Year 1 (70 ECTS)

2024/2025 academic year
Program Director: Erik Johnson
Associate Program Director: Simone Kotthaus

Please note this list is indicative of the structure of the degree and may be subject to change.
Unless specified, the number of ECTS credits are per period.

First period (mid-September to mid-December)

One mandatory refresher course: 0 ECTS
PHY530 Refresher Course in Physics


Three mandatory elective scientific courses must be chosen from the list below: 3 x 5 ECTS 
MEC558 Hydrology: global changes and their impact on water resources
MEC559 Mechanics for Wind Energy, an Introduction
MEC655B Greenhouse Gases (GHG) Challenges and Observations
PHY555 Energy and Environment
PHY558B Photovoltaïcs Solar Energy
PHY559B Power Electrical Engineering for Renewable Energy

One mandatory management course: 3 ECTS 
MIE559 Energy Industry Value Chain

One mandatory scientific course: 5 ECTS 

MAP502 Refresher Course in Maths and a Project on Numerical Modeling Done in Twos

Second period (January to March)

Two mandatory elective scientific courses must be chosen from the list below:  2 x 5 ECTS
INF569 Decision Theory, with Applications to Energy Systems
MEC565 Meteorology and Environment
MEC668 Geological Storage of Energy and Wastes
PHY563 Material Science for Energy Conversion and Storage

One mandatory advanced experimental course must be chosen from the list below: 5 ECTS 

MEC583 Projects in Solar and Wind Energy: Resource and Performance Analysis
PHY585 Experimental Work in Environmental Physics
PHY589 Laboratory Course in Photovoltaics

One mandatory management course: 3 ECTS 
MEC569 Sustainable Strategy and Business Models
 

Optional class

PHY556 Python for Beginners
CCH_50401_EP  Sustainable Development Certificate MScT

Transverse courses

  • PHY612 - Coriolis conferences and industry visits: 0 ECTS per year
  • IME_52442_EP - Simulation d'Entreprise
  • Two modules of Humanities and French Culture (HFC): 1.5 ECTS per semester – 3 per year
  • Sports activities: 2 ECTS per year
  • Language (French as a Foreign Language, or others): 3 ECTS per year

Third period (March to August): 26 ECTS (20 ECTS and 26 ECTS for RENE students)

PHY598 - 16-week research or industrial internship (up to 20 weeks)

Year 2 (70 ECTS)

2024/2025 academic year
Program Director: Erik Johnson
Associate Program Director: Simone Kotthaus
Please note that this list may be subject to changes.

First Term - September to December

Three mandatory elective scientific courses must be chosen from the list below: 3 x 4 ECTS
BIO653 Nature-Based Solutions to Substitute Fossil Resources and Address Global Change
CHI661C Chemical Storage of Energy
MEC557 Machine Learning for climate and energy
MEC655C Introduction to Atmospheric Composition: From Processes to Modeling and Air Quality Regulations
MEC655D Sea States, Wave Propagation and Ocean Wave Energy
PHY652B Organic-Based Materials for the 3rd Generation of Solar Cells
PHY657 Building and Using Models for the Energy Transition

One mandatory management course: (3 ECTS)
MIE669 Designing Projects and Managing Operations in the Energy Industry

Second Term - January to March

Three mandatory courses must be chosen from the list below:  3 x 4 ECTS
CHI661L Renewable Thermal Energy
MEC666 Climate change and Energy transition
MEC667 CO2 Emission Reduction: Substitution Paths, Negative CO2 Emissions and CCUS
PHY661A Thin Film Photovoltaics
PHY661I Smart Grid for Renewable Energy
ECO567A Energy Economics with a Geography Focus

One mandatory elective must be chosen from the list below: 6 ECTS

PHY661K Advanced Experimental Smart Grids
PHY661B Photovoltaic Technologies in Industry
MEC662F Wind Power

One mandatory management course must be chosen from the list below: 3 ECTS 
MIE609 Technology development for a sustainable future for all
MIE565 Managing sustainable innovation
 

Transverse courses

  • PHY612 - Coriolis seminars: Energy research and environment: 2 ECTS per year
  • Two modules of Humanities and French Culture (HFC): 1.5 ECTS per semester – 3 per year
  • Sport activities: 2 ECTS per year
  • Language (French as a Foreign Language, or other): 3 ECTS per year

Third Term - March to August - 30 ECTS (24 ECTS and 30 for RENE students)

PHY698 - 20-week research or industrial internship (up to 24 weeks)