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Graduate Programme Green Factories - Process engineering for sustainable valorisation of bioresources (Master level) at Nantes Université

Nantes Université, France

Programme overview

Green Factories is a Master-to-Doctorate graduate programme in (bio)process engineering for the sustainable valorisation of agro- and bioresources for food and non-food uses (materials, energy). It is taught entirely in English in Nantes and Saint-Nazaire and is led by Jeremy Pruvost, with strong laboratory immersion and access to the AlgoSolis microalgae platform.

Faculty: Graduate programme (Nantes and Saint-Nazaire), mention Génie des procédés et des bio-procédés  |  Department: GEPEA laboratory  |  Duration: 2 years  |  Study mode: full-time; taught in English  |  Location: Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France

What you will study

Two specialisations: Microalgae valorisation and Innovative Food Factory. Master 1 includes Basic Sciences, Plant biomass resource and its utilisation, Process modelling simulation and control, Circular economy and LCA, Separation processes, specialised courses and a Summer School; Master 2 includes Biomass conversion technologies, a second specialised course, Conferences and a 30 ECTS supervised master thesis, with a 6-month internship.

Career pathways

R&D engineer or manager, operations or production engineer, R&D engineer or consultant; with a doctorate, researcher or lecturer-researcher, scientific manager or project manager.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Good knowledge in chemical engineering and bioprocesses, biochemical engineering, or physics, chemistry or biology. M1 entry: Bachelor's degree or equivalent. M2 entry: solid academic level equivalent to a validated M1. English: minimum B2 with a recognised certificate (Cambridge, TOEFL, TOEIC or IELTS), waived for nationals of English-speaking countries or holders of a Bachelor's degree from an institution in an English-speaking country; some French is recommended. Selection by documents and an interview. Required documents: CV, motivation letter, a recommendation letter, academic transcripts, language proof and a passport/ID. Route: French/EEA/Swiss/Monaco/Andorra citizens apply to M1 via Mon Master and to M2 via the Graduate Programmes platform; non-EEA applicants from Campus France countries apply only via the Graduate Programmes platform, others use Mon Master for M1 and the platform for M2. The Graduate Programmes platform is open from 1 October 2026 to 15 March 2027 (account on Adullact).

Duration: 2 years

Apply through the official page: https://www.monmaster.gouv.fr

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