Technology, Engineering, Science

Materials and Physical-Chemical Controls

  • ECTS

    180 credits

  • Duration

    3 years

  • Training structure

    IUT Montpellier-Sète

  • Language(s) of instruction

    French

Presentation

The B.U.T Mesures Physiques course in Materials and Physical-Chemical Controls makes graduates experts in materials characterization and physical-chemical control. 

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Objectives

The aim of the MCPC pathway is to certify multi-skilled senior technicians who carry out and operate measurements: these call on a broad spectrum of knowledge in the fields of physics, chemistry, materials, electronics and IT, as well as skills focused on instrumentation (tests, trials, research and development, etc.), industrial control and metrology. 

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Know-how and skills

  • Conduct a measurement campaign
  • Deploying metrology and the quality approach
  • Implement a measurement and instrumentation chain
  • Characterize physical and chemical quantities and material properties
  • Defining specifications for environmental measures
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Organization

Knowledge control

Assessment is by continuous assessment.

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Open on a sandwich basis

Contract type

Apprenticeship contract, Professionalization contract

Open to sandwich courses from the2nd year onwards, on a monthly basis.

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Internships, tutored projects

26 weeks of internship during the last 2 years:

  • 10-week B.U.T 2 internship
  • 16-week internship in B.U.T 3
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Admission

Access conditions

This course is accessible from the2nd year of the B.U.T Mesures Physiques.

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And then

Professional integration

Graduates of the B.U.T. in Physical Measurements, Materials and Physical-Chemical Control are employed by all companies in the secondary sector, as well as in development and research in the tertiary sector. The main industrial sectors are automotive, aeronautics, energy production, pharmaceuticals, agri-food, biomedical and chemicals. Its background makes it particularly well-suited to materials testing and control laboratories, as well as physico-chemical analysis laboratories.  

Types of jobs available :

Beginner : Physical measurement and testing technician, Materials characterization technician, Physical measurement technician in R&D, Physical-chemical analysis laboratory technician, Experimental techniques technician, Testing laboratory technician, Metrologist, Scientific instrumentation technician, Measurement chain design technician, Measurement instrument control technician    

After 2 or 3 years' experience: Assistant engineer     

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