Its official name is Institut supérieur des sciences agronomiques, agroalimentaires, horticoles et du paysage (English: Higher Institute for agricultural sciences, food industry, horticulture and landscape management).

It trains agricultural sciences engineers and research scientists.

Agrocampus Ouest was created in 2008,[3] as the merger of two institutions: Its head office is located in Rennes, and has a second campus in Angers.

Moreover, Agrocampus Ouest has 6 doctoral schools: The institution has 80 academic partnerships across the world.

[1] According to its website,[1] Agrocampus Ouest has: According to the 2011 ranking published by the L'Etudiant and L'Expansion, Agrocampus Ouest is the third French grande école for agricultural sciences, with ENSA de Toulouse.