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MSc in Engineering Process Engineering and Artificial Intelligence (GPIA) at Mines Saint-Étienne

Mines Saint-Étienne, France

Programme overview

National Master's degree awarded by Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 and Mines Saint-Étienne, supported by the Georges Friedel Laboratory (LGF, CNRS UMR 5307). It trains engineers to model and optimise industrial processes using simulation and artificial intelligence, for the energy and digital transitions.

Faculty: Mines Saint-Étienne (with Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1)  |  Department: Process Engineering  |  Duration: 1 or 2 years (M1/M2), 60 ECTS per year  |  Study mode: full-time; taught 100% in English  |  Location: Saint-Étienne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

What you will study

M1 covers applied thermodynamics, heat and mass transfer, unit operations, chemical kinetics, numerical methods and instrumentation. M2 offers a process engineering track or an artificial intelligence track (300 h of courses) followed by a company internship.

Career pathways

Graduates work in energy, transformation and environmental industries on process optimisation and AI integration, or continue to a PhD.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Entry to M1 requires a bachelor's degree (180 ECTS) in science or engineering; direct M2 admission requires an M1 (240 ECTS) or equivalent in process, chemical, mechanical, energy, physics or applied mathematics fields. English required (B2 recommended); no French test is required.

Domestic applicants: EUR 254 a year. EU/EEA/Switzerland students. National regulated tuition for a national Master's degree in a public institution (set by the Ministry); CVEC and insurance are separate. Source

International applicants: EUR 3,941 a year. Non-EU students. National regulated tuition for a national Master's degree in a public institution (set by the Ministry); CVEC and insurance are separate. Source

Duration: 1 or 2 years (M1/M2), 60 ECTS per year

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