Targeted level of study
BAC +3
ECTS
180 credits
Duration
3 years
Training structure
IUT Nîmes
Language(s) of instruction
French
Presentation
By integrating the Bachelor of Technology in Materials Science and Engineering (B.U.T. SGM), students benefit from an integrated 3-year program to reach the degree of Bachelor. The degree is aligned with international standards and facilitates exchanges with foreign universities.
With the B.U.T. SGM, students continue to benefit from a university and technological education supervised by experienced teaching teams. The curriculum is still based on professional situations, periods in companies in the form of internships or work-study programs.
Objectives
The holder of a B.U.T. SGM is a specialist in materials, composites, polymers, metals, glass and ceramics, bio-sourced materials. He/she designs, produces, measures, tests and controls materials for various sectors: aeronautics, automotive, packaging, medical, sports and leisure, metallurgy...
The B.U.T. SGM aims to train efficient graduates, with a spirit of analysis, synthesis and a real industrial vision.
Know-how and skills
Upon completion of the course, the graduate will be able to:
- DEVELOP a material (composite, bio-sourced material, alloy, ceramic, polymer...),
- ECO-CONCEPT a product (computer-aided design, choice of materials, sizing, prototyping...),
- MASTER the manufacturing techniques adapted to each material,
- CHARACTERIZE a material or a product (analyses, measurements, tests, control...).
Organization
Knowledge control
The control of knowledge is done continuously and at the end of each semester (30 ECTS per semester). It allows to know the level of mastery of the acquired skills. In total, 6 semesters (180 ECTS) must be validated to obtain the B.U.T. SGM.
Students who do not wish to continue in the 3rd year of the B.U.T. SGM and having validated 120 ECTS (4 semesters) can ask for the delivery of the Diplôme Universitaire Technologie (D.U.T.) SGM (bac + 2).
Special arrangements
High-level athletes
The university wishes to provide high-level athletes with the necessary means to pursue their university studies. This support takes the form of adjustments to the curriculum adapted to the constraints of sport, with the aim of reconciling higher education with a sporting career.
To be eligible, check your eligibility here
The application for high level status must be made every year.
Confirmed artists
The university promotes access to initial and continuing education for experienced artists. Support can be provided by adapting the curriculum. For more information, contact the Student Services Department here (iutn-scolarite @ umontpellier.fr).
Students with disabilities
The Handiversity and Occupational Medicine departments complement each other in their missions to help you succeed in your studies. They are your privileged contacts to inform you, evaluate your situation, recommend suitable accommodations and monitor their implementation. (More info here).
Alternation methods
APPRENTICESHIP CONTRACT or PROFESSIONALIZATION CONTRACT from the 2nd year onwards.
This allows you to be put in a real situation and to be confronted with the professional world. Theoretical training at the IUT alternates with practical training in a work situation in a company.
The advantages of the sandwich course
For you
- Gradually acquire skills and learn a trade in the field.
- Obtain a diploma while preparing for professional integration.
- Be accompanied throughout the course by a teaching tutor and an apprentice master/tutor in the company.
- Follow a training course while benefiting from a salary.
- Obtain a diploma to enter the professional world.
- For the company that recruits you
- Recruit employees who are quickly operational.
- Benefit from financial advantages of employment aid.
More info
Ensup LR Apprentice Training Center (apprenticeship contract) here
Service de Formation Continue Univ. Montpellier (professionalization contract) here
Internships, tutored projects
Internship | Mandatory |
|---|---|
Duration of the course | 26 weeks spread over the 3 years to apply the acquired skills |
Tutored project
600 hours are allocated to tutored projects. They allow students to conduct a study in small groups. They are carried out during the three years of training in parallel with the classical teaching.
Program
The training starts in September and lasts 3 years. It is based on general and scientific courses. The total hourly volume is 2,000 hours divided into 6 semesters. The program is built on a skills-based approach. The acquisition of skills is based on the articulation of professional situations and theoretical teachings .
