CIRAD and higher education

Strong partnerships in France and elsewhere

For tropical and Mediterranean countries, the capacity to build the skills required to roll out development policy as an absolute priority. To offer appropriate higher education, CIRAD has strong links with higher education establishments, grandes écoles and universities.

In France and Europe, within:

• Montpellier University of Excellence (I-Site MUSE);
• the Agreenium alliance (Agreenium);
• the EU Agrinatura network.

In tropical and Mediterranean countries, within:

• platforms in partnership for research and training (dPs)

CIRAD also helps to build Masters courses in the global South, and international courses.

CIRAD is an "Erasmus+" and Campus France partner, welcoming students studying overseas.

In practice

CIRAD helps to build teaching content and to implement Masters-level higher education courses. It hosts interns (Masters, technical diplomas, etc.) and PhD and post-doc students, but does not itself grant diplomas.

Masters

CIRAD contributes to more than a hundred Masters- or engineering degree-level courses in France and elsewhere.

Doing a PhD at CIRAD

CIRAD’s researchers are heavily involved in PhD and post-doc training. CIRAD has close links with doctoral schools at higher education establishments in tropical and Mediterranean countries and in France. Training through research lies at the heart of our remit.