The Program provides students with real-world technical expertise on environmental issues, including soil and water pollution diagnosis, and treatment and valorization processes, as well as in-depth understanding of the economic and social challenges surrounding their development. In addition to the technical courses (very engineering oriented), students also study courses about international regulations, ethical issues, management, innovation and entrepreneurship.
The Master in Environmental Engineering and Sustainability Management (EESM) is involved in a number of valuable industrial partnerships, and offers opportunities for internships and international academic exchanges.
The Environmental Engineering and Sustainability Management (EESM) Master's Program aims to produce engineers and project managers who are able to tackle a wide variety of environmental challenges, such as industrial discharge control, chemical and biological approaches to pollution diagnosis, water-related engineering and soil treatment, and waste valorization. The Program also covers new concepts such as life cycle assessment, eco-design, omics sciences, numerical simulation and modeling.
While most master's courses devoted to environmental issues only provide students with technical skills, EESM also prepares you for managing positions. All the professors in the Program work to help students become both technically skilled and job ready by the end of the two years. Throughout the Master's Program, students have the opportunity to go on a number of field trips and company visits. They also get to put their skills into practice during two internships:
- The first internship takes place at the end of Year 1 and lasts four months. During this period, students must work on a scientific project.
- The second internship takes place at the end of the Program and lasts five to six months. Students have the choice between completing either a scientific or managerial project.
As a consultant, i mainly work on the calculation and analysis of companies' generated emissions as wellas on finding reduction measures for these emissions.
Today more than ever, the precautionary principle and the emerging related standards create an ever-increasing and permanent need for professionals with strong skills in environment management within the corporate, research and public sectors.
The considerable implication of industrial partners and environmental agencies in this degree help provide such skills and ensure employability in many lines of business.
Our graduates are ideally suited to put their technical know-how and managerial expertise to use, in the implementation of environmental policies for leading manufacturers, innovative start-ups, public organizations and governmental agencies they will have access to opportunities such as:
- Carbon Footprint & Life Cycle Analysis project manager
- Corporate Environmental Strategy Lead
- Sustainable Development Compliance Officer
- Pollution Remediation & Waste Management Specialist
- Water & Soil Treatment Engineer
- Environmental Scientist (Research & Analysis)
Industry: During the two-year program, you will have a wide range of opportunities to build relationships with École Polytechnique’s local and international industrial and research partners. The management skills you acquire will be a significant asset in your career progression.
Research: The EESM Program may also be a gateway to a research career, with our proximity to numerous research institutions, providing an ideal platform to pursue a PhD with funding from our industrial or academic partners.
International: For the internationally focused, the perspectives offered by the EESM Master's Degree naturally carry over to career opportunities around the world. Our international partnerships in industry and research are the ideal launch pad for you to launch your international career.
ADEME: Agency active in the implementation of public policy in the areas of the environment, energy and sustainable development.
AgroParisTech: A higher education and research institute aiming at addressing some of the main global challenges of the 21st century.
BRGM: France’s reference public institution for Earth Science applications in the management of surface and subsurface resources and risks.
CEA: The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission.
Ecole des Mines: Higher education institution in engineering.
IFREMER: An oceanographic institution in France.
INRAE: A French public research institute dedicated to agricultural science.
INERIS: An industrial and commercial public establishment under the aegis of the Ministry of the Environment.
Arcadis: Arcadis is the leading global Design & Consultancy firm for natural and built assets.
Eaux de Paris: Publicly owned company responsible for the public water supply and waste water collection for the city of Paris.
EDF: A global leader in low-carbon energy, this group covers every sector of expertise, from generation to trading and transmission grids.
Saur: A group which goal is to optimize the management and operations of water resources, treat wastewater, recover and recycle waste, and manage leisure facilities and local heritage.
Suez: A French-based utility company which operates largely in the water treatment and waste management sectors.
Veolia: A French transnational company with activities in three main service and utility areas traditionally managed by public authorities – water management, waste management and energy services.
Expertox: A French Toxicological expertise agency and industrial analysis laboratory.