Bachelor universitaire de technologie (BUT) Génie biologique – Parcours Sciences de l'environnement et écotechnologies at Université de Tours

Three-year BUT (licence level) preparing technicians and assistant engineers for environmental studies and environmental protection techniques, with the pathway chosen at application.

Faculty: Institut Universitaire de Technologie de Tours (IUT Tours)  |  Duration: 3 years  |  Study mode: full-time, apprenticeship option in year 3; taught in French  |  Location: Tours, Centre-Val de Loire, France

What you will study

Organised over six semesters around five competences: carrying out analyses in biology, experimenting in biological engineering, managing natural and human-modified environments, treating pollution and deploying the circular economy; extensive fieldwork on biodiversity, sampling and soil studies and site visits (treatment plants, methane digesters, sorting centres, analysis laboratories); 24 weeks of placements over three years, with apprenticeship possible in year 3.

Career pathways

Pollution treatment (sanitation operations manager, drinking-water network technician, polluted-site technician), waste management, protection of natural environments (river technician, natural-site manager, environment facilitator), laboratory technician and environment officer in industry.

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