Advanced Master in Project Management for Polluted Sites and Soils (MS-SSP) at Mines Saint-Étienne

Programme overview

CGE-accredited Advanced Master training engineers to manage a polluted sites and soils project from the initial phase to lessons learned, integrating technical, regulatory, economic, societal and environmental dimensions, with project-based learning and field immersion.

Faculty: Mines Saint-Étienne | Department: Advanced Master (Mastère Spécialisé, CGE label) | Duration: 1 year; 450 hours of training (75 ECTS) | Study mode: work-study; taught in French; Saint-Étienne campus | Intake: October | Location: Saint-Étienne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

What you will study

Five modules covering territorial development projects and regulatory, social and economic approaches, diagnostics and risk assessment, depollution geoprocesses and project management, with a company placement and professional thesis.

Career pathways

Graduates work in the fast-growing remediation and site redevelopment sector as polluted site and soil project managers.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Engineering degree (environmental, chemistry, geology, civil, processes, materials, biology, risks), a scientific or technical Master 2, or a Master 1 plus 3 years of professional experience, or an equivalent foreign degree (Bac+5, or Bac+4 with experience). Professionals such as QHSE and geotechnical engineers also welcome. Applications open November to end of August for an October start: file with CV, transcripts and degrees, eligibility review, 45-minute interview (January to end of August), and finding a host company (mandatory, with school support) and securing funding; admission is final once all are in place.

EUR 10,000 for the whole programme. Individual funding: 10,000 EUR training cost for the programme. Covers all teaching, access to facilities, academic supervision, monitoring of the company assignment and the professional thesis; identical for international applicants. Source

Intake: October

Duration: 1 year; 450 hours of training (75 ECTS)

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