AgroParisTech

AgroParisTech (officially Institut des sciences et industries du vivant et de l'environnement, or Paris Institute of Technology for Life, Food and Environmental Sciences) is a French higher education institution, known as a grande école. It is a constituent member of the Paris-Saclay University. It was founded on January 1, 2007, by the merger of three life sciences grandes écoles (INA P-G, ENGREF and ENSIA). Leader in life sciences and agronomy, AgroParisTech is one of the foremost and most prestigious Grandes Écoles. AgroParisTech is one of the founding members of the Université Paris-Saclay, which will be the largest European multidisciplinary campus. AgroParisTech will consequently be moving to the Paris-Saclay business and research-intensive cluster in 2021. AgroParisTech is a part of the Paris-Saclay University and a member of the Paris Institute of Technology (ParisTech). The latter is a consortium of ten graduate institutes of science and engineering. AgroParisTech is also part of 'The Life and Environmental Science and Technology Hub' of the Paris region, together with INRAE, Cemagref, AFSSA, École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort and the Versailles National School of Landscape architecture. AgroParisTech is the merger of three graduate institutes of science and engineering located around Paris: Institut National Agronomique Paris-Grignon (INA P-G), founded in 1826 École nationale du génie rural, des eaux et des forêts (ENGREF), founded in 1964 École Nationale Supérieure des Industries Agricoles et Alimentaires (ENSIA), founded in 1893. The public higher education system in France includes universities and other institutions called the grande école. The grandes écoles are the best rated pathways for higher education in Engineering and Management. The vast majority of the chief executives in major French companies and of top managers in the French Administration are graduates from the grandes écoles.