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Materials Engineer

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  • School / Prep

    ENSMAC

  • Target level of study

    Bac + 5

  • ECTS

    180 credits

  • Duration

    3 years

  • Language(s) of instruction

    French

Presentation

As a hands-on engineer, the Materials engineer must act as an interface between research and development departments, external management centers (laboratories, etc.), design offices and production departments, a fundamental condition for successful industrialization. His or her knowledge and ability to mobilize research and resource centers around a project make him or her a key player in technology transfer and innovation in areas of strategic importance to the company.

Thanks to their extensive knowledge of the different categories of materials and their uses, "Materials" engineers are key players in the development of innovative projects, both in French companies and internationally.

The Materials engineering program is open to apprenticeships and continuing education. It is offered in partnership with CFA Sup Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

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Objectives

  • To provide apprentice engineers with the technical, economic and human skills they need to successfully carry out, alone or as part of a team, one or more projects that will benefit the company.
  • Deepen the knowledge that will enable it to implement the development, production, reliability and recycling of materials used in the company.
  • Optimize processes, characterize materials and ensure product quality control.
  • Master the management of industrial projects in the materials sector.
  • Find new processes to adapt to new European directives (REACH).

The benefits of training

  • High-level scientific training with rapid application in the workplace thanks to study projects
  • Paid training, salaried student-apprentice status
  • An integrated work-study approach, with 20 to 25 student-engineers per year
  • The international dimension, with a 12-week work placement abroad
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International dimension

A professional stay abroad is an exciting and essential part of an engineer's training. It must be carried out over a minimum of 12 weeks, which can be split up.

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Training benefits

  • 25 years of recognized experience (France's first "Materials" training course)
  • Training in line with targeted jobs and the needs of the socio-economic world
  • A choice of 5 specializations in 3rd year, enabling apprentices to play an active role in their training
  • The 12-week mobility requirement in a foreign company or laboratory
  • Carrying out an industrial project on a topical subject in line with the chosen 3rd-year pathway
  • A consolidated network of companies in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, enabling us to offer apprenticeship contracts close to the training center.
  • Over 60% of Materials graduates in employment before graduation
  • Courses involving a large number of industrial participants
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Program

33% Business, trade & culture

  • English, team management
  • Legal environment, conducting meetings, group phenomena, human resources management, management.
  • Skills assessment, CV, cover letter, EACP, follow-up, TOEIC preparation

16% Engineering sciences and techniques

  • Health and safety, labor law
  • Social law, economics, production management, process management
  • Project management, financial management
  • Marketing, quality, industrial IT, risk management
  • Innovation, bibliography, industrial property, management

16% Chemistry and inorganic materials

  • Atomistics, chemical bonds
  • Solution chemistry, organic chemistry
  • Metallurgy, defects in solids
  • Ceramics, spectroscopy techniques
  • Materials degradation, powder synthesis and characterization, fluid mechanics, energy management
  • Amorphous materials, electrochemical surface treatment

14% Physics

  • Mathematics
  • Physics
  • Thermodynamics of materials and surfaces, magnetic and dielectric properties, optics, strength of materials, mechanical properties

11% Molecular chemistry and polymers

  • Organic compounds, reactivity
  • Polymers, plastics, adhesives and paints

10% Chemistry and analytical physics

  • Introduction to materials and processes
  • Materials and innovation, chromatographic techniques, microscopic analysis
  • Chemical reactions, spectroscopic techniques

 

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Organization

Open on a sandwich basis

Contract type

Apprenticeship contract

The work-study schedule varies over the 3 years of training.

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Admission

Admission requirements

  • Holder of a BUT, BTS, L2 or L3 in Physical Measurement, Materials Science and Engineering or Chemistry
  • Be under 30 years of age on the date the apprenticeship contract is signed
  • Sign a 3-year apprenticeship contract with a company or public body

This course is also available for continuing education. Our Continuing Education department will be happy to discuss your project with you (contact details at the bottom of the page). 

How to apply 

Application deadline: 03/02/2025 to 07/03/2025 on eCandidat

Invitations sent to candidates whose applications have been selected: 02/04/2025

Candidate audition: from 04/14/2025 to 04/17/2025 (audition in French and written test in English)

Eligibility results will be announced on 04/23/2025

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Tuition fees

Under an apprenticeship contract, the cost of training is covered by the OPCO to which the company belongs. This funding is based on the quota portion of the apprenticeship tax paid each year by the employer.

All students in initial training must pay the CROUS student and campus life fee before enrolling.

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Professional integration

Materials Engineers work in a wide range of industrial sectors in France and abroad: Aerospace, Automotive and OEMs, Microelectronics, Processing Industries, Chemical and Petrochemical Industries, Medical.

Targeted functions :

  • Research & Development (R&D): Engineer responsible for materials development or manufacturing processes
  • Quality: Engineer in charge of materials qualification or qualification process development
  • Production: Technical production support engineer or production manager
  • Industrialization: Engineer responsible for industrializing products and/or processes - Engineer responsible for industrializing innovative projects

Materials engineers can work in all fields of materials:

  • Technical and traditional ceramics
  • Composites
  • Metallic
  • Polymers

First job integration 

  • 90% of junior engineers employed by companies in the target sectors. 
  • Median starting salary (excluding bonuses): 38,000 euros gross per year
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