Target level of study
BAC +3
ECTS
180 credits
Duration
3 years
Training structure
IUT Nîmes
Language(s) of instruction
French
Presentation
By enrolling in the Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical and Production Engineering (B.U.T. GMP), students benefit from an integrated 3-year program leading to a Bachelor's degree. The degree is aligned with international standards and facilitates exchanges with foreign universities.
With the B.U.T. GMP, students continue to benefit from a university and technological education supervised by experienced teaching teams. The curriculum is still structured around practical work experience, with periods spent in companies as interns or on a sandwich course.
Objectives
The B.U.T. GMP diploma is designed to train generalists in the mechanical engineering industry, whatever the sector of activity, capable of bringing a new product to market through the first three stages of its life cycle: design to define the product, industrialization to develop the manufacturing and assembly processes, and finally industrial organization to organize production lines.This versatility enables diploma holders to adapt to the changing needs of companies and to developments in future professions. They take part in the engineering process, from processing the expressed need to implementing the technological solution in response to that need, while respecting the constraints of time, cost and quality. In the context of the industry of the future, each BUT GMP course will provide an essential complementary skill for companies today and tomorrow: innovation, virtualization, sustainable development, management and marketing.
Know-how and skills
On completion of the course, graduates will be able to apply their skills in 3 main professional situations:
- product design,
- its industrialization
- and finally, the industrial organization to be implemented.
In each of these 3 situations, he will be able to use the 4 major skills:
- Specify: determine the industrial requirements corresponding to a customer's need;
- Develop : develop products, manufacturing processes and associated industrial organizations;
- Realize: create a digital model of the product, then manufacture it using CAM software and hardware currently used in industry;
- Operate: monitor the life of the product and the production system.
These four elements of practice apply to the three families of situations (product design, product industrialization or industrial organization) and thus constitute the four skills common to BUT GMP graduates.
Organization
Knowledge control
Assessment is continuous and at the end of each semester (30 ECTS per semester). It is used to assess the level of mastery of acquired skills. A total of 6 semesters (180 ECTS) must be passed to obtain the B.U.T. GMP.
Students who do not wish to continue into the 3rd year of the B.U.T. GMP and have validated 120 ECTS (4 semesters) can apply for the Diplôme Universitaire Technologie (D.U.T.) GMP (bac + 2).
Special features
Top-level athletes
The university aims to provide top-level athletes with the resources they need to pursue their university studies. This support takes the form of curriculum adjustments adapted to sporting constraints, with the aim of reconciling higher education studies with a sporting career.
To qualify, check your eligibility here
You must apply for high-level status every year.
Confirmed artists
The university promotes access to initial and continuing training for established artists. This support can take the form of specially adapted curricula. For further information, contact the Student Services Department here (iutn-scolarite @ umontpellier.fr).
Students with disabilities
Complementing each other in their missions, the Handiversité and Médecine de Prévention services join forces to help you succeed in your studies. They are your key contacts for information, assessing your situation, recommending suitable accommodations and monitoring their implementation. (More info here).
Work-study arrangements
CONTRAT D'APPRENTISSAGE or CONTRAT DE PROFESSIONNALISATION from 3rd year onwards.
This gives you real-life experience and exposure to the professional world; alternating theoretical training at the IUT with practical on-the-job training at a company.
The advantages of sandwich courses
For you
- Graduallyacquire skills and learn a trade on the job.
- Obtain a diploma while preparing for professional integration. Obtain a diploma while preparing to enter the world of work.
- Be supported throughout your training by a teacher tutor and an apprentice master/company tutor.
- Receive paid training.
- Obtain a diploma that will enable you to enter the professional world.
For the company that recruits you
- Recruit employees who are rapidly operational.
- Benefit from financial advantages to help you find a job.
More info
Ensup LR Apprentice Training Center (apprenticeship contract) here
Service de Formation Continue Univ. Montpellier (professionalization contract) here
Internships, tutored projects
Internship | Mandatory |
|---|---|
Length of internship | A minimum of 22 weeks over the 3 years to apply the skills acquired. |
Tutored project
600 hours are allocated to tutored projects. These enable small groups to carry out a study. They are carried out over the course of the three-year training program, in parallel with the regular curriculum.
Program
Training begins in September and lasts 3 years. It is structured around academic and technological courses. The total number of hours is 2,000, spread over 6 semesters. The program is built around a skills-based approach. The acquisition of skills is based on a combination of work experience and theoretical instruction.