Year 1 - Common Core:
| SEMESTER 1 | SEMESTER 2 | |||
| Code | SAE (*) | Code | SAE | |
| SAE11 | Follow-up of a protocol for the elaboration of a material | CES21 | Study of the influence of processing parameters on the properties of a material | |
| SAE12 | Study of the materials of an industrial product | SAE22 | Design, realization and validation of a simple product | |
| CES13 | Understand fitness protocols and safety rules | CES23 | Impact of a shaping process on the final product | |
| AES14 | Measurement and comparison of common material properties | CES24 | Measurement of material properties | |
| SAE15 | PORTFOLIO (**) 1 | CES25 | PORTFOLIO 2 | |
| Code | Resources | Code | Resources | |
| R101 | Discovery of materials | R201 | Composite materials 1 | |
| R102 | Metallic materials 1 | R202 | Metallic materials 2 | |
| R103 | Polymeric materials 1 | R203 | Ceramic and glass materials 2 | |
| R104 | Ceramic and glass materials 1 | R204 | Bio-sourced materials and agro-materials 1 | |
| R105 | Polymeric materials 2 | R205 | Bio-sourced materials and agro-materials 2 | |
| R106 | Technical drawing 1 | R206 | Composite materials 2 | |
| R107 | Characterization 1 | R207 | Technical drawing 2 | |
| R108 | Basic Chemistry | R208 | Characterization 2 | |
| R109 | Basis of Physics | R209 | Strength of materials | |
| R110 | Basis of Mathematics | R210 | Heat transfers | |
| R111 | Structure of the material 1 | R211 | Structure of the material 2 | |
| R112 | Chemistry | R212 | Mathematics 2 | |
| R113 | Mechanics | R213 | Expression and communication 2 | |
| R114 | Applied physics | R214 | Languages 2 | |
| R115 | Mathematics 1 | R215 | PPP 2 | |
| R116 | Expression and communication 1 | |||
| R117 | Languages 1 | |||
| R118 | PPP(***) 1 | |||
(*) Learning and Evaluation Situations (LES)
LES allow for the evaluation of the competency in a given situation. This evaluation is carried out in accordance with all the elements structuring the reference system, and is based on the portfolio approach, i.e. a process of reflection and demonstration carried out by the student himself. As a set of actions, the SAE requires the student to choose, mobilize and combine relevant resources that are consistent with the targeted objectives. The challenge of an EAS is thus multiple:
- Participate in the development of competencies;
- Support learning and the mastery of resources;
- Integrate self-assessment by the student;
- Allow individualization of learning.
(**) The portfolio approach
Sometimes called a skills portfolio or professional passport, the portfolio is a connection point between the academic world and the socio-economic world. In this way, it responds to all the dimensions of the student's professionalization: from his training to his future as a professional.
(***) The Personal and Professional Project (PPP)
Present in each semester of the program and supported by all the teachers of the pedagogical team, the Personal and Professional Project is a structuring element that allows the student to be the actor of his training, to understand and appropriate the contents, the objectives and the targeted competences
From the 2nd year, the student chooses a path and acquires a specific skill for the chosen path:
- Recycling and materials recovery professions : RECOVERY/RECOVERY of a material from a product
- Materials and product engineering professions : DEVELOPING a product from design to production
- Professions in characterization and expertise of materials and products : EXPERTISE materials and products
Select a program
Recycling and Materials Valorization
Course in the process of validation
Materials and Product Engineering
Course in the process of validation
Characterization and Expertise of Materials and Products
Course in the process of validation
Admission
How to register
Target audience
BAC General obtained
starting in 2021
Recommended specialties:
- mathematics + physics-chemistry or engineering science
- any other specialty after studying the file
Before 2021
General BAC : Bac S
Technological BAC : STI - STL
Study of the file Assessment of the student's file: assessment of the teaching staff, opinion of the class council, motivation for the program; French and language grades; grades in the first and final year of the scientific program; interview if necessary.
Tuition fees
Tuition fees include:
- University registration fees (set each year at the national level; more info here),
- the Student and Campus Life Contribution (CVEC) , which is intended to promote social, health, cultural and sports support for students and to support preventive and health education activities for them. (More info here)
Each student in initial training or under an apprenticeship contract in an institution of higher education must obtain, prior to registration, a certificate of payment of the CVEC(payment or exemption).
And then
Professional integration
SECTORS OF ACTIVITY/TRADE
All sectors that use the material: aeronautics, boating, leisure, construction, car manufacturing, energy (nuclear and wind power in particular)...