Master Risques et environnement at Université Lumière Lyon 2

Programme overview

The Master Risques et environnement trains professionals able to understand environmental risks in all their diversity through an interdisciplinary approach. It is co-accredited by Université Lumière Lyon 2, Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3, the École Centrale de Lyon and INSA Lyon. Lyon 2 offers two parcours sharing the same M1: Gouvernance des risques environnementaux (GRE) and Integrated Watershed Sciences (IWS).

Faculty: UFR de Sciences Économiques et de Gestion (SEG) | Duration: 2 years (120 ECTS, M1-M2) | Study mode: full-time (French) | Location: Bron, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

What you will study

Governance of environmental risks, including natural risks such as flooding and fire, taught in an interdisciplinary approach.

Career pathways

GRE is professionalising but allows continuation to a doctorate in economics in an interdisciplinary context; the IWS M2 is run by the École Universitaire de Recherche.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Mainly aimed at economists or managers with solid foundations in statistics and mathematics; other profiles may be admitted if their professional project is compatible. M1 applications are made through Mon Master; M2 applications through eCandidat; non-EU applicants resident in a Campus France country apply through Études en France.

Domestic applicants: EUR 255 a year (2026/2027). National registration fee for a master's, EU/EEA applicants. Reduced rate 167 EUR in specific cases (double degree, multiple courses, gap year). Apprentices and professionalisation-contract students are exempt (borne by the employer). CVEC is not included Source

International applicants: EUR 3,950 a year (2026/2027). Differentiated registration fee for non-EU students for a master's. Reduced rate 2,633 EUR in specific cases. Exemptions apply in specific cases. CVEC is not included. Source

Duration: 2 years (120 ECTS, M1-M2)

Apply through the official page: https://www.univ-lyon2.fr/formation/candidatures

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