Diplôme d'ingénieur Génie Civil et Bâtiment (FISE) at INSA Hauts-de-France

The Génie Civil et Bâtiment specialty, run in partnership with UMons, trains construction engineers to use digital technologies (Building Information Modeling) across the life cycle of a built asset, with an opening to architecture and collaborative working on the digital model.

Faculty: INSA Hauts-de-France - Diplôme d'ingénieur  |  Department: Diplôme d'ingénieur  |  Duration: 3 years (BAC+2 to BAC+5)  |  Study mode: full-time (student status, FISE); French  |  Location: Valenciennes, Hauts-de-France, France

What you will study

Basic sciences and civil engineering concepts, languages and humanities, then specialist subjects: architecture and territory, construction engineering, project management and construction economics, digital model and BIM, and client-side project programming. Year 3 is shared with architecture students of the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of Mons, followed by two tracks in years 4 and 5, one of which allows continuation at the Faculty for the engineer-architect diploma. Two compulsory long internships (first semester of year 4, September to January, and second semester of year 5, March to August) and a minimum of 18 weeks abroad are part of the curriculum.

Career pathways

Roles include BIM manager, BIM coordinator, construction project manager, architect's collaborator, design engineer, methods engineer, construction economist, building control engineer, works engineer and property asset manager, in building contractors, design offices, architects' practices and large construction companies.

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