Beauvais, France
March 11, 2014

LaSalle Beauvais launches an International Master in Plant Breeding in September 2014 in partnership with Ghent University and support from seed and agri-food companies to train classic breeders with a strong background in biotechnologies.

At a glance

All courses are taught in English.

The first year curriculum is taught from September to May on the LaSalle campus in Beauvais (France). It includes group meetings with breeders and covers market analysis, seed production systems, genetic diversity analysis of germplasms, problematics and methods of Plant breeding, quantitative genetics, intellectual property principles and rationale, regulation guidelines. Throughout the first semester, students will also be required to attend classes in French as a foreign language, in addition to the curriculum. The Minor thesis internship takes place from May to September in a company or research institution.

The second year curriculum covers practical fields of cell biology, genomics and bioinformatics. It is taught from October through March at the Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University. Students will benefit from a first rate scientific environment and major plant biotech companies. An integrative pilot case module ‘design a breeding project’ concludes the third semester. Major thesis internship in Plant Breeding takes place from March to August.

Access the detailed training program at: http://www.lasalle-beauvais.fr/-Masters-in-Plant-Breeding-

Institut Polytechnique LaSalle Beauvais is a top ranking higher education institution founded in 1854. The institution has over 1,750 French and international students on campus. Our Masters degree level programmes in Earth, Life and Environmental Sciences have been awarded the EUR-ACE label. LaSalle Beauvais is a member of the leading worldwide LaSalle network of 72 Universities and Agricultural schools. (http://www.ialu.net). 
 

Website: https://www.unilasalle.fr

Published: March 11, 2014