The University of Montpellier 2 (UM2) and Kasetsart University (KU) in Bangkok, in partnership with the Institut Pasteur and CIRAD, have launched a two-year binational Masters course in infectious, vector-borne and food-borne diseases: evolution, emergence, spread and control (called MIVA in France and "Bioveterinary Sciences" in Thailand). The course leads to a dual certificate: one French and one Thai. The last person to sign the relevant agreement was Gérard Matheron, CIRAD Director General, at a ceremony at Kasetsart University in Bangkok, on 26 May 2008.