The Agricultural Science program at ISA Lille meets the current and future needs of companies, public authorities and research laboratories by training future managers and scientists benefiting from French and European expertise in the fields of:
First, the fundamental objective of this program is to have a general overview of Agricultural Science. Courses range from food chain theory and crop management to livestock and plant production. Although this general approach is taught through its technical and scientific aspects, it is also crucial to include economic, sociological and ethical aspects to comprehend the notion of sustainability in agricultural.
Most of all, the Agricultural Science program gives students:
Learning to work in a team and manage complex projects is an essential skill for any engineer. Therefore, one day every week is dedicated to group projects, supervised by a Professor and a representative from the agricultural industry or a partner company. These projects allow students to apply their technical knowledge to real-world issues faced by our industry partners.
Examples of projects:
| Welcome Session | 6 ECTS |
| Project in Agriculture | 6 ECTS |
| Ruminant Nutrition and Roughage Systems | 3 ECTS |
| Urban Farming | 3 ECTS |
| Plant Biotechnologies | 6 ECTS |
| Plant Breeding and Genetics | 3 ECTS |
| Precision Livestock Farming | 3 ECTS |
| Crop Modeling | 3 ECTS |
| French as a Foreign Language | 3 ECTS |
| Animal Welfare: From Consumer Demand to Farm Auditing | 3 ECTS |
| Biocontrol (Crop Protection) | 3 ECTS |
| Livestock Housing and Building Conception | 3 ECTS |
| Project in Agriculture | 6 ECTS |
| Agriculture and Climate Change | 3 ECTS |
| Geopolitics of Food | 3 ECTS |
| Applied Agricultural Sciences to Specialized Cultures | 3 ECTS |
| Livestock Production Systems | 6 ECTS |
| Introduction to Smart Farming - Focus on Precision Livestock Farming (Part of Erasmus+ KA2 Project on Smart Farming) | 9 ECTS |
| French as a Foreign Language | 3 ECTS |
| Summer Internship | 6 ECTS |
| Specialization: Sustainable Agriculture and Smart Farming | 30 ECTS |
| End-of-Study Internships Six-month professional experience Thesis Report and Oral Defense | 30 ECTS |
| Projet en agriculture | 6 ECTS |
| Agronomie appliquée aux grands cultures | 3 ECTS |
| Métiers de l'agriculture et de l'agrofourniture | 6 ECTS |
| Politiques agricoles et modèles sociaux de production | 3 ECTS |
| Industrie de l'alimentation animale et nutrition des monogastriques | 3 ECTS |
| Agriculteurs en difficulté | 3 ECTS |
| Projet en agriculture | 6 ECTS |
| Gestion de la santé animale en élevage | 3 ECTS |
| Sélection et reproduction animale | 3 ECTS |
| Expérimentation végétale | 3 ECTS |
| Agronomie tropicale | 6 ECTS |
| Bioagresseurs | 3 ECTS |
| Specialization: Agribusiness | 30 ECTS |
| End-of-Study Internships Six-month professional experience Thesis Report and Oral Defense | 30 ECTS |
As with all programs at ISA, students will spend 40% of their studies in internships. These periods of professional immersion, carried out either in France or abroad, in a company or a laboratory, expose students to the reality of the professional world.
Thanks to our project-based pedagogy and extensive professional experience, ISA Alumni are ready to join the global workforce even before they graduate. Indeed, 90% of ISA Alumni are employed within 6 months of graduating. Our alumni go on to work in diverse fields: Sales, Marketing or Technical positions, Service in agriculture (insurance companies, audits, consulting) as well as in Research and Development in technical and research institutes, Project management at regional or national levels (professional organizations).
