Master Chimie – Chimie inorganique (M2) at Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1

Programme overview

The M2 Inorganic Chemistry is aimed at students who want to design, synthesise and characterise molecules or materials based on elements other than carbon: metals, oxides, carbides, silicon chemistry, transition metals and rare earths.

Faculty: Faculté des Sciences: Département de Chimie | Duration: 4 semesters (2 years) | Study mode: full-time; work-study (alternance) route; taught in French | Location: Villeurbanne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

What you will study

Students acquire high-level teaching in all areas of inorganic chemistry (coordination, organometallic, synthesis, specific characterisation).

Career pathways

Success rates range from 80 to 100% for cohorts of about twenty students; around 50% of graduates over the last three years continued to a thesis, others found work directly after the Master's.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Accessible after an M1 Chemistry (Lyon or elsewhere) giving the theoretical basis in organic, physical and inorganic chemistry and analytical sciences.

Domestic applicants: EUR 255 a year (2026/2027). National registration fee (Master) 2026/2027 for EU/EEA students and others not subject to differentiated fees. Excludes CVEC. Source

International applicants: EUR 3,950 a year (2026/2027). Differentiated registration fee for non-EU/EEA students 2026/2027 (master); exemptions possible. Excludes CVEC. Source

Duration: 4 semesters (2 years)

Apply through the official page: https://ecandidat.univ-lyon1.fr/

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