Presentation

Programme strengths

This course is characterised by many digital educational activities, carried out in the form of practical assignments or projects. We place a strong emphasis on using the latest tools for quantitative exploration of the Earth and its environment. Geophysical measuring tools are supplemented by interpretation tools, such as numerical modelling, signal processing, remote sensing and seismic interpretation. The support of the OSUG@2020 excellence laboratory has been essential to implementing or renewing many of these tools.

Most of the "tools" modules (i.e. numerical modelling, remote sensing/GIS) are organised in the form of projects, enabling students to apply these tools to mini-problems that correspond to their choice of programme and their interests. Several disciplinary modules (UEs) also partly take the form of a supervised project, where students work in small groups to resolve a societal problem.

The modules in the semester 9 are taught in English, as is at least one module from the Master 1 year. Our policy is to offer teaching in English in the event that there are non-French-speakers among the students, both in 1st and 2nd years.

International dimension :

The programme has a strong international focus, with teaching mostly in English and internship opportunities in a company or in a research laboratory abroad. Several foreign students are welcomed onto the programme every year.

The course shares many elements with the Erasmus Mundus Master MEEES: Master in Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology.

Partnerships:

Partner laboratories

• Institute of Earth Sciences - ISTerre

Other partners

• Observatory of Sciences of the Universe of Grenoble - OSUG

Programme

Solid earth portal 1st year

• Semester 7
  • -UE Data and models in earth sciences 48h - 6 ECTS credits
  • -UE Geophysical prospecting 30h - 6 ECTS credits
  • -UE Numerical analysis project 12h - 3 ECTS credits
  • -UE Physics and chemistry of the earth 48h - 6 ECTS credits
  • -UE Geomechanics 24h - 3 ECTS credits
  • -UE Scientific & professional communication 24h - 3 ECTS credits

  1 option (s) to choose from 1

  • -UE Intro workshop - professional project 6h - 3 ECTS credits
• Semester 8
  • -UE Instrumentation and metrology 48h - 6 ECTS credits
  • -UE Remote sensing and GIS project 48h - 6 ECTS credits
  • -UE Movements of land, avalanches, protective works 22h - 3 ECTS credits

  3 option (s) to choose from 6

  • -UE Exploration geophysics 48h - 6 ECTS credits
  • -UE Wave physics 42h - 6 ECTS credits
  • -UE Passive seismic site characterization 21h - 3 ECTS credits
  • -UE Dynamics and volcanic risk 21h - 3 ECTS credits
  • -UE Induced seismicity 21h - 3 ECTS credits
  • -UE Subsurface modelling 30h - 3 ECTS credits

Master 2nd year

• Semester 9
  • -UE Quantitative seismology 48h - 6 ECTS credits
  • -UE Engineering seismology 48h - 6 ECTS credits

  3 option (s) to choose from 8

  • -UE Active faults and remote sensing 42h - 6 ECTS credits
  • -UE Dynamics of the Earth's surface 42h - 6 ECTS credits
  • -UE Advanced gravitational risk 21h - 3 ECTS credits
  • -UE Project on seismic hazard assessment 24h - 3 ECTS credits
  • -UE Risk management: regulatory and alternative approaches 50h - 6 ECTS credits
  • -UE Signal processing 42h - 6 ECTS credits
  • -UE Near surface geophysics 42h - 6 ECTS credits
  • -UE Numerical modeling workshop 8h - 6 ECTS credits
• Semester 10

  1 option (s) to choose from 2

  • -UE Research internship
  • -UE Company internship

Registration and scholarships

Entrance requirements

The 1st year is open to students who have obtained a national diploma equivalent to a bachelor degree (licence) in a field compatible with that of the Master, or via a validation of their studies or experience.

Entry to the 2nd year may be selective. It is open to candidates who have completed the 1st year of a Master in the field, subject to a review of their application.

Public continuing education:  You are in charge of continuing education:
• if you resume your studies after 2 years of interruption of studies,
• or if you followed training under the continuous training regime one of the previous 2 years
• or if you are an employee, job seeker, self-employed.

If you do not have the diploma required to integrate the training, you can undertake a validation of personal and professional achievements (VAPP).

Candidature

For candidates whose country of residence is not included in the "Studies in France" portal (PEF) scheme, the calendar for the eCandidat application campaigns is available here.

You want to apply and sign up for a Master?Please be aware that the procedure differs depending on the diploma you want to take, the diploma you have already obtained and, for foreign students, your place of residence.Let us be your guide – simply follow this link : https://www.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/candidater-et-s-inscrire/

Prerequisites

This course is intended for students in geosciences with a strong interest in working in the natural risks sector. Students have solid training in physics, geosciences and/or civil engineering. 

Target group

• Students in initial training who have obtained a bachelor degree (licence) in Earth, physical, or mechanical sciences. 
• Foreign students wishing to pursue their studies in the field of telluric risks in France.
• Students in continuing education wishing to pursue advanced studies in the field of telluric risks.

And after

Further studies

This course prepares students either to continue in the private or semi-state sector (consultancies, EPIC, local authorities), or to go on to do a doctoral thesis. The skills acquired in this course will provide the student with the experience needed to successfully pursue either of these two directions.

A reorientation to the Geophysics Programme is possible up to the end of the M1. Depending on the choice of UEs in semesters 7 and 8, reorientations to the Geodynamics or Georesources programmes are also possible.

Vocational placement