Master Chimie - parcours Chimie Environnementale et Écologie Chimique (CEEC) at Université de Perpignan Via Domitia

The Master Chimie, parcours CEEC, is an undifferentiated programme giving multidisciplinary skills in chemical analysis of organic compounds in complex biological and environmental matrices, linked to laboratories with recognised expertise in environmental chemistry and chemical ecology. It prepares for research in analytical chemistry or chemical ecology or direct entry into the environmental chemistry sector.

Faculty: Faculté des Sciences Exactes et Expérimentales (SEE)  |  Duration: 2 years (4 semesters, 120 ECTS)  |  Study mode: full-time, initial or continuing training, or work-study; taught in French  |  Intake: September  |  Location: Perpignan, Occitanie, France

What you will study

833 student hours maximum over two years (500 h in M1, 333 h in M2); a placement of 8 weeks in M1 and 5 months in M2; English 21 hours in M1 and 24 in M2; Erasmus; a 50-hour supervised project in M1 semester 1 (plus 80 hours in M2 semester 2 under work-study). Advanced analytical methods (separation, spectral, coupling), method development and validation, environmental metabolomics. An optional diving option in M1 semester 2 is limited to students with level-2 diving.

Career pathways

Analytical chemistry or aquatic-chemistry engineer, technical platform manager, technical-sales engineer in instrumentation, research engineer or lecturer-researcher (IFREMER, CNRS, IRD), environmental consultant, project officer in marine protected areas, local authorities, industry and NGOs; doctorate in ED 305 Énergie Environnement. M2 success rate 100% (2021-2023).

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