Sustainable Manufacturing and Advanced Technologies (SMAT)

Overview

Objectives

This training at the Université de Lyon  innovatively combines theoretical and applied courses (via projects and labs) with internships in a multidisciplinary environment. It covers a large spectrum starting from fundamentals in advanced manufacturing processes, material science and characterization in M1 up to the cutting edge research on key topics in M2 such as virtual manufacturing, smart and clean processes or component durability.

The increased awareness about sustainability issues results in changes in markets and customer behaviour as well as a growing demand for more sustainable and responsible products and production technologies. Even if the manufacturing industry significantly changed during the last decades, efforts still have to be done to be able to embrace future technological and environmental challenges related to the new transitions. There is thus a need for a new generation of graduates fitted not only with strong basics in this field but also with a new vision of what manufacturing has to be.

The objectives of the Sustainable Manufacturing and Advanced Technologies (SMAT) is thus to train the future industrial managers, researchers and lecturers with a strong technical and scientific expertise but also characterised by specific skills to face the challenges to come. This programme will specifically aim at:

• Providing the graduates strong basis in materials and manufacturing processes ;

• Developing a practical sense by implementing a wide range of manufacturing processes and characterization techniques;

• Developing international and intercultural skills through the various mobility opportunities;

• Training the graduates in collaborative work and project management;

• Proposing key specializations in digital manufacturing, smart processes, clean processes and component durability.

Programme

This international master's programme is taught entirely in English. All courses in semester 1 are offered on the campus of Saint-Etienne while the following semesters can be attended at one of the partner universities: Mines Saint-Etienne - EMSE (FR), Technical University of Chemnitz - TUC (Germany), University of Ljubljana - ULJ (Slovenia), National University of Science and Technology – NUST/MISIS (Russia) and a Swedish partner (under discussion). This programme especially builds on the strong, internationally recognized expertise of each partner’s research laboratories.

Career paths

The main employment opportunities for graduates from his programme will be R&D or interdisciplinary project manager positions in the industry covering sectors from energy, transports, manufacturing to a greater extent and material production. They will also be able to work in academic research or higher education with possibilities to go on a PhD.