Entry requirements

The Master's degree is available at M1 level to students with a Bachelor's degree in Science. Students with a Professional degree or from certain engineering schools may also be accepted. Students are selected by application. Students who have passed the M1 of this Master's degree are automatically accepted onto the M2. Students with an M1 in other Master's degrees in the environmental field or in the field of science, technology and health, or engineering school graduates may be accepted in the second year into one of the Master's 2 degrees by agreement from the educational committee. Continuing training students may perhaps be able to validate some of the teaching units depending on their professional experience. They must submit a special application form (please contact the course leader). 

Benefits of the program

- Training focused on natural hazards, industrial risks and the treatment of polluted soils.

- Different professional speakers bring to the training a practical side directly related to the business world.

- The introduction of tools (GIS, remote sensing, photogrammetry, ...) with also the intervention of professionals brings a real plus to this training.

- A pedagogy of case studies and mini projects reinforces the practical side.

Acquired skills

Graduates are provided with :

- An in-depth knowledge of natural phenomena which generate hazards, the resulting damage and the various prevention and hazard management aspects.

- A theoretical and practical knowledge of industrial hazards : major hazards, hazard studies, risk analysis methods, classified installations for environmental protection, impact studies, polluted sites and soils, and waste treatment.

- Tools for observing, studying, managing and mapping hazards (Remote sensing, GIS, photogrammetry, etc.).

- A competence in the diagnosis of polluted soils

- Knowledge in environmental policy

Registration details

Les candidatures au master se font sur le site de l'Université. Un dossier électronique doit y être déposé par le candidat. Deux sessions sont organisées : Fin avril à fin juin, puis début juillet à début septembre.

Course venue

Schedule of studies

Stage de 5 à 6 mois entre début février et le 30 septembre.

Your future career

This course leads to employment opportunities on several levels, such as natural hazards research in university laboratories, in association with public organisations. On a professional level, graduates may find employment in private or public consultancy offices (geotechnics, hydrogeology, waste storage), in technical departments for major infrastructure project ownership and project management, in technical departments for public institutions (SNCF, EDF, GDF, RATP, IRSN, etc.) and large public construction companies, in State technical departments (DDE, DRIRE, DDA) and regional authority technical departments (working for regional or municipal government, or associations of district councils). The employment rate of former students is comparatively very good. 

Professional integration

Surveys carried out at the university show that the majority of former master's students enrolled in the field of "Science and Technology" enter the working life. Eighteen months after graduation, 87% are employed.

Study objectives

Train professionals capable of managing problems of natural hazards, industrial risks and diagnosis and treatment of polluted soils. These professionals will also be trained in different tools used in these areas. Also train students able to pursue their doctoral studies.

Major thematics of study

Environmental law, standards, soil pollution treatment, natural risk management, industrial risk management, remote sensing, GIS

Study organization

Formation ouverte en formation initiale ou continue. Elle se déroule sur une année (M2), le premier semestre (septembre-janvier) sera consacrée à la formation au sein de l'Université. Le second semestre (février-septembre) sera consacré à un stage de formation dans une entreprise, un organiseme public ou un laboratoire (durée 5 à 6 mois).

Modalité d'admission en FC :

Candidature électronique sur le site de l'université. Etude du dossier par la commission d'admission du master. Les frais d'inscription sont à voir avec l'administration centrale de l'Université.

Modalité d'admission en FI :

Candidature électronique sur le site de l'université. Etude du dossier par la commission d'admission du master.

Major thematics of Research

UPEM research laboratories, IFFSTAR, BRGM, Ecole des Mines, IGN, other universities (Paris sud, Bretagne, ...)