Presentation and aims

Sustainable development and the environment are now integral parts in companies' management and strategic decisions. These questions are all part of the complex realities that bring a range of skills into play: scientific, economic, legal, as well as social and ethical.
The Advanced Master's degree in Environmental Management and Engineering (IGE) allows students from diverse educational programmes, with an eye on future professional responsibilities, to acquire more than just basic scientific understanding. They gain a cross-disciplinary view of and a critical mindset towards issues in sustainable development and the environmental dimension.

Prospective students

• Young graduates of the Grandes Ecoles in engineering, management, or of the Institut d'Etudes Politiques, or university graduates with a Specialised Master's (Master 2) degree
• Experienced executives (baccalaureate + 4 years of study or more) with at least 3 years of professional experience
• Foreign students with a thorough command of French and with a Master's-level degree

The course

Academic instruction is given over six months at the ISIGE and addresses the following topics:
1.    Resource management (ecosystems, biodiversity, mineral and fossil resources)
2.    Agriculture and the environment (production systems, environmental impacts)
3.    Public policies (institutions, law, economy of the environment)
4.    Health and environment (ecotoxicity, public health policies, risks)
5.    The industrial environment (management systems, impact management, ecodesign, life cycle analysis)
6.    "Sustainable development" strategies for companies (reporting, CSR, indicators, etc.)
7.    Energy and climate change (energy efficiency, CDM, CO2 capture and storage)
8.    Sustainable cities and territories (flow and networks, eco-districts, sustainable city, Agenda 21)

The programme includes several case studies, interactive exercises, and study trips. Several projects (done in teams) are undertaken at the same time by students.

The last study trips:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Professional assignment

Lasting six months, the goal of the assignment is to advance a strategic subject connected to the environment and to the sustainable development of a business. For the student, this is the opportunity to expand on his/her earlier curriculum and recent acquisitions from the Advanced Master's degree in the field, by successfully carrying out a significant project in a professional setting.

A few examples:

• REACH regulations, origin, adaptation measurements and impacts, the example of the iron and steel industry - ASCOMETAL
• Study of the balance between regional biomass needs of the group and mobilizable resources - ELYO

Advantages of the programme

• Participants who are recognised in their fields, industrialists and teacher-researchers
• Potential to finance the training through an industrial or institutional partnership
• Forward-looking, strategic professional assignment topics
• High rate of direct hiring
• Alumni network

Skills acquired

• Basic scientific knowledge in engineering and environmental management, including the political, social, and regulatory issues
• Methodologies and tools for analysis, diagnosis, and quantification
• Acquisition of ways of thinking to implement sustainable development
• Ability to communicate, listen, and negotiate
• Critical mindset, ability to work in a team, and an interdisciplinary approach

Job prospects

• Environmental supervisor in a large industrial group, department head or HEQ supervisor
• Consultants in large consulting firms, credit rating agencies, and engineering firms
• Policy officers in sustainable development and the environment with regional authorities and professional associations, the Chambers of Commerce and Industry, the French Environment and Energy Management
• Agency (ADEME), in Regional Directorates for Industry Research and the Environment (DRIRE), and with various ministries

Credits

75 ECTS

More information

• Duration : 12 months
• Beginning of the programme : September
• Location : Fontainebleau and Paris
• Language : French
• Fees : 16 000€ (financed by a partnership with a company)
• 25 students

 

• Application : in-depth study of each applicant's file, interview and editorial exercise
• Contact : info@isige.mines-paristech.fr

 

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