Civil Engineering

Master’s Degree Innovations in civil engineering

Training objectives:

The Master’s degree in Civil Engineering aims to provide students with high-level scientific and technical training in the fields of geomaterials mechanics (rocks, soils, concrete), civil engineering modelling and environmental geotechnics.

This programme has two objectives: to introduce students to research with a view to preparing a doctoral thesis on promising topics in civil engineering in the broadest sense, and to provide students with real skills
for professional integration into the R&D and technical departments of large companies, research organisations, study centres and local authorities.

Programme

Master 2

Career opportunities and further education

The Master’s degree in Civil Engineering, which is research-oriented, is primarily intended to train young researchers, either through the pursuit of a doctoral thesis or by joining a public or private research organisation or centre. The majority of students will continue their training through research by preparing a doctoral thesis. Some will enter the workforce directly.

Young graduates should be able to take up positions as teachers and/or researchers, design engineers, research and development engineers or researchers in the building, public works, environment, petroleum engineering or renewable energy sectors.

Organisation of training

In the first semester, a compulsory core curriculum consisting of two modules of 50 hours each (25 hours of lectures and 25 hours of practical work):

• Advanced numerical methods in geomechanics;
• Behavioural laws of geomaterials.

Then 4 optional modules of 50 hours each (25 hours of lectures and 25 hours of practical work), to be chosen in consultation with the course coordinator from a list of 6 modules:

• Soil-structure interaction;
• Mechanics of porous media;
• Construction materials and their evolution;
• Structural diagnostics;
• Damage and brittle fracture;
• Molecular dynamics in geomechanics.

In the second semester, a research internship lasting 3 to 4 months is carried out in a university laboratory, at the CNRS (French National Centre for Scientific Research) or in a research organisation or company that has a partnership with these teams.

Here is a list of the main host laboratories:

• Multiphysics, Multiscale Mechanics Laboratory (LaMCube)
• Civil Engineering and Geo-Environment Laboratory (LGCgE)
• IEMN – Opto-Acoustics Team
• IMT Lille-Douai, HEI
• IFP, LCPC, LRPC, TOTAL, EDF, ANDRA

Support from research

All modules are taught by research professors who deliver high-level courses in their areas of expertise. Each year, research professors also propose internship topics (which may lead to a PhD).

Prerequisites and admission requirements

Admission to Master 2

Enrolment in the second year of this Master’s programme is conditional upon successful completion of all modules taught in M1 GMS or another M1 programme deemed relevant by the GMS steering committee. Engineering students may enrol in M2 GMS in parallel with their final year of study, subject to the approval of the GMS Master’s programme teaching committee.

Application to Centrale Lille or Study in France

Certification

This course awards a national master’s degree – controlled by the French state.