The training course takes place on two sites

AgroTIC group project

A group project responding to a demand from a company is conducted during the 6-month training program. Through the project, students gain a better understanding of project management tools and methods.

Assessment

• Theory: Assessment of each student’s personal performance using methods from the professional world (based on two individual interviews, in the middle and at the end of the theoretical training).
• Writting: writing and presenting an end-of-study report.

The 3rd year option is open, after review by the admissions committee, to students who have validated the M1 level (first year of a master's program) and come from:

• an international partner institution in the context of academic mobility (earning credits)
• a school of agriculture under the French Ministry of Agriculture and Food (See Ecole des groupes Ingénieurs) or the Ministry of Higher Education for Research and Innovation
• or a French institution with which Montpellier SupAgro has signed an agreement

Application forms may be obtained from the educational directorate of your institution.

Students who have not validated the 2nd year (M1) of the Montpellier SupAgro Agricultural Engineer course are not awarded a diploma at the end of the 3rd year of the training program.

Admissions

This option prepares graduates for careers involving the development of information and communication technologies in the context of agriculture, food and the environment:

• Project manager / Product manager: for service provider companies (remote sensing, development of farm management information systems, etc.)
• GIS Project Manager / Geomatician  (organisation, public institution, consultancy companies, etc.)
• Advisor / Consultant (cooperatives, consultancy companies)
• Technical sales engineer / marketing manager:  for service providers companies (remote sensing, farm management information systems, machinery etc.)
• R&D Engineer: development of new service product in small companies like start-up or SME, technical institutes, cooperatives
• Research careers