Intended Level of Study
Bachelor's degree (BAC +3)
ECTS
180 credits
Duration
3 years
Training Structure
College of Sciences
Language(s) of Instruction
French
Overview
Electrical Engineering, Electrical Energy, Automation: Bachelor's Degree (L1) in the PCSI Portal (Physics, Chemistry, Engineering Sciences)
The goal of the EEA-track bachelor's degree program is to provide students with a solid foundation in the basic sciences (mathematics, physics) combined with technologies in the EEA field: electronics and optoelectronics, electrical engineering, automation, and industrial computer science.
This bachelor's degree program is designed to admit high school graduates who took the Physics and Chemistry, Mathematics, or Engineering Sciences tracks in their junior and senior years of high school into the first year of the program.
The EEA bachelor's degree program consists of a single track. The first year is common to the PCSI Portal (Physics, Chemistry, Science, and Engineering).
In the second and third years, in addition to students who entered the bachelor’s program in their first year, students with a DUT, BTS, or preparatory program background may join the program to continue their studies toward a master’s degree (Bac +5) in the field of technology, particularly in the EEA.
Objectives
Upon completion of this course, students will have acquired:
- general scientific skills to analyze a scientific engineering problem and implement an experimental approach to solve that problem;
- disciplinary scientific skills to solve a problem in the field of EEA, using engineering tools and techniques as well as theoretical and practical knowledge in the field of EEA.
Expertise and Skills
General scientific skills:
- Understand and comply with regulations
- Take a multidisciplinary approach to solving a scientific problem
- Analyze and solve a scientific problem independently while also being able to work as part of a team.
- Conduct an experiment: use the most common measuring instruments and techniques; analyze experimental data; assess the limits of a model's validity; and solve a complex problem using successive approximations.
- Be able to use and analyze technical documentation, particularly in English.
- Use a programming language.
- Use mathematical tools.
- Use data acquisition and analysis software.
Disciplinary scientific competencies:
- Be able to apply theoretical and practical knowledge in the fields of Electronics, Electrical Engineering, and Automation (EEA).
- Use common techniques in the fields of automation engineering: synthesis and analysis of electrical schematics, modeling of automatic systems, machine power management, synthesis and analysis of industrial computer programs, etc.
- Connect the fundamental concepts of EEA with everyday technological applications.
- Gain an understanding of the cross-disciplinary fields of the EEA and their technological applications: sensors, robotics, microelectronics, nanotechnology, energy, space, etc.
Organization
Program
The EEA bachelor’s degree program is organized into 6 semesters (S1 through S6) and structured around required course units (UE). Each course unit is assigned a credit value (ECTS). Each semester is worth 30 ECTS. The bachelor’s degree is awarded upon completion of 180 ECTS.
The EEA Bachelor’s degree is an undergraduate program in which EEA-specific courses play an increasingly prominent role as students progress through the program (6 ECTS in Year 1, Semester 1; 6 ECTS in Year 1, Semester 2; 23 ECTS in Year 2, Semester 3; 26 ECTS in L2 S4, 28 ECTS in L3 S5, and 30 ECTS in L3 S6).
Select a program
Second Year of the Bachelor's Degree Program
Junior Year
Admission
Admission Requirements
Applications can be submitted through the following platforms:
- French and European students: Follow the application process on the University of Montpellier's e-candidat portal: https://candidature.umontpellier.fr/candidature/
- International students from outside the EU: Follow the “Études en France” procedure: https://pastel.diplomatie.gouv.fr/etudesenfrance/dyn/public/authentification/login.html
Target Audience
For L1: Automatic admission for all holders of a French baccalaureate or equivalent diploma, regardless of the year it was earned. Registration is required on the Parcoursup admissions website.
In the second or third year of a bachelor’s degree (L2 or L3): automatic admission for students who have successfully completed thefirst year of a bachelor’s degree in PCSI (L1), afirst year of health studies (LAS – MMOPK or PASS with a science track), and the second year of a bachelor’s degree (L2). Admission is based on application review for students coming from BUT, BTS, other universities, CPGE preparatory classes, or other STS bachelor’s programs at UM. Applications are reviewed by an academic committee in May–June for the first round or in September for the second round.
Students who have never been enrolled at a French university or high school should contact the International Relations Office at the University of Montpellier.
Mandatory Prerequisites
Strong knowledge of mathematics and physics (specializing in mathematics and physics-chemistry in 11th and 12th grades)
Recommended Prerequisites
Basic Knowledge of Electricity
And then
Continuing Education
The main objective of the EEA track bachelor’s degree is to prepare students for master’s programs, particularly the EEA master’s program at UM.
Upon completion of the L2-EEA program, students may enroll in the L3-EEA program or in the L3 Applied Physics program (subject to the approval of an academic committee), gain admission to certain engineering schools (the MEA department at Polytech’ Montpellier, INSA, ENSEEIHT, Supélec, etc.) based on their application materials, apply for certain professional bachelor’s programs at IUT-30 and IUT-34, or those offered by the UM Faculty of Sciences.
At the L3-EEA level, students may also apply (based on their academic record) to certain engineering schools, just as they can at the L2-EEA level.
Continuing Your Education Abroad
Thanks to the national and international recognition of these research centers and the contacts established by Montpellier’s faculty members and researchers, students may continue their studies, either entirely or partially, at other universities in France and abroad.
Transition Programs and Reorientation
There are numerous pathways between the various programs in the field of EEA at the University of Montpellier (Bachelor’s in EEA, Bachelor’s in Physics and Applications, and Professional Bachelor’s in Acoustics at the Faculty of Sciences—DUT in GEII / Physical Measurement at the IUTs in Montpellier, Nîmes, and Béziers—Professional Bachelor’s programs at the IUT in Montpellier – MEA track at Polytech’ Montpellier). One of the program’s strengths is that many of the faculty members teaching in these various programs are affiliated with the IES (Institute of Electronics and Systems—CNRS UMR 5214) and the LIRMM (Montpellier Laboratory of Computer Science, Robotics, and Microelectronics, CNRS UMR 5506).
The EEA L2 program is open, upon application, to students in the DUT-GEII, BTS in Electronics and Electrical Engineering, and CPGE programs. The top students in these programs are admitted directly into the EEA Bachelor’s program (L3).
Similarly, our second-year students have the option to switch to the professional bachelor’s degree programs—including work-study programs, OSSI, CAIEE, GEEB, and SE—offered by the Montpellier University Institute of Technology (IUT), as well as the professional bachelor’s degree in Acoustics offered by the Faculty of Sciences through its continuing education program.
Employment Placement
The EEA bachelor’s degree is primarily designed to prepare students for a master’s program in EEA. However, graduates may also enter the workforce as senior technicians in all types of organizations—including large corporations, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), very small businesses, