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Start an apprenticeship

Each year, INRAE offers apprenticeship contracts to young people between the ages of 16 and 29 years and to disabled people without any age limitations.

Updated on 02 January 2020

Throughout an apprenticeship with INRAE, the apprentice will benefit from methodical and wide-ranging vocational training designed to obtain a vocational qualification in parallel with a diploma or degree. In this context, the apprentice’s supervisor provides support and can transmit his or her know-how and knowledge.

The duration of an apprenticeship contract is at least as long as that of the training course covered by the contract.

INRAE advertises its apprenticeship contracts in around mid-April each year, and the first candidates are recruited as early as May or June.

> See the list of apprenticeships (only in French)
Contact: apprentissage@inrae.fr

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A good work-life balance

To favour a positive work-life balance (private, professional and community activities, etc.), INRAE can offer arrangements and services to facilitate the organisation of your work, support your family events and provide access to holidays and leisure and sports activities.

02 January 2020

A quality workplace

When you join INRAE, you will benefit from excellent working conditions thanks to the Institute’s outstanding premises and facilities and its cutting-edge technological equipment.

02 January 2020

Rights, obligations and code of conduct

INRAE staff members, whether they are civil servants or contractual employees, are representatives of the French state and are subject to the rights and obligations set out in the French Civil Service Code. As such, they embody the fundamental values of the French Republic and foster the values of publicly funded research.

In carrying out all their work, INRAE employees adhere to ethical values and principles of conduct, act with impartiality, integrity, dignity and probity, and seek to best serve the public interest.

In working at INRAE, staff members also promote and implement the Institute’s ongoing commitment to diversity and gender equality, its fight against discrimination, and its respect of the principle of secularism so that each person may apply their skills in an environment that recognizes and celebrates the richness of diversity and acknowledges that diversity is stimulating and promotes cohesion.

You will find below the principal rights and obligations applicable to public service employees.

12 April 2024