Six of the most important european universities convene into a consortium and build the Agris Mundus Master of Science.
Their large experience in training and research, the international cooperation in which each partner is involved, are key factors in facilitating the linkage with the profession.
Listed below the members of the Consortium:
- Wageningen University and Research Centre (WUR), the agricultural university in the Netherlands, with a strong experience in developing countries, specially in the domain of agricultural development.
- University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Life Sciences, is one of the european leading university in the areas of food, health, plants, natural resources, environment with a recognised expertise in agricultural development in the third countries.
- University College of Cork (UCC), which hosts one of the well-known colleges in Ireland for agriculture and food industries.
- Universita degli Studi di Catania, the university in Sicilia, Italy, with a high experience in mediterranean crops and animals.
- Universidad Politecnica de Madrid the university in Spain which carries for years a deep involvement in the support to local development in Europe and the Americas.The UPM contribution to the Agris Mundus Master course is organized with the cooperation of Infodal Foundation and GESPLAN, Grupo de Investigacion "Planificacion y Gestion Sostenible del Desarrollo Rural-Local".
- Montpellier SupAgro, the specialised training institution in France for agricultural systems in the mediterranean, the tropics and the subtropics.