 ECTS credits)
- apprentice's follow-up booklet
- SST training
- reports of astonishment / activities - missions
The company and sustainable development
- Cross-cultural feedback
- Business ethics
- QHSE approach, implementation in companies
- Circular economy
- Research and information processing
- Economic regulation and governance
Starting in semester 3, students in the Agronomy and Agro-industries by apprenticeship program choose one of the three technical orientations offered.
Semester 3
- Presentation Application work
- Geographic information systems
- Genetics
- Protection of water quality
- Functional ecology applied to agroecosystems
Semester 4
Agricultural systems and performance 1
- Animal nutrition
- Crop system design
- Statistics
- Soil management in agro-ecosystems
Farming systems and performance 2
- Diagnosis
- Global approach of the farm and typologies of functioning
- Agri-equipment and innovation in agricultural sectors
In-company project
- Apprentice's booklet
- In-company project
Professional project of the apprentice
- Student application work
Semester 3
- Applied Statistics for Surveys
- Presentation Application work
- International trade and business
- Management accounting
- B to B marketing
Semester 4
Decision-making tools
- Marketing studies
- Launching a new product
- Tools and methods for corporate communication
Management tools
- Pricing techniques
- General taxation
Company management and control
- Management of company performance
- Risk management
In-company project
- Apprentice's booklet
- Company project
Professional project of the apprentice
- Student application work
Semester 3
- Control and sanitary control of products
- Presentation Application work
- Introduction to statistical process control
- Design of experiments and optimization
- Packing and packaging
Semester 4
Formulation and characterization of products
- Sensory analysis
- Food additives - rheology
- Culinary bases for R&D
- Regulations, nutraceuticals
Product processing and quality
- Food processing and nutritional impacts
- Processes and unit operations
Conduct and control of operations
- Production management
- Order control
Company project
- Apprentice's booklet
- Company project
Professional project of the apprentice
- Student application work
In semester 5, you develop your knowledge and skills in the field of your choice among the possible apprenticeship paths:
- Agroecology, soils, waters and territories
- Agroequipment and new technologies
- Agronomy and territory
- Consulting and business management
- Issues and challenges in animal production
- Entrepreneurship and innovation in business
- Marketing and business development
- Industrial organization in the agri-food industry
Admission
Admission requirements
You will be admitted to our Agronomy and Agro-Industries Engineering program by apprenticeship via an admission on title:
- in the 3rd year if you have validated your Licence 2 and 3 in biology, DUT in biological engineering, BCPST 2, BTS or BTSA
- in the 4th year if you have validated your Bac+4 in life sciences and/or agronomy
Do you have another profile? Do not hesitate to contact our Admissions Department.
Number of places allocated
- 3rd year: 20 places
- 4th year: 10 places
Admission procedures
Admission based on application and interview.
If your application is accepted, you will be invited to an interview. You will be interviewed by a team consisting of the head of apprenticeship and a teacher-researcher. At the end of this interview, if the assessment is positive, your application is submitted to the internal selection committee, which makes your eligibility official.
Open an online application form
Calendar
- 1st session: February 27, 2023
- 2nd session: March 22, 2023
- 3rd session: April 23, 2023
- 4th session: May 21, 2023
- 5th session (except international candidates): June 21, 2023
Jobs and opportunities
- Director of Green Chemistry in Industry
- Breeder of plant species and animal breeds
- Supply/Collection Manager
- Director of a cooperative
- Biofuel project manager
- Farm manager
- Head of an agronomic department
- Environmental manager
- Collection manager for a waste recycling company
- Wind power project coordinator
- Impact study manager
- Eco-advisor
- Heritage manager
- Director of a Regional Natural Area
- Hydraulic engineer
- Head of an analysis laboratory...
- Research & Development Engineer
- Marketing Manager
- Quality Manager
- Production manager
- Store manager in large-scale distribution
- Logistics manager
- Import/Export area manager...
- Sales engineer for intermediate products and consumer products for the food industry
- Buyer of fresh products in mass distribution
- Advertising and sales promotion manager
- Marketing research manager in a research company
- Corporate Advisor
- Credit Analyst
- Bank account manager
- Research officer
- Agricultural commodities broker (Trader)
- Technical sales engineer in agricultural supplies
- Agro-informatician
- Administrative and financial manager...
Contact
Régine BREEMEERSCH
Orientation and admission coordinator (Beauvais campus)
+33 (0)3 44 06 93 46