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Diplôme d'ingénieur ESME, Majeure Smart and Secure IoT for Innovation and Defense Systems at ESME

ESME, France

Programme overview

Majeure taught entirely in English on designing, deploying and securing connected networks, from sensors and antennas to cybersecurity and embedded AI, with civil and military applications. It is listed elsewhere on the site under the name Advanced Technologies for Defense and Innovation.

Faculty: Design & Innovation  |  Duration: 2 years (years 4 and 5 of the engineering curriculum)  |  Study mode: full-time; English  |  Location: Ivry-sur-Seine, Île-de-France, France

What you will study

Embedded software development; radio propagation and antenna design; radio-frequency spectrum governance and regulation; mesh and star network architectures; 3GPP, LPWAN LoRa and satellite technologies; geolocation; cybersecurity (cryptography, PKI); quantum computing; AI applied to IoT; military systems; software-defined radio.

Career pathways

R&D engineer in connected systems, IoT network architect for defence or industry, embedded developer for drones or autonomous vehicles, IoT project manager in civil or military sectors.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Open to students of the ESME cycle ingénieur from year 4 of the curriculum. Entry to the school is by the Concours Advance on Parcoursup after a general baccalauréat with at least one scientific specialty (written tests plus oral), or by parallel admission through Advance Parallèle (dossier, then science test, English test and motivation interview) with a BUT GEII/Mesures physiques/R&T, Prépa ATS, scientific or technological L3 or CPUGE for year 1 of the cycle, or a scientific Master (M1/M2) or MSc (M2) for year 2. No majeure-specific prerequisites are listed.

EUR 12,290 a year (2026/2027). Annual tuition for cycle ingénieur years (Ingé 1, 2 and 3) for single payment; instalments in 4 or 9 payments available. CVEC excluded. Source

Duration: 2 years (years 4 and 5 of the engineering curriculum)

Apply through the official page: https://www.esme.fr/candidature/

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