Master Sciences de la mer - Ecologie Marine et Halieutique (EMAH) at Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale

Programme overview

Master giving a generalist base of concrete, fundamental skills on marine and coastal environments through multidisciplinary themes, with a wide choice of 'minors' for a customisable course. It trains both students heading to a doctorate and marine-environment professionals entering the job market at bac+5. IFSEA excellence scholarships of 6,000 EUR per year (renewable in M2 under conditions) are offered to M1 students. Taught at Boulogne-sur-Mer (Centre Universitaire de Capécure).

Duration: 2 years (M1 and M2) | Study mode: full-time (French) | Location: Dunkerque, Hauts-de-France, France

What you will study

Marine world, resources and challenges, structure and organisation of marine ecosystems, numerical ecology with R, aquaculture basics, global change, conservation and restoration, remote sensing, biogeochemistry and fluxes in the water column, sea policies, functioning and dynamics of marine ecosystems and an ecosystem approach to fisheries.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Licence in science in Biology or Environment. Year 1 applications are made on the national Mon Master platform (2026 window 17 February to 16 March); entry to year 2 is by validation of studies on ULCO-CANDIDAT; applicants from Campus France (CEF) countries apply through Campus France.

International applicants: EUR 3,950 a year (2026-2027). Differentiated tuition for non-EU/EEA/Swiss international students in national degrees (first cycle 2,902 EUR; second cycle 3,950 EUR); not applied to work-study (alternance) students; CVEC and administrative charges not included. Source

Duration: 2 years (M1 and M2)

Apply through the official page: https://www.univ-littoral.fr/formation/admission-inscription/candidatures-admissions/

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