Presentation

Further information

This course is characterised by many digital educational activities, carried out in the form of practical assignments or projects. The principle is 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 1st year. The 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 program has a strong international focus, with teaching mostly in English and internship opportunities in companies or in a research laboratory abroad. Several foreign students are welcomed onto the program every year. Strong connections are shared with students from the University of Lebanon (UL), with several courses in common.

Partnerships:

Partner laboratories

• Institute of Earth Sciences - ISTerre

Programme

See the updated program in the French webpages:

Master 1st year

• Semester 7
  • -UE Numerical analysis project 3 ECTS credits
  • -UE Physics and chemistry of the earth 6 ECTS credits
  • -UE Geomechanics 3 ECTS credits

  3 option(s) to choose from 8

  • -UE Dynamics of the Lithosphere 6 ECTS credits
  • -UE Petrology 6 ECTS credits
  • -UE Geochemical evolution of the earth 6 ECTS credits
  • -UE Data and models in earth sciences 6 ECTS credits
  • -UE Earth Surface Dynamics 6 ECTS credits
  • -UE Field workshop tectonics-metamorphism 3 ECTS credits
  • -UE Field course Petrology 3 ECTS credits
  • -UE Intro workshop - professional project 3 ECTS credits
• Semester 8
  • -UE Scientific and professional communication 3 ECTS credits
  • -UE Remote sensing and GIS project 6 ECTS credits

  4 option(s) to choose from 8

  • -UE Exploration geophysics 6 ECTS credits
  • -UE Basin analysis 6 ECTS credits
  • -UE Multidisciplinary field workshop 6 ECTS credits
  • -UE Mineral resources 3 ECTS credits
  • -UE Subsurface modelling 3 ECTS credits
  • -UE Dynamics and volcanic risk 3 ECTS credits
  • -UE Sedimentary field workshop 3 ECTS credits
  • -UE Marine geophysical workshop 3 ECTS credits

Master 2nd year

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

  3 option(s) to choose from 8

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

  1 option(s) to choose from 2

  • -UE Research internship
  • -UE Company internship

Practica, projects, and missions

Internships in companies or laboratories are routinely conducted abroad.

Registration and scholarships

Access condition

• 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 / Application

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

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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

Expenses

Tuition fees 2020-2021: 243 €

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.