Master Écologie et Biologie Fonctionnelle (Functional Biology and Ecology - FBE) at Université de Perpignan Via Domitia

The Master FBE is a two-year international programme co-accredited by the Université Paul Sabatier of Toulouse and the Université de Perpignan Via Domitia within the TULIP consortium. It trains future engineers and scientific project managers in plant selection, plant protection, environmental impact studies, ecosystems and biodiversity, and depollution, as well as future teachers and academic researchers.

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

What you will study

Year 1: a 30-hour integration week, a 210-hour Guided Tour of the TULIP Consortium (one week in each of seven laboratories in Toulouse, Moulis and Perpignan), and the 8-week design and 5-month implementation of a 'Junior Lab' project written as a grant application. Year 2: two guided tours with international scientists (2 weeks), a 7-week internship project design, a 7-month individual internship and a 6-week mini review article. Detailed programme on the TULIP master site.

Career pathways

Environment and sustainable-development officer, engineers (biotechnology, molecular biology, genomics, plant breeding and protection, sustainable plant production, impact studies, natural-area management, remediation, R&D), biodiversity study officer, agroecology officer, modelling study officer; doctorate in ED 305 Énergie Environnement. M2 success rate 88.89% (2021-2023, parcours B2I).

Official programme page