- Master’s degree (Master 1 and Master 2)
- 2 tracks: SoLEM and ESBC
- 4 Semesters
- 120 ECTS
- Length: 2 years (60 ECTS per year)
- Hours taught: M1: 600 / M2: 300 + Internship
- Duration: beginning of September to end of June
- Scolarships
- Entry level BAC +3
- Intership
- Solar Academy scolarship
- Courses in english
- Capacity: 24 students (ESBC) and 12 SoLEM
- Campus: Bourget-du-Lac
- School: Polytech Annecy-Chambéry, IAE, FD
- Cost: 350€
→ 1 MASTER, 2 CURRICULA
The Master program S3E SOLAR ENERGY: ENGINEERING AND ECONOMICS, is a highly innovative, new degree program preparing to tackle present and future challenges of the energy transition. It is a part of Solar Academy Graduate School recently awarded to University of Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB). The two-year master program S3E, is composed of two tracks: ESBC (Energy for Solar Building and Cities) and SoLEM (Solar Energy: Law Economics and Management).
This master program is jointly developed by the School of Engineering (Polytech Annecy-Chambery), School of Business and Administration (Institut d’Administration des Entreprises IAE Savoie Mont Blanc) and School of Law (Faculté de Droit) at USMB. Located on the Bourget-du-Lac Campus, close to INES (National Institute for Solar Energy) experimental facilities, you will participate in high quality education and multidisciplinary projects, stimulating your creativity and entrepreneurial skills.
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The Master program ESBC: Energy for Solar Buildings and Citites, is a highly innovative, new degree program preparing to tackle present and future challenges of the energy transition. It combines practice and theory centered on the fields of solar energy engineering, building physics and materials science, with an opening to computer science, architecture and urban planning, law, economics and sociology. The training provides the knowledge on how to deploy the energy transition in the building sector, with a particular focus on solar energy.
It is a part of Solar Academy Graduate School recently awarded to University of Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB). The Master program ESBC is a two-year full-time Master’s degree, composed of 4 semesters representing a total of 120 ECTS (officially integrated in the European Bologna system of higher education).
→ More information about the Master ESBC: Energy for Solar Buildings and Citites ←
The Master program SoLEM: Solar Energy, Law, Economics and Management, is a highly innovative, new degree program preparing to tackle present and future challenges of the energy transition. It is based on economics, management and law, provides knowledge on how to apply the main tools of economic analysis and develop an in-depth understanding of the energy transition, including its relationship with public policies, industrial transformations, business models, legal concepts and tools specific to the renewable energy sector, in particular solar energy.
It is a part of Solar Academy Graduate School recently awarded to University of Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB). The Master program SoLEM is a two-year full-time Master’s degree, composed of 4 semesters representing a total of 120 ECTS (officially integrated in the European Bologna system of higher education).
→ More information about the Master SoLEM : Solar Energy, Law, Economics and Management ←
→ SCHOOLS
The training is multidisciplinary, in order to bring you, according to the chosen path, transversal and specific skills in the field of solar energy.
School of Engineering, Polytech Annecy-Chambéry
School of Business and Administration, IAE Savoie Mont Blanc, IAE
School of Law, Faculté de Droit
→ SCOLARSHIPS AMOUNT
- Master 1 : 2000€/Semester – 4000€/year
- Master 2 : 2000€ for Semester 9. In Semester 10, the student must do a compulsory internship which gives rise to an internship gratification. An extension to Semester 10 is possible (+2000€) for research interns at Solar Academy laboratories.
→ PEDAGOGICAL MODALITIES
The pedagogical modalities include classical courses and tutorials, but also participation in conferences and thematic schools, project-based learning, and the publication of project results in the « Reseach Journal of Solar Academy« . Distance courses (videoconference interventions) are also planned, in order to involve the best international specialists in the field in the training. A Scientific Solar Summer School will be organized every year.
Internship of 2 months in the first year of the master and 6 months in Master 2 (February to July).
The courses will be conducted in English. In addition, foreign language courses adapted to the needs of the students will be offered (English or FLE – French as a Foreign Language).
→ ADMISSION – Who is the training for?
The ESBC program recruits students with a bachelor degree in Engineering, Physics, Sciences and Technologies or equivalent.
The SoLEM program recruits students with a bachelor degree in Economics, Management, Law, Humanities or Social Sciences, or equivalent.
A minimum of 180 ECTS credits is required as well as a sufficient knowledge of English language.
→ APPLY
2 courses are proposed, with common courses. in the online applications, SoLEM and ESBC.
No applications are accepted outside of recruitment via Campus France, TTM or ECandidat, depending on your country of origin and your level of study.
A recruitment oral is organized in April for Campus France applicants and in May for other applicants.
Excellence scholarships are offered to the best candidates!