1st year - Common core :
| SEMESTER 1 | SEMESTER 2 | |||
| SAÉ (*) - PORTFOLIO (**) | ||||
| SAE 1.1 | Consumer product analysis | SAE 2.1 | Specification of part production processes | |
| SAE 1.2 | Modification of a mechanical system | SAE 2.2 | Robotization of a production operation | |
| SAE 1.3 | From digital model to physical prototype | SAE 2.3 | Manufacturing a part (open process) | |
| SAE 1.4 | Structural organization of the industry | SAE 2.4 | Stabilized production control | |
| SAE 2.23 | Sizing and design | |||
| Portfolio | Portfolio | |||
| RESOURCES | ||||
| Multi-physics modeling | R1.01 - Mechanics | Multi-physics modeling | R2.01 - Mechanical engineering | |
| R1.02 - Structural design | R2.02 - Structural design | |||
| R1.03 - Materials science | R2.03 - Materials science | |||
| R1.04 - Applied math and scientific tools | R2.04 - Applied math and scientific tools | |||
| Mechanical systems engineering | R1.05 - Mechanical engineering | Mechanical systems engineering | R2.05 - Mechanical engineering | |
| R1.06 - Engineering tools | R2.06 - Engineering tools | |||
| Production engineering | R1.07 - Production - Methods | Production engineering | R2.07 - Production - Methods | |
| R1.08 - Metrology | R2.08 - Metrology | |||
| R1.09 - Industrial production organization | R2.09 - Industrial organization and management | |||
| Cyber-physical systems engineering | R1.10 - Electricity - Electrical engineering | Cyber-physical systems engineering | R1.10 - Electricity - Electrical engineering | |
| R1.11 - Automation | R1.11 - Automation | |||
| R1.12 - Computers and databases | R1.12 - Computers and databases | |||
| Human relations within the company | R1.13 - Expression - Communication | Human relations within the company | R2.13 - Expression - Communication | |
| R1.14 - Languages | R2.14 - Languages | |||
| R1.15 - Personal and professional project | R2.15 - Personal and professional project | |||
(*) Situations d'Apprentissage et d'Évaluation (SAE) (Learning and Assessment Situations)
SAEs enable competencies to be assessed in situ. This assessment is carried out in line with all the elements structuring the reference framework, and is based on the portfolio approach, i.e. a process of reflection and demonstration carried out by the student him/herself. As a set of actions, the SAE requires the student to select, mobilize and combine relevant resources that are consistent with the targeted objectives. The stakes of an SAE are thus multiple:
- Participating in the development of skills;
- Supporting learning and the mastery of resources;
- Integrating student self-assessment;
- Enabling individualized learning.
(**) The portfolio approach
Sometimes referred to as a skills portfolio or professional passport, the portfolio is a link between the academic and socio-economic worlds. In this way, it responds to all the dimensions of a student's professionalization: from his or her training to his or her future as a professional.
From the 2nd year onwards, the student chooses a pathway and acquires a skill specific to the chosen pathway:
- Innovation for Industry: MASTER tools and approaches for creativity, innovation support and industrial property.
- Industrial Process Management: MASTER environmental standards and related processes throughout the product life cycle.
Select a program
Innovation for manufacturers
Industrial Process Management
Admission
How to register
Target audience
BAC général obtained
from 2021, recommended specialties :
- Mathematics + Physics-Chemistry or Engineering Science
- Any other specialty, subject to review
Before 2021
BAC Général : S
BAC Technologique STI2D
File review : assessments by the teaching staff; opinion of the class council; motivation for the course of study; French and language marks; first and final year marks in science and general subjects.
Tuition fees
Tuition fees include:
- University registration fees (set each year at national level; more info here),
- the Student and Campus Life Contribution ( Cotisation à la Vie Étudiante et de Campus - CVEC) , which is intended to provide students with social, health, cultural and sports support, and to bolster preventive and health education initiatives. (More info here)
All students enrolled in an initial training program or apprenticeship contract at a higher education institution must obtain a certificate of paymentor exemption from the CVEC before enrolling.
And then
Further studies
Professional integration
Graduates of the BUT GMP are generalists in the mechanical industries, employable in the following sectors:
- Mechanical engineering and machine tools,
- Automotive manufacturing and equipment suppliers,
- Aerospace and equipment manufacturers,
- Shipbuilding and equipment manufacturers,
- Railway construction and equipment manufacturers,
- Environment and energy,
- Nuclear power,
- Food processing,
- Agricultural machinery,
- Medical sector,
- Home appliances,
- Sports and leisure,
- Construction and equipment manufacturers,
- Deconstruction and recycling.