MS Products and processes of the concrete industry
The concrete industry has a turnover of 31 billion euros in Europe (excluding VAT) and has 8,000 factories employing over 210,000 people. In France it represents 634 companies and 906 centres producing 32 million tonnes of products each year. Of the 20,000 employees in the concrete industry in France, 15% are executives and engineers, some of whom are trained by this specialised masters in Products and Processes of the Concrete Industry, accredited by the Conférence des Grandes Écoles.
Objectives
The objective of this specialised master’s degree is to train experts in Industrial Civil Engineering tools and methods capable of undertaking projects at the intersection of production and new technologies in the field of concrete. At the end, you will have knowledge and expertise in the products of the concrete industry as well as the associated construction techniques.
Jobs
The training in Products and processes of the concrete industry opens the door to many professional opportunities:
- Business Director
- Director of design studies
- Production director
- Project director
…
Partners
50% of the teaching is provided by IMT Nord Europe teachers and 50% by professionals from the concrete industry. This brings together companies that manufacture in fixed factories and market products intended for building, public works and environmental markets.
Syllabus
- Introduction of precast
- Strength of materials
- Introduction of binders
- Environmental construction
- Generalities on geotechnics
- Introductive sequence
- Formulation of HPC
- Structural design
- New binders
- Reinforced concrete for precast
- Individual Management and Negotiation
- Change Management
- Managerial behaviors
- Management and Leadership
- Collective Management
- Mechanical behavior of cracked concretes
- Roads and Sanitation
- Seismic design of structures
- Pathology
- Industrial visits
- Challenges of the European energy transition
Apply
To be accepted onto this specialised master’s degree, you must have:
- an Engineering degree accredited by the CTI (5-year degree)
- a University degree at Masters M2 level (5-year degree)
- an M1 (4-year) or Masters (4-year) level university degree and three years of professional experience
- a foreign degree of equivalent level (5-year)
Registration fees vary depending on your status: €6,500 including tax for young graduates and job seekers, €12,500 including tax for professionals, to which an application fee of €60 is added.
This is a French-taught post-master program. To apply you must demonstrate at least a B2 level in French.
The application deadline is June 14th, 2023.
Application Calendar
| Application Deadline | Admissibility results
(Yes, No, Waiting list) |
Admission Results for the candidates on the waiting list | |
| Round 1 | March 15th, 2023 | April 15th, 2023* | July 5th, 2023* |
| Round 2 and Final Round | June 14th, 2023 | July 5th, 2023* |
Non EU-students are invited to get informed on the conditions to come study in France here and if needed to register on the “Etudes en France platform”. You are advised to apply in the 1st round in order to have more time to arrange your international mobility on time.
Incomplete applications will not be taken into consideration. In order to ensure that your application is processed, it is your responsibility to make sure that it is complete and that all required supporting documents are attached in the appropriate format (ZIP and PDF) no later than the deadline.
The €60 application fee is non-refundable for whatever reason (resignation, denial, admission etc.) and is due to complete your application.
* These dates are approximative and non-contractual.
Calendar
The program consists of an academic semester on campus from September 2023 until February 2024, and a 6-month internship in a company or a research centre between February and August 2024.
Contact
Administrative contact person
masteres.specialises@imt-nord-europe.fr