Engineering Master Degree - Semesters 9 & 10 - Master of Science 2
Agricultural sciences engineering Master Degree
Option Data Science for Agronomy and Agri-food
Update : 12/13/2023
Data science, a challenge for the future and a skill in demand
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What type of training ? |
une formation diplômante, sous statut étudiant |
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For who ? |
étudiant titulaire d'un diplôme français, étudiant international |
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Where ? |
l'Institut Agro Montpellier
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Objectives
The course is part of a partnership between Agrocampus Ouest (Rennes) and Montpellier SupAgro. The programme provides solid methodological know-how and skills in the data sciences while working closely with private partners.
The objectives of the training course are to:
- Train data science managers for the agriculture and agri-food sectors
- Broaden the range of training to include diverse careers related to large volumes and flows of data which are necessary in all agricultural, agri-food and agro-industrial sectors.
Themes
- information technology and biostatistics
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Programme
Number of ECTS credits : 60
Language of instruction : In French
- Common core (3 months) in Rennes on applied statistics.
- Data science project (3 months) in Montpellier on data and knowledge-based systems, knowledge extraction and digital agriculture (modelling, behaviour of dynamic systems, sensors).
First semester (S9)
- Reduced complexity
- Factor analysis
- Visualisation of massive and heterogeneous data: Big Data
- Statistics for biological data
- Biological data studies
- Elective : sensometry ou statistics in ecology
- Experimental data
- Statistics for machine learning
- Unsupervised classification
- Machine learning
- IT methods
- Big Data with R
- Big Data management
- Other activities: English, professional conferences
- Digital and decisional approaches (8 ECTS): Practical training in computer science and applied mathematics. The concepts covered in Montpellier (December-February) are:
- Initiation in knowledge-based systems and data bases
- Extraction of knowledge
- Sensors, GIS
- Digital simulations
Second semester (S10)
End-of-study internship (6 months, compulsory).
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Calendar
- September-November: common core – applied statistics in Rennes
- December-February: elective
Digital and decisional approaches – Project in Montpellier
Machine learning – statistics – Project in Rennes - March-August: internship (6 months)
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Admission
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.
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Careers
- Executive expert: statistics, marketing, medical, biostatistics studies
- Manager: sensory analysis, experiments, analysis platforms
- Scientific expert: data scientist – big data management and analysis
Director of studies
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Bénédicte FONTEZ
Lecturer
- Department of Sciences for Agro-Bio-Processes
- UMR Mathematics, Informatics and Statistics for the Environment and Agronomy (MISTEA)
- l'Institut Agro Montpellier
Email : benedicte.fontez@supagro.fr
Phone : +33 (0)4 99 61 24 16
Phone : +33 (0)4 99 61 24 16
2nd phone : +33 (0)4 99 61 24 28
2nd phone : +33 (0)4 99 61 24 28
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Hazaël JONES
Lecturer
- Department of Sciences for Agro-Bio-Processes
- UMR Information – Technologies – Environmental Analysis – Agricultural Processes (ITAP)
- l'Institut Agro Montpellier
Email : hazael.jones@supagro.fr
Phone : +33 (0)4 99 61 21 21
Phone : +33 (0)4 99 61 21 21
2nd phone : +33 (0)4 99 61 24 28
2nd phone : +33 (0)4 99 61 24 28
Website :
Blog d'Hazaël Jones
Partners
- UMR Mistea
- UMR ITAP
- INRIA
- AgroCampus Ouest
- Private agriculture and agri-food partners
- #DigitAG (Institut de Convergence)
Place
L'Institut Agro Montpellier
Campus de La Gaillarde
2 place Pierre Viala
Montpellier
Key features
Employment rate: 80-95% within one year of graduation - 100% within 2 years
Statistics from Agrocampus Ouest
Fees
€1,831 or €4,449* (see conditions, in French) + €100 Contribution Vie Etudiante et de Campus (CVEC) administrative fee
* Tuition fees for non-European Union students enrolled in regular programs (excluding those in priority solidarity zone, international agreements, re-enrollments, refugee students, and dependent students).
Contacts
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Bénédicte FONTEZ
Lecturer
- Department of Sciences for Agro-Bio-Processes
- UMR Mathematics, Informatics and Statistics for the Environment and Agronomy (MISTEA)
- l'Institut Agro Montpellier
Email : benedicte.fontez@supagro.fr
Phone : +33 (0)4 99 61 24 16
Phone : +33 (0)4 99 61 24 16
2nd phone : +33 (0)4 99 61 24 28
2nd phone : +33 (0)4 99 61 24 28
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Hazaël JONES
Lecturer
- Department of Sciences for Agro-Bio-Processes
- UMR Information – Technologies – Environmental Analysis – Agricultural Processes (ITAP)
- l'Institut Agro Montpellier
Email : hazael.jones@supagro.fr
Phone : +33 (0)4 99 61 21 21
Phone : +33 (0)4 99 61 21 21
2nd phone : +33 (0)4 99 61 24 28
2nd phone : +33 (0)4 99 61 24 28
Website :
Blog d'Hazaël Jones
L'Institut Agro Montpellier
2 place Pierre Viala
34060 Montpellier - France
Tél. : +33 (0)4 99 61 22 00 Tél. : +33 (0)4 99 61 22 00
Fax : +33 (0)4 99 61 29 00
contact@supagro.fr
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