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Master's Degree in Engineering, Paper science, print media & biomaterials - Apprenticeship

Overview

Master's Degree in Engineering

National Master of Engineering Degree
  • Degree awarded Master
  • Graduation year Bac + 5
  • Location
    • GRENOBLE Campus
  • Duration 3 years (6 semesters)
  • Available as
    • Continuing education
    • Apprenticeship

Summary

A multidisciplinary course of excellence

Grenoble INP - Pagora offers 3 years of specialized, high-level scientific and technical training, culminating in a master's degree in engineering, with a choice of 2 specializations: Fiber and Biomaterials Engineering or Printed Communication Engineering. These 3 years include numerous projects, giving engineering students the opportunity to use cutting-edge industrial tools.

Grenoble INP - Pagora's program, which can be taken as part of a student curriculum or on a apprenticeship course, also enables students to develop skills in economics, business management and aspects of social responsibility and sustainable development.

As part of the training program, a number of technological platforms are available to put the skills acquired into practice on industrial pilots (paper machines, printing presses, cutting table, thermopress, extruder, coating bench, 3D printers), scientific equipment (environmental electron microscope, rheometers) and simulators.

Plaquette ingénieur
(Leaflet in French)

Curriculum overview

1st year
SEMESTERS 5 AND 6

Core curriculum :

  • Introduction to the school's specialties, printing processes, cellulose-based materials (paper) and their applications
  • Scientific, technical and professional knowledge (engineering sciences, plant chemistry, sustainable development, process engineering)


Periods spent at the company


On successful completion of the 1st year of the programme, engineering students obtain a Bachelor's degree in engineering science.

2nd year
SEMESTERS 7 AND 8

Core curriculum and specialization (Fibers and Biomaterials or Printed Communication) :

  • Scientific and technical skills in the school's specialties
  • Cross-disciplinary skills: economics, project management, production management, quality management

Periods spent at the company
3rd year
SEMESTER 9
At your choice : 
  • DEEP collective project with companies/laboratories
  • PISTE Semester - Pour une Ingénierie Sobre Techno et Eco-responsable, carried by Grenoble INP-Ense3.
  • MANINTEC Semester - MANagement de l'INnovation TEChnologique, carried by Grenoble INP-Ense3.

SEMESTER 10 — GRADUATION PROJECT AND ASSOCIATED INTERNSHIP

Individual industrial project or research topic

Carried out in the host company

To know more about the program

Objectives

Upon completion of their degree, Grenoble INP - Pagora graduates have a wide range of opportunities in companies and laboratories, in France and abroad. Professionals with specific skills, the graduates work in fields related to paper, printing, packaging, recycling, bio-based materials and plant-based chemistry. Companies in the environmental, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, textile, food and printed electronics sectors are also looking for these rare skills on the job market.

Discover the opportunities


 

Specificities

Key points about apprenticeships at Grenoble INP - Pagora: 

   

Admission based on qualifications

Admissions are open for the apprenticeship program

Only 15 places left!

To find out more, send an email to: pagora.cfa-ing@grenoble-inp.fr

 
 

Benefits of engineering training at Grenoble INP - Pagora

2nd year bilingual and specialized
Most courses are taught in English.

Choice of two options:
Skills development through numerous projects

Technical, economic, scientific, sporting or cultural, personal or collective, projects throughout the curriculum enable engineering students to develop and apply a wide range of skills.

Study trips
Visits to industrial sites and meetings with professionals, including former students of the school: an excellent opportunity to discover the different aspects of the engineering profession.
Special status
(Grenoble INP)
  • High-level artist
  • High-level athlete
  • Student Entrepreneur

Further information

Qualiopi Certified Training Organization

 

Technological platforms

Laboratory equipments & industrial pilots

Admission

  • Who should apply? Bac + 2, Bac + 3, Bac + 4
  • required training Have completed 4 years of higher education in a scientific or technical field.
  • Tuition fees Tuition fees financed in full by the company as part of an apprenticeship or professionalization contract.
  • Available as :
    • Continuing education
    • Apprenticeship

Entry requirements

Admissions are open for the apprenticeship program

Only 15 places left!

