2022-2023
AGRICULTURAL & FOOD DATA
MANAGEMENT
Master of Science
POSSIBILITY OF WORK-STUDY TRAINING
Data are revolutionizing companies in terms of management, research & deve-
lopment, and marketing. Digital technologies are constantly evolving and bring
out new approaches to agriculture, which require new skills. The objective of the
Master of Science in Agricultural & food data management program is to train data
scientists to meet the challenges of life sciences, agriculture, and food industry.
CONTEXT
The focus is on acquiring and applying IT and
data mining techniques in the field of research
and in companies and organizations involved in
creating intelligence for agriculture.
The program offers solid, future oriented training,
drawing on a multidisciplinary teaching approach.
Its other strengths are the extensive experience
of the program staff in monitoring internships, as
well as the partnerships with many companies
and educational and research institutions.
Our program enjoys the support of several academic
and industry partners, including ACTA, Agro EDI
Europe, NatUp, the Institute of Soil Science and
KEY POINTS
Plant Cultivation (IUNG) in Pulawy (Poland), the
Normandy Regional Chamber of Agriculture, Coop Expertise in data management applied
01
de France, Be API, ISAGRI, MiXscience (Avril Group), to life sciences and precision agriculture
Proagrica, Sodiaal.
International classes with 2/3rds
02
of students coming from all other the world
03 - 6-month insertion rate of 100%
Possibility of work-study training
04
(with a 12-month graduation)
UniLaSalle, a higher education centre
05
of national and international reference
Salima TAIBI Jérôme DANTAN in the earth, life, environmental, energy
Accreditation to PhD, Eng.
and digital sciences
Supervise Research Associate professor
(HDR), PhD in computer science
Professor in statistics Head of the MSc.
Deputy Head of the MSc Agricultural & food data
Agricultural & food data management
management
Career
The program provides
students with skills for which
there is significant demand
CONTEXTE in the following sectors:
agriculture, food industry,
e-commerce, consulting,
retail, e-communication, IT,
management, marketing
and digital marketing, R&D
and healthcare, with a 6-month
insertion rate of 100%
MSc Agricultural & food data management and salary prospects of over
€38,000 per annum:
COURSE STRUCTURE • Data scientist
• Chief data officer
The MSc in is taught in English and lasts 12 months. • Master data manager
It can also be proposed as a semester of study abroad • Epidemiologist
First academic period : from September 15th, 2022, to January 27th, 2023 • Data designer
Second academic period : from January 30th to April 7th, 2023 • Research leader in agronomy
• Manager of animal health
observatories
work Data/business analyst
semester 1 semester 2 experience
Skills
Expertise in data management,
Agriculture, Food Science and Big data Connected ag. & food IT, statistical, data mining,
An overview of AgTech and Food Science Precision Agriculture machine learning, image
Sociology and digital transformation GIS Software, image processing analysis techniques
applied to life sciences and
precision agriculture, project
Marketing & business analytics Big data, IoT and data property rights management, business analysis,
Data marketing Massive data processing and IoT
marketing, sociology...
Business strategy & datavisualization IT security & data property rights
Work experience
• A four-month placement
under an internship
IT Data management Machine Learning Methods
agreement or professional
Excel spreadsheets Machine learning and deep learning
03 training contract in
Databases and SQL Modeling
companies such as NatUp,
Project management
SODIAAL, Promize (ISAGRI),
Data Project for Agriculture and Evolution XY, Agrial
& Food Science Maïsadour
Data Analysis applied to Food Science
Practical project whose subject • data project for agriculture
Data Analysis
is offered by either the teaching and food science :
Data Mining
staff or a partner company, e.g. building A four-week assignments set
a decision-making tool for smart supervised by companies and
Software Engineering
agriculture, developing of professors
Excel programming, VBA
Advanced programming in Python innovative IT software
Credits
Survey Methods Cross fields
• 60 ECTS credits
Unstructured Data, • 40 ECTS credits for
Agorajob/Professional CV
Multiple Correspondence Analysis the academic period
French foreign language
Survey Consumers data Analysis, • 20 ECTS credits
text mining & Natural Language for the internship
Processing and professional thesis
TESTIMONIALS Admission
• General engineering degree
ESTELLE, student MSc 2018-2019 • Master’s degree or equivalent
I chose the MSc in Agricultural & Food Data Management to gain • Exceptionally, students with
new skills and because this program covers the arrival of digital a Bachelor’s degree or
technologies and data processing in the agricultural sector. I’ve equivalent with professional
learned such a lot, including programming and statistics, and I
particularly enjoy mixing with the international students. There experience
was soon a great atmosphere and team spirit in our group. I’m an • Admission will be based
intern at Evolution, an animal genetics company based near Rennes. on your application and
It is very rewarding and offers a different perspective on the skills
developed in class. It has given me valuable practical experience! an interview
Online application :
www.unilasalle.fr
www.international.unilasalle.fr
MICKAËL NABAT, Head of Big Data Development PROAGRICA
Making effective use of agricultural data is vitally important if we Start of term
are to meet the societal challenges of this century. It is a key part
of the strategies developed by companies in the industry. People September 15th 2022
with skills in management, data science and agronomy are a crucial
link in the chain as they can help management teams to lead these Tuition and fees
new projects and provide support to those in the field. These new
profiles need solid training that encompasses all these criteria. 12-mth conventional program:
€8,700
12-mth Continuing education
and alternation: €12,500
CHOOSE FRANCE
Discover the french “way of life” and gastronomy. Learn French, the world’s most Living expenses 2021-2022
commonly spoken language by 2050 • Catering in canteen: €3.25/meal
• Insurance: €200/years
TRY NORMANDY HEALTH & WELL-BEING
Normandy: Top region to visit • Benefit from the excellent • Campus room: from €270 to
(Lonely Planet 2018). Experience and free French healthcare €500 /month
the vibrant city of Rouen, system • Average cost of living: €650/
a safe city on a human scale • On campus psychological ROUEN
month
with 43,000 students and support team PARIS
5,000 international students • Disability friendly
campus and personalized
STUDENTS LIFE support
• Social event organized by • University hospital
student and the International within 15’
Department (Gala, Team
building day, touristic stay) ACCOMMODATION 1h00 OPEN DAYS
ROUEN
• Several student organizations • Secured residences
on the campus (International • University residences PARIS
club) • Private rental
accommodations
or with families
Set up a one on one
online meeting !
INTERNATIONAL FRANCE
Anthony Voisine Céline Jacquemoire
Student Recruitment Officer Admissions Officer
+ 33 (0)2 32 82 91 29 + 33 (0)2 32 82 91 47
+33 (0)7 61 00 75 44 admissions.rouen@unilasalle.fr
anthony.voisine@unilasalle.fr www.unilasalle.fr
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