Master MSE - Program Biorefinery and Biomaterials

Summary

The aim of the Master’s program in Biorefinery & Biomaterials (Master’s Degree, One Year Graduate Program) is to train professionals specialising in the problems of biomass valorisation, in particular through the development and improvement of processes allowing its transformation into biomaterials, chemical products or energy sources.

This Master’s program is available to students who have completed at least 4 years of higher education or 1 year of graduate studies (the equivalent of 240 ECTS credits), in France or abroad. It is a degree course of the Master in Materials Science and Engineering.

Several scholarships are available, in France or depending on the country of origin, to cover all or part of the tuition fees as well as the costs associated with the studies. This program also includes a final-year internship lasting 5-6 months, either in a company or in a laboratory, which pays around €600 a month if it takes place in France.

Objectives

At the end of this Master’s program in Biorefinery & Biomaterials, forthcoming specialists will be able to implement biomass transformation processes and provide solutions that contribute to reducing the use of fossil resources, to intensifying recycling operations and to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

In particular, they will develop skills related to:

• biorefinery processes
• chemical, physico-chemical and biotechnical means of obtaining elementary building blocks from biomass, essentially from wood
• biosourced materials, biopolymers and biocomposites

These skills are particularly needed today by companies and international organisations in the textile, plastics, packaging, energy, food and pharmaceutical sectors.

With the Master Biorefinery & Biomaterials, graduates will be fully able to meet the new challenges, especially environmental, of the 21^st century.

Specificities

With its international dimension, all courses are taught in English. With students from a wide range of backgrounds and origins, this Master’s program offers an unprecedented opportunity to meet people from different cultures and thus develop the ability to work and manage projects in an international context.

Within this unique Master’s program in France, the main topics covered are:

• Biorefinery, fundamental aspects (gas, biomass, plant chemical components, polymer chemistry)
• Biorefinery for energy (bioethanol and biomethane production, diester production)
• Biorefinery for bioproducts (existing biorefinery and conversion processes)
• Biomaterials (biopolymers, bio-based polymers, composites, new biomaterials)
• Sustainability assessment (life cycle assessment principles, environmental factors, energy consumption)

 

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Entry requirements

English

All candidates must provide a certificate of English language level:
Mandatory minimum level B1, level B2 strongly recommended, European standards.
 

Application of students residing in the countries below

ALGERIA, ARGENTINA, BENIN, BRAZIL, BURKINA FASO, CAMEROON, CHILE, CHINA, COLOMBIA, CONGO BRAZZAVILLE, SOUTH KOREA, CÔTE D'IVOIRE, UNITED STATES, GABON, GUINEA, INDIA, JAPAN, LEBANON, MADAGASCAR, MALI , MAURITIUS, MEXICO, PERU, CZECH REPUBLIC, RUSSIA, SENEGAL, TAIWAN, TUNISIA, TURKEY, VIETNAM, ZIMBABWE.

1 - You must apply via CampusFrance: http://pastel.diplomatie.gouv.fr/etudesenfrance/
2 - You must also apply via the link below.

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Application campaign

Register online

Deadline: 15 May 2023
 

Pedagogical Commissions

1^st Pedagogical Commission: March 23, 2023
→ study of complete files submitted before this date + allocation of scholarships
2^nd Pedagogical Commission: end of May, 2022
→ study of complete files submitted after March 23, 2023

Scholarships

Application from February to April

Vie étudiante

 Housing, sports, culture, community life... All the services offered to Grenoble INP students

Start of the academic year

September 2023

Contacts

Academic information

Julien BRAS

Education contact

Master Bio2 Education

Program

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	Hours
UE 1 : Biorefinery for chemicals
Production of cellulosic fibers	24
Biorefinery - Bioproducts	24
Chemicals recovery in biorefinery mills	9
Advanced biorefinery processes (Labworks)	21
TOTAL	78
UE 2 : Biorefinery for energy
Chemical and biochemical processes	18
Biomethane production	6
Biohydrogen production	9
Thermal processes	21
Thermodynamic modeling of biorefinery processes	9
TOTAL	63
UE 3 : Biobased materials
Biocomposites - synthesis and chemical fiber modification	13,5
Second generation Biopolymers	9
Biopolymers	12
Polymer physics, structure, properties	18
Bio(nano)composites	6
Biobased materials - project&labworks	8
TOTAL	66,5
UE 4 : Biomass purification and analytical techniques
Bleaching of lignocellulosic fibers	13
LCA-Environmental assessment	23
Biorefinery Analysis (Labworks)	24,5
TOTAL	60,5
UE 5 : Technico-Economical Project
Technico-economical project	56
TOTAL	56
TOTAL SEMESTER 9	324

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Master thesis project

Careers

Sectors

Chemical, material, plastic, cosmetic, detergent, textile, building, packaging, engineering and energy industrial sectors.

Jobs

Production Engineer, R & D Engineer, Environmental Engineer, Development Engineer...

Further learning opportunities

PhD in Materials Science and Engineering
→ I-MEP2 Doctoral School
Engineering - Materials, Mechanics, Environment, Energetics, Processes, Production