RESEARCH AND TRAINING
> Significant scientific and technical potential: over 60 laboratories with more than 1 800 researchers specializing in life sciences
> National institutes such as INRA, INSERM, CEMAGREF, CNRS and CRNH (Human Nutrition Research Centre), as well as two University laboratories, one of the best teaching hospitals in Europe and the National Advanced College of Chemistry.
> Expert research sectors: nutrition-food-health, food quality, organics.
> Internationally regarded research teams developing numerous international partnerships such as GENOPLANTE, a unifying program of plant genomics, or BIOGRID, a technology development program based on the application of computerized computational grids to the biotechnology sector.
> Specialized training for the biotechnology sector: the University Institute of Bioengineering (Aurillac), a facility offering the full range of further education (from undergraduate to post doctoral research) in the Nutrition-Food-Health sectors.