Major Energy and Environment

Degree

Engineering degree (Bac+5)

Campus

Montpellier

Access

Bac+4

Timing

Alternation

Full time

Language

French

English

Internship

2 semestres

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This major prepares flexible and adaptable engineers who are capable of sloving new industrial challenges related to the ecological transition. Particular emphasis is placed on the role of digital transformation in achieving this.

Upon completion of this major, graduates will have acquired scientific, technical, and management skills & understanding in the following areas:

Industrial appoaches to production methods and processes, and energy systems. The challenges of electricity, water and gas transmission and distribution networks.
Political, economic, geopolitical, and regulatory aspects of energy and the environment.
Mineral and energy resource management challenges from extraction to operations and industrial production, including industrial ecology, life cycle assessment (LCA) and material and energy recovery techniques.

Course description

Year 4

Compulsory modules :

Renewable energies
Digital technologies
Humanities & Business

Students will also choose one of the 4 specialty tracks in the major:

Marine energy
Hydrogen & fuel
Cells
Smart grid management

Electricity generation
Decommissioning
Radioactive waste management

Hydrology
Fluvial hydraulic
Climatology

Carbon accounting
Life cycle assessment
Éco-innovation, éco-Design

Year 5

Compulsory modules :

Regulations and norms
Circular Economy
Humanities & Business

Students will also choose one of the 4 specialty tracks in the major:

Solar thermal energy
Geothermal energy
Thermal storage and heating networks

Building LCA
Dynamic thermal simulation
Building energy efficiency

Water Nework
Water Treatment
Water Reuse

Mineral resources
Bioprocess & biofuel
Ecology & biodiversity

Real-world projects to develop your employability

Each academic semester, you will work on a project in collaboration with a company.

This project is the main focus of the semester, enabling you to put into practice the knowledge and expertise developed during the semester and according to your choice of track.

Examples of projects :

KYRAROU : proposal for a drinking water production system in india (water treatment - removing hardness).
FARMEX : design of a positive energy water treatment plant to facilitate access to drinking water in sub-Saharan Africa.
SEGULA TECHNOLOGIES : study of potential environmental impacts following the installation and operation of floating photovoltaic power plants (FPV) on reservoirs upstream of a hydroelectric dam, in France.
VH 93 : Development of a tidal turbine equipped with a Savonius rotor adapted adapted for electricity production in small rivers (finite element modeling and 3D printing).
GREnADE : development of an intelligent system for remote irrigation control.