History
For more than 50 years, ISARA has been offering a wide range of Bachelor and Master level curricula in agronomy, food science, agribusiness and environmental science.
Education
OUR AMBITION
To be an engineering school, open to the world, a leading centre at the heart of food, farming and environmental issues, creator of ideas and innovation.
Fully committed to our values of trust, commitment, team spirit and self-development, we have the ambition to be a multi-activity higher education institution, attentive to the quality of life at work and during studies.
Research
ISARA's research aims to identify and develop new agricultural and food production systems ways. Recognized worldwide for their expertise in Agroecology and Sustainable Food System, our research teams coordinate or participate in several European and international programmes.
ISARA Scholarships
Below you will find scholarships related to ISARA. Distinction can be made between scholarships provided by the University and those provided by independent providers.
Independent provider
Grant
20000 EUR
Deadline
28 Sep 2025
The Hubert Curien PHC Tassil Program
Merit-based
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Independent provider
Grant
1000 USD
Deadline
30 Nov 2025
ServiceScape Scholarship
Merit-based Need-based
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Independent provider
Grant
Various benefits
Deadline
30 Sep 2025
École de Management Appliqué Scholarship
Merit-based
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Independent provider
Grant
3600 EUR
Deadline
31 Dec 2025
Scholarship Foundation Rhineland-Palatinate
Merit-based
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Independent provider
Grant
1200 EUR
Deadline
15 Oct 2025
Haniel Scholarship
Merit-based Need-based
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Independent provider
Grant
10252 EUR
Deadline
30 Jun 2025
Merit scholarship from the Cyprus State Scholarship Foundation
Merit-based
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Independent provider
Grant
1350 EUR
Deadline
01 Mar 2026
Scholarship "Promotion" Heinrich Böll Stiftung
Merit-based
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Independent provider
Grant
650 EUR
Deadline
01 Sep 2025
Merlion Scholarships
Merit-based
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Independent provider
Grant
300 EUR
Deadline
31 Dec 2025
Franco-German University: DFH Mobility Grant for Students of the DFH Study Programmes
Merit-based
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Independent provider
Grant
Various benefits
Deadline
31 Dec 2026
French Government grants from the French Embassy in Gabon
Merit-based
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Independent provider
Grant
1800 EUR
Deadline
Not specified
Eiffel Scholarship Program of Excellence
Merit-based
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Independent provider
Grant
1000 EUR
Deadline
Not specified
Livinfrance Scholarship Program
Merit-based
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Independent provider
Grant
Various benefits
Deadline
Not specified
Erasmus+ - Grants for study mobility
Merit-based
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Independent provider
Grant
10000 USD
Deadline
01 Sep 2025
The PhD Prep Fellowship
Merit-based
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Independent provider
Grant
5000 USD
Deadline
25 Aug 2025
Women Scholarship for International Students
Merit-based
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Independent provider
Grant
3000 USD
Deadline
30 Jun 2025
Essay Writing Contest from EduLegit
Merit-based Need-based
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Independent provider
Grant
1000 USD
Deadline
31 Oct 2025
$1,500 Annual Video Contest Scholarship
Merit-based
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Independent provider
Grant
1000 USD
Deadline
09 Jul 2025
Dream Chaser Scholarship
Merit-based
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Independent provider
Grant
90000 AUD
Deadline
Not specified
World Universities Ramsay Postgraduate Scholarship
Merit-based Need-based
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Independent provider
Grant
3000 USD
Deadline
31 Dec 2025
Scholarship for students with disabilities
Need-based
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Housing services
ISARA-Lyon can pre-book rooms in students' residence halls, thus facilitating the administrative process.
- Public residence Benjamin Delessert Public Residence
- Public residence La Madeleine Public Residence
- Résidence GARIBALDI
- Résidence Les QUAIS
Library services
ISARA Library is at the disposal of the students, researchers and professionals of agricultural and food sectors.
Campus life
Situated at the heart of Lyon Biopôle (an international gathering of life sciences), ISARA has been established since 2007 on the AGRAPOLE site, which includes over 50 professional organizations in the agricultural and food sectors.
- 5-minute walk from Gerland Park
- 15 minutes from the city centre (with the metro)
- 1h55 from Paris and 1h40 from Marseille (with the TGV High Speed Train)
- Close to the Alps and the Mediterrranean Coast, the ski resorts and the sea
Sports facilities
We prepare the future of our students through diversified training programs wich are open to the world, and skills-oriented, We are promoting interdisciplinarity, curiosity and initiatives, We are bringing together the energies to be enterprising and innovative, putting the human aspect at the heart of our project.Thanks to enhanced missions (Training, Research, Consulting, Continuing Education and Entrepreneurship) offered in two facilities (Lyon, Avignon), Isara fulfills its commitment to being open to innovation in a constantly evolving world, throughagile operating procedures.
Student clubs
ISARA-Lyon student life is vibrant thanks to the many events organized by the International Student Associations and other students clubs.
- Sports
- Music : Isarazik
- Theater (With The Company "Ramoneurs De Maux", Which Is A Partner Of Villeurbanne Theater)
- Mountain And Ski : Skisara
- Fish Keeping : Isaraquatique
- Botany : Botan’isara
- Beekeeping : Isar'abeilles
- Wine Production And Enology : Isarose / Isaromes
- Students' Parties
- Student Centre