The school trains students in life sciences, agriculture and agri-food. Each year, it welcomes almost 1700 students across its various courses (from 3 to 5 years of higher education) and employs almost 180 people, including almost 75 permanent research professors.
The school has eight state-of-the-art research laboratories and platforms. It is also one of only two schools in France to have its own farm: the Domaine de Lamothe.
PURPAN est au cœur des réseaux d’enseignement, de recherche et de développement et elle est notamment établissement composante de l’Établissement Public Expérimental “Université de Toulouse” depuis le 1er janvier 2025. Son réseau international est déployé dans plus de 50 pays.
PURPAN has a CSR approach and is committed by definition to environmental protection, sustainable development and agro-ecology, not only through its day-to-day actions but also through the research projects to which its research professors contribute.
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Message to future PURPAN students
More than just filling in boxes on ParcourSup.
Choosing an engineering school is often difficult, because it is the choice of a lifetime. Of course there’s the ParcourSup* application, then an oral at PURPAN if you’re selected. But in the end, it’s you who chooses us. So why PURPAN?
– Because our teaching focuses on biodiversity, the environment and sustainable development.
– Because agriculture is part of the solution to the climate transition.
– Because we have a large number of researchers (78%) working in public research.
– Because studying an agricultural or agri-food sector provides a global vision of a virtuous model of political, social, human, ecological, economic and financial organization.
– Because with one or two periods spent abroad, international culture is developed in every course.
– Because even if you change career, your individual and professional development based on personal development and a systemic vision will serve you well.
– Because your experience of student life will be multifaceted and rich in unforgettable encounters, as we make student life an integral part of your personal development.
– Because our PURPAN culture is caring and cheerful…
In choosing PURPAN you choose more than just a school. Your choice is part of the very contemporary world of a shared project between young people in search of a future and a teaching community that puts each individual at the center of its project.
With PURPAN, make ParcourSup* the opportunity for your future.
Eric LATGÉ
Vice Chancellor
* Depending on your profile, you can also enroll at PURPAN outside ParcourSup.
History and values
École d’ingénieurs de PURPAN was founded in 1919 by farmers and Jesuit educators.
Using teaching methods for success based on Ignatian sources—the importance of experience, its analysis, support and review—PURPAN’s ambition is to help students develop with a great capacity for action and adaptation, personal commitment, solidarity and a sense of action.
The school has a recognized public service mission (in line with the Rocard Law of 1984) in the fields of training, research, international cooperation and technology transfer.
Driven by a sense of responsibility, enthusiasm, benevolence and involvement, PURPAN has been helping its students acquire a vision and a culture of the world around them for over 100 years. This openness helps students acquire technical skills, critical thinking and adaptability, as well as, and above all, the ability to ground themselves with convictions, values and points of reference that stand the test of time.
PURPAN set its own foundations from the outset, and has continued to build on them over the decades: A Passion for the Earth, A Drive for Knowledge, Teaching based on Support, Human Strength.
These four pillars structure its identity and illustrate its DNA, which can be summed up in two words:
“Cultivating Humanity.” The administrative teams and research professors all embody this philosophy and commitment for the students and the professionals we support each year in their research, development and innovation projects.
The school environment
Located in Toulouse on a green, tree-filled 26-hectare site, École d’ingénieurs de PURPAN features a 15th-century château and an impressive magnolia tree, planted in around 1783 and now classified as one of the most beautiful trees in Europe.
The entire estate, owned by a foundation linked to the school, is located opposite the new Cartoucherie district.
The Toulouse site boasts a modern infrastructure tailored to the latest developments in education.
Located in France’s second-largest agricultural region, Toulouse is home to a wide variety of terroirs and a remarkable wealth of gastronomic delights.
The ultimate student city and France’s fourth-largest college town with almost 130,000 students, Toulouse, the “Pink City,” is a dynamic combination of cutting-edge industries, research and the art of living in a place where rugby is the emblematic sport.
Our specificities
Personal development at the heart of PURPAN’s educational project
A progressive course designed to:
• Grasp tomorrow’s challenges: understand the world and its issues
• Get to know, listen to and accept yourself, so you can progress and play your part.
• Embrace complementarity when working in a group and discover cultural diversity in the world and in a company.
• Develop a taste for communication and the desire to communicate.
• Become autonomous and responsible.
• Build your skills as a future manager.
• Assimilate personal and corporate ethics.
Our courses in 8 key points:
• Training at the heart of today’s and tomorrow’s challenges.
• Recognized teaching based on support..
• A strong emphasis on “hands-on practice.”
• Significant corporate experience.
– Significant international experience.
• A customizable course.
• A school that combines teaching and applied research.
• Dynamic student and community life.
Gender Equality Index (Feb.2024)
École d’ingénieurs de PURPAN scored 94/100 on the gender equality index, with the following indicators:
– gender pay gap : 34
– individual pay rise gap: 35
– employees receiving a pay rise after returning from maternity leave: 15
– parity among the highest earners: 10