Licence Sciences de la Terre at Université Savoie Mont Blanc

Programme overview

The Licence Sciences de la Terre at the UFR Sciences et Montagne is a three-year course preparing for Earth-science and environmental-science masters, including the USMB masters Géoressources, géorisques, géotechnique and Gestion de l'environnement, and for licences professionnelles in geosciences. About 60 to 70 students enter L1.

Faculty: UFR Sciences et Montagne | Duration: 3 years (6 semesters, 180 ECTS) | Study mode: full-time; taught in French and English | Intake: September | Location: Chambéry, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

What you will study

Practical, field and project-based teaching alongside theory; L1 core then L2/L3 parcours Géosciences and Environnement.

Career pathways

Geosciences graduates can continue in any Earth-science master and the Environnement parcours leads to multidisciplinary life-and-earth-science and environment masters.

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Application information

Entry requirements

For school-leavers with a scientific specialism (life and earth sciences, physics-chemistry, mathematics). Year 1 is open to baccalauréat holders or equivalent (capacité en droit, DAEU); applicants domiciled outside the EU use the prior admission request procedure. Years 2 and 3 are open to students holding 60 or 120 credits in the same course or through validation of prior learning. Recommended baccalauréat specialisms are those listed by the UFR Sciences et Montagne for all its licence mentions.

Domestic applicants: EUR 178 a year (2026/2027). National registration fee for students not subject to differentiated fees (EU/EEA). Excludes the CVEC. Source

International applicants: EUR 178 a year (2026/2027). Students subject to differentiated fees (statutory rate 2,902 EUR) are exempted in full at Licence/BUT/LP level and pay the national rate. Excludes the CVEC. Source

Intake: September

Duration: 3 years (6 semesters, 180 ECTS)

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