In the framework of a support program of the Fondation Crédit Agricole Solidarité Développement (Crédit Agricole Foundation – Solidarity and Development), the Institut Agro Foundation offers a new scholarship opportunity to welcome Ukrainian students from 2025-2026.
This initiative is part of the “Solidarity, Attractivity and Mobility” program fostering social openness, international mobility and diversity among the schools of the Institut Agro.
The scholarship based on academic and social criteria covers the travel and life expenses of the beneficiaries for a year.
In this context, Institut Agro Dijon has welcomed the first two beneficiaries from the program this week. Mariia L., 23-year-old, and Olena Z., 22 old-year, students at the national University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine (Kiev) have joined the engineering program in sustainable food specialized in food formulation and innovation.
This last year of specialization fully taught in English will allow them to complete an internship thus embedding experiences and expertise sharing around innovation and the conception of sustainable food products.
“We are very happy to be in Dijon. This experience is a great opportunity for us to discover French research works and innovation around food. The war in Ukraine makes the situation difficult and being able to continue our studies in France is a real chance.”
Mariia L. et Olena Z.
The support program for Ukrainian students initiated by the Fondation Crédit Agricole Solidarité Développement was developed through joint discussions between the academic French structures, the Kiev rectorate, the National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, the Crédit Agricole Ukraine and the Fondation Crédit Agricole Solidarité et Développement. Thanks to the financial support of the Fondation, fourteen Ukrainian students has benefited from an immersion in French campuses from September 2025.