To find out more, send an email to: pagora.cfa-ing@grenoble-inp.fr

 
 

Conditions

  • Have completed 4 years of higher education in a scientific or technical field to enter in the 1st year.
  • Must be under 30 years when signing the apprenticeship contract
  • Be a citizen of a country in the European Economic Area or outside the European Economic Area
For international students (outside Europe): the new regulations allow you to sign a work-study contract as soon as you arrive in France. You can now apply for admission to the 1st year of our apprenticeship program with a foreign Bachelor's degree equivalent (4 years of higher education in a scientific or technical field)​​​.
 
 

For further details, please contact pagora.scolarite@grenoble-inp.fr



 

Apply now

Start of the school year 2024 :

Beginning of September

Contacts

Academic information

Lionel CHAGAS
Director of Academic Programs

Frederic MUNOZ
Responsible for the apprenticeship program

Education Contact
pagora.scolarite@grenoble-inp.fr

Program

  • Course duration 3 years (6 semesters)

Program

1st year
SEMESTERS 5 AND 6

Core curriculum :

  • Introduction to the school's specialties, printing processes, cellulose-based materials (paper) and their applications
  • Scientific, technical and professional knowledge (engineering sciences, plant chemistry, sustainable development, process engineering)

SEMESTER 5 SYLLABUS

SEMESTER 6 SYLLABUS


Periods spent at the company


On successful completion of the 1st year of the programme, engineering students obtain a Bachelor's degree in engineering science.

2nd year
SEMESTERS 7 AND 8

Core curriculum and specialization (Fibers and Biomaterials or Printed Communication) :

  • Scientific and technical skills in the school's specialties
  • Cross-disciplinary skills: economics, project management, production management, quality management

SEMESTER 7 SYLLABUS

SEMESTER 8 SYLLABUS


Periods spent at the company
3rd year
SEMESTER 9
At your choice : 
  • DEEP collective project with companies/laboratories
  • PISTE Semester - Pour une Ingénierie Sobre Techno et Eco-responsable, carried by Grenoble INP-Ense3.
  • MANINTEC Semester - MANagement de l'INnovation TEChnologique, carried by Grenoble INP-Ense3.

SEMESTER 9 SYLLABUS

 
SEMESTER 10 — GRADUATION PROJECT AND ASSOCIATED INTERNSHIP

Individual industrial project or research topic

SEMESTER 10 SYLLABUS

Carried out in the host company

Projects and internships: preparing for working life

Projects

Technical, economic, scientific, sporting or cultural, personal or collective, projects throughout the curriculum enable engineering students to develop and apply a wide range of skills. Over the course of their 3 years, students work on various projects linked to their corporate missions.
 


Problem-Based Learning

Grouped in teams, students work together to solve concrete problems prepared by teachers. They learn the theoretical and fundamental knowledge themselves, and put into practice the skills needed to solve the problem. Information gathering, knowledge acquisition, choice of direction, teamwork management, throughout its various stages, the Problem-Based Learning approach encourages students' personal work, autonomy and self-motivation, as well as their team behavior and commitment to collective work.

Board of examiners

Each semester contains 30 ECTS credits, distributed among the teaching units (EU).
The validation of ECTS is obtained by assigning a grade equal to or higher than 10/20 in each UE.

International

  • Language of instruction French. Most of the lessons of the second year given in English.
  • Internship abroad No
  • Erasmus areas Chemical engineering, Materials science, Paper, printed communications, and biomaterials studies

International exchange

During the 2nd semester of the first year of the apprenticeship, engineering apprentices study for 3 months at a partner university (courses in English): University of Lodz (Poland).
 

Pedagogy

Most of the 2nd year courses (semesters 7 and 8) are taught in English.
Fluency in English thanks to dynamic teaching methods, powerful online tools and a state-of-the-art language laboratory.

Prospects

  • Graduation year Bac + 5

Expected learning outcomes

Skills of the engineer graduated from Grenoble INP-Pagora

Skills of the engineer graduated from Grenoble INP-Pagora

Careers

Grenoble INP - Pagora graduates have a wide range of opportunities in companies and laboratories, in France and abroad. Professionals with specific skills, graduates work in fields related to paper, printing, packaging, bio-based materials and plant-based chemistry. Companies in the environmental, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, textile, food and printed electronics sectors are also looking for these rare skills on the job market.



Graduate testimonials in video 



 

 

Further learning opportunities

Education through research

3rd year students planning to go on to a PhD program can earn a dual degree with another Master’s program relevant to their first major within the Grenoble University system.