Professional Bachelor’s Degree in Agronomy (Plant Production)
The Professional Bachelor’s Degree in Agronomy focuses on advising, supporting innovation, breeding and experimental research. You can complete your apprenticeship anywhere in France. Give your studies a global dimension by taking internships abroad.
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Program type:
Qualification-leading course
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Lenght of training:
1 year
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Terms and conditions:
Work-study programme Full-time Programme
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Status:
Bac +2
Overview
OBJECTIVES
Choose the Professional Bachelor’s Degree in Agronomy to:
- Acquire reasoning and adaptability skills to be able to hold positions of responsibility.
- Specialise in the plant sector.
- Open yourself up to all areas of plant production.
The Professional Bachelor’s Degree in Agronomy enables you to acquire:
❖ Technical skills to open yourself up to and deepen your knowledge of consulting and plant production focused on innovation.
❖ Cross-disciplinary professional skills: communication in professional situations, social networks, project management, teamwork, sector analysis, management.
With a variety of teaching methods:
- Lectures, group work, field cases.
- A tutored project with a professional sponsor to work on current issues in the sector.
- Contributions from professionals
Key figures
100%
success rate in 2025
66%
are satisfied with the training in 2025
63%
will be in employment (six months after completing their training) in 2025
PROGRAMME
PROGRAMME
- Mastering professional communication skills – 60 hours: general and professional English, communication, professional written and oral expression,
- Mastering professional communication skills – 60 hours: general and professional English, communication, professional written and oral expression,
- Using reference tools in the workplace – 60 hours: analytical and problem-solving methodologies, innovation, analytical methods, project management and resource optimization, IT and office automation.
- Understanding business operations – 60 hours: business policies and operational functions, economic monitoring, analysis of professions and skills, sector analysis methods, the administrative and regulatory environment of the business, quality.
- Mastering agronomic techniques – 175 hours: genetics, plant pathology, crop management
- Supervised project – 140 hours: the supervised project is a study, carried out individually or in a group, on a problem posed by a company.
Internship
The type and location of the internship are chosen by the student in consultation with their academic tutor. Spread over two periods and totalling 12 to 16 weeks, the internship can be carried out in one or more companies across France and Europe.
Admission & Qualification
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Student programme for the Professional Bachelor’s Degree in Agronomy
Hold :
- A DUT, BUT, BTS, BTSA or second-year university degree (L2) relevant to the course: plant sciences, horticulture, life and earth sciences
- Any other recognised qualification equivalent to a two-year post-secondary qualification in the relevant professional field
- A qualification certifying the award of 120 ECTS credits in the relevant professional field
Work-study programme for the Professional Bachelor’s Degree in Agronomy
- Apprenticeship contract: you must be aged between 16 and 30
- Vocational training contract: you must be aged between 16 and 25, or be a jobseeker aged 26
Hold :
- A DUT, BTS or second-year university degree relevant to the course: plant sciences, horticulture, life sciences and earth sciences
- Any other recognised qualification equivalent to a two-year post-secondary qualification in the relevant professional field
- A qualification certifying the award of 120 ECTS credits in the relevant professional field.
Training accessible to people with disabilities
3 good reasons to choose the Bachelor’s degree in Agronomy (Plant Production)?
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Embracing all types of crop production
arable crops, fodder crops, specialised crop production…
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An international outlook and opportunities for mobility
the opportunity to go on a six-month study trip.
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Strong technical skills
to expand and enhance agronomic advice and crop production with a focus on innovation.
Advantages of the Professional Bachelor’s Degree in Agronomy (Plant Production)
KEY ADVANTAGES
- Be at the heart of discussions on innovative agricultural systems and agroecology.
- Attend conferences and events organized by the school, such as:
- The inaugural lecture
- The Agronomic Innovation Forum
- Connected Agriculture events and numerous other conferences
- Research workshops led by ESA’s teacher-researchers
- Receive guidance in building your professional project and finding apprenticeships or internships.
- Benefit from ESA’s extensive network, including:
- Cooperatives and trading companies: Axereal, CAVAC, Terrena, Eureden, Agrial
- Seed companies: Cerience, Limagrain, Syngenta, Corteva Agriscience
- Technical institutes: INRÆ, Arvalis, Terres Inovia
- Angers Plant Campus : Brings together higher education and research actors: University of Angers, ESA, INRÆ, Agrocampus, Végépolys.
Tuition fees & funding
Full-time programme
Tuition fees* are €5,662.
Additional fees:
- Student Union (BDE) membership fee: €20
- Workplace accident insurance : €108
- Campus services fee: €100
*rate applicable for the 2026–2027 academic year, for information purposes only
