Master in Environmental Science and Management with focus Environmental Science

Addressing the environmental problems facing our societies is one of the biggest chanllenge for the 21st century. The Master's degree aims to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary for a critical, interdisciplinary and multidimensional approach to these problems. Throughout the program, students develop their ability to inform, lead and support socio-environmental transformations. The Master's degree is built around two distinct finalities, with complementary objectives: Environmental Management and Environmental Sciences.

The Environmental Sciences Finality is specifically directed towards the techniques of analysis, observations and modelling of the global and regional environment.. Taking place in a truly multidisciplinary structure, the training is particularly focused on the scientific analysis of the environment in order to better understand the detailed working of our Planet and its constitutive envelopes (Atmosphere-Hydrosphere-Cryosphere-Biosphere-Lithosphere). The training provides the knowledge and skills necessary to understand and diagnose complex processes  taking place on various scales (i.e., climate change, air and water quality, resource management, etc.).

This Finality is intended for holders of a bachelor's degree in the field of natural sciences, exact sciences or engineering sciences. Graduates will be able to bring their scientific expertise in the societal management of environmental issues, for which they will have followed a general and in-depth training as part of the Master's degree.
 

Learning is based on a set of theoretical courses as well as laboratory work, computer modelling exercises, research seminars, group work and, if the student so wishes, an internship in a public, private or associative organisation. A number of courses include field visits or excursions, or involve professionals: each year a number of people with environmental responsibilities come to share their knowledge with the students. The curriculum may also include conference cycles.

The success of the Master's degree also depends on the preparation and presentation of a final thesis. It is to be considered as an important vector for student specialization. In the best of cases, it will constitute the student's business card in the professional world. The thesis can be oriented towards research and analysis, just as it can have a more operational and practical purpose.

The Environmental Sciences finality allows candidates to flourish in a "multi-approach" scientific study (theory, laboratories, modelling, field) of the processes that govern the functioning of our environment, and to do so in a truly multidisciplinary structure, thus preparing them for professional integration.