Licence professionnelle Métiers des risques et impacts environnementaux (RIE) at Université de Nîmes

Covers management of major, health and technological risks including flood, fire and pollution. Created in 2010 with the Rodilhan agricultural school, it is delivered in work-study (apprenticeship) and trains technicians and assistant engineers in environmental risk management.

Faculty: Sciences  |  Duration: 1 year (180 ECTS; 19 weeks of university teaching and 35 weeks in company)  |  Study mode: work-study (apprenticeship); taught in French  |  Location: Nîmes, Occitanie, France

What you will study

Risk, hazard and vulnerability, risk assessment, prevention and crisis management, flood, fire and pollution risk, GIS mapping and water-flow modelling, water treatment and effluents, site remediation, environmental law and fieldwork; 500 hours of teaching in 8 units of 5 ECTS, a 5 ECTS supervised project and a 15 ECTS apprenticeship placement.

Career pathways

Technicians, assistant engineers and project managers in risk assessment and prevention, water and environment managers, environment and safety posts in industry, river contracts and SAGE, territorial technicians for water and aquatic environments and forest-fire defence.

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