Master Chemistry and Life sciences
Target level
Master degree level
Component
Collège Sciences et Technologies pour l’Energie et l’Environnement (STEE)
Language(s)
English
Presentation
Environmental protection and sustainable development have become societal major issues. It is now also acknowledged that we must take advantage of our expertise in physico-chemistry and microbiology to identify, assess and manage the anthropogenic contamination of air, water, soils and waste. This program trains multidisciplinary managers who will be able to offer and implement solutions to solve environmental problems.
The Chemistry and Life Sciences program aims at training specialists able to analyze, manage and process environmental issues. The program offers common core courses which train students in both Chemistry and Life sciences as related to the environment.
The Chemistry and Life Sciences program trains managers in the field of environment. Job prospects are the following:
- Research engineer
- Environmental engineer
- Research and Innovation engineer
The Chemistry and Life Sciences is a 2-years course. It offers 4 “tracks/paths”.”. All courses of the second year of the “track/path” CMCEI and BME (or MBEM) are taught in English. The “track/path” CMCEI is opened only for the second year.
Organisation
Trainings
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Program
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M2 Chemical and microbiological characterization for environmental issues
Strongly increasing societal demand in the fields of Environment, Sustainable Development, and Health, implies a synergy of advanced skills in Chemistry and Biology Sciences. In order to be able to effectively respond to this demand and to implement innovative solutions providing efficient answers to these requests, it is essential to perfectly understand the interaction of contaminants with living organisms and particularly their structures, properties, reactivities/activities in natural ecosystems.
The “Chemical and Microbiological Characterization for Environmental Issues” (CMCEI) second-year course of the Master in Chemistry and Life Sciences aims to train specialists with knowledge of the most recent advances in analytical chemistry, physics-chemistry, molecular biology, and environmental microbiology.
M2 Molecular Biology and Environmental Microbiology
Increasingly strong societal demand in the fields of the Environment, sustainable development, and health now call for a synergy of cutting-edge skills involving Chemical and Biological Sciences.
The Master's degree in Molecular biology and Environmental Microbiology trains specialists with a mastery of modern molecular biology and environmental microbiology, with a solid background in chemistry, capable of grasping environmental issues related to:
- The protection of ecosystems,
- The ecotoxicology of soils, sediments, and water,
- The identification of microorganisms representing a risk to the environment or public health,
- The bio-rehabilitation of sites affected by anthropogenic (industrial and agricultural) pollution.
The Molecular Biology and Environmental Microbiology Master's degree is at the heart of this technological and socioeconomic evolution. At a meeting point between the professional world and the University in a region that is home to large-scale facilities of several industrial companies concerned by bio-decontamination(Total, Arkema, chemical industries at the Lacq site) and strong agricultural activity.
Biological methods developed for the remediation of contaminated sites, the treatment of effluents, the control of the use of phytosanitary products, or the search for pathogens in natural waters and cooling or water distribution systems are increasingly in demand and proposed as necessary alternatives for sustainable improvement of environmental problems.
The implementation of these methods as well as the development of molecular analysis tools and techniques (quantitative PCR, DNA chips, high-throughput sequencing, bioinformatics analysis, microbial biosensors, GMOs, and protein engineering) is one of the challenges for industrial and environmental policies in the coming years.
An orientation toward research may be envisaged, depending on the choice of options and especially internships.
GREEN Graduate Program - Environmental analytical chemistry and microbiology (EACM)
In 2022-2023, the UPPA is opening a 5-year integrated Master’s/PhD program of excellence linked to the research fields of energy and the environment with research-intensive training in multiple fields.
The GREEN graduate school (GRaduate school for Energetic and Environmental iNnovation) aims to train tomorrow’s research managers, for them to be enlightened about the challenges of energy and the environment, capable of understanding their complexity and proposing innovative solutions to face the challenges of transitions.
