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Master in Materials science and engineering

Master in Materials science and engineering

Biorefinery and biomaterials

Presentation and goals

The aim of the Master’s program in Biorefinery and Biomaterials (Master’s Degree, One Year Graduate Program) is to train professionals specialising in the problems of biomass valorisation, in particular through the development and improvement of processes allowing its transformation into biomaterials, chemical products or energy sources.

This Master’s program is available to students who have completed at least four years of higher scientific or 1 year of graduate studies (the equivalent of 240 ECTS credits) education in France or abroad. It is a degree course of the Master in Materials Science and Engineering.

Several scholarships are available, in France or depending on the country of origin, to cover all or part of the tuition fees as well as the costs associated with the studies. This program also includes a final-year internship lasting 5-6 months, either in a company or in a laboratory, which pays around €600 a month if it takes place in France.

The training is part of the themes of the Laboratoire d'Excellence Tec21, de l'Institut Carnot Polynat, du CDP Glyco@Alps, de l’IDEX de l’Université Grenoble Alpes, et du pôle de compétitivité Chimie-Environnement Axelera.  Enseignants académiques et industriels Grenoble INP - Pagora / Grenoble INP - Phelma / INSA Lyon / IMT Mines Albi / IFP Energies nouvelles / CEA Liten.  Partenaires industriels (non exhaustif) Novamont, Dow Corning, Roquette, Cargill, JRS Rettenmaier, Smurfit Kappa, Solvay, Lafarge, Arjowiggings, L’Oréal, Tetra Pak, Arkema, Schneider Electric, Seppic, Novasep, Degrémont, Condat Lubrifiant, Air Liquide, Siegwerk, Fibre Excellence, Total, Soprema, Ahlstrom-Munksjö, CEA, CTP, FCBA, Xylem…

Skills

• Science of materials for nuclear energy
• Durability of materials (fuel and components)

Presentation

Presentation

Further information

At the end of this Master’s program in Biorefinery and Biomaterials, forthcoming specialists will be able to implement biomass transformation processes and provide solutions that contribute to reducing the use of fossil resources, to intensifying recycling operations and to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

In particular, they will develop skills related to:

- biorefinery processes

- chemical, physico-chemical and biotechnical means of obtaining elementary building blocks from biomass, essentially from wood

- biosourced materials, biopolymers and biocomposites

 

These skills are particularly needed today by companies and international organisations in the textile, plastics, packaging, energy, food and pharmaceutical sectors. They will thus enable specialists to respond to the many environmental challenges and issues of the 21st century.

 

Within this unique Master’s program in France, the main topics covered are:

- Biorefinery, fundamental aspects (gas, biomass, plant chemical components, polymer chemistry)

- Biorefinery for energy (bioethanol and biomethane production, diester production)

- Biorefinery for bioproducts (existing biorefinery and conversion processes)

- Biomaterials (biopolymers, bio-based polymers, composites, new biomaterials)

- Sustainability assessment (life cycle assessment principles, environmental factors, energy consumption)

International dimension :

Internationally-oriented programmes

With its international dimension, all courses are taught in English. With students from a wide range of backgrounds and origins, this Master’s program offers an unprecedented opportunity to meet people from different cultures and thus develop the ability to work and manage projects in an international context.

Partnerships:
Accredited organizational unit(s)
  • University of Grenoble Alpes
Partner schools

Programme

Programme

Full program at the following address: https://pagora.grenoble-inp.fr/en/education/master#page-programme

Registration and scholarships

Registration and scholarships

Access condition

This Master’s program is available to students who have completed at least four years of higher scientific education or 1 year of graduate studies (the equivalent of 240 ECTS credits) in France or abroad. It is a degree course of the Master in Materials Science and Engineering.

Candidature / Application

See Grenoble INP – Pagora website (https://pagora.grenoble-inp.fr/en/education/master#page-admission)  for more information on application timeline and procedures.

Prerequisites

All candidates must provide a certificate of English language level:

 - Mandatory minimum level B1, level B2 strongly recommended, European standards.

Education : at least 4 years of higher scientific education or 1 year of graduate studies in chemistry, biochemistry, processes, polymeric materials or equivalent subjects

Target group

The master's SGM - Biorefinery and biomaterials course is open to French and foreign students.
It is available to students who have completed at least four years of higher scientific education in France or abroad. It is a degree course of the Master in Materials Science and Engineering.

Expenses

EU citizens: €243 per year

Non-EU nationals: €3770 per year (Partial payment of €500 in the beginning of July)

And after

And after

Further studies

PhD in Materials Science and Engineering
→ I-MEP2 Doctoral School
Engineering - Materials, Mechanics, Environment, Energetics, Processes, Production.

Sectors of activity

Chemical, material, plastic, cosmetic, detergent, textile, building, packaging, engineering and energy industrial sectors.