Our work in education and training includes higher education programmes in Integrated Crop Management, student internships and graduate student training. Read more about our work in English below or in French.
Certificate, Diploma and Masters of Advanced Studies in ICM
An in-person Masters of Advanced Studies (MAS) was offered from 2015 to 2020. This was replaced by the online Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) in Integrated Crop Management (ICM).
The Masters of Advanced Studies in Integrated Crop Management, jointly coordinated by CABI and the University of Neuchâtel, aimed to help address today’s critical agricultural and environmental challenges by offering a unique higher education programme.
The course gave international students the opportunity to follow a Swiss university-level education programme. Students learnt about crop management principles and explored solutions that can be incorporated into practice and policy in their home countries.
Graduate student training
Around 100 PhD, MSc and Diploma students have carried out the practical aspects of their university coursework at CABI’s centre in Switzerland. We’ve welcomed students from Switzerland, Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, UK, Turkey, Sri Lanka, China, New Zealand, Canada and the USA. Some of the students are self-funded while others are funded via CABI projects or by their universities.
Student internships
Around 15 undergraduate and graduate students take internships at CABI’s Swiss centre each year where they work mostly on biological control projects run by CABI in collaboration with national and international partners. We are currently offering BSc or MSc students in biology, ecology, agronomy and other related fields an opportunity to gain experience in biological weed and insect control.
Training courses and teaching
Scientists from CABI’s centre in Switzerland currently run courses on Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and experimental design and statistics for the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science (CAAS) in Beijing. We also give lectures in biological control at the University of Neuchâtel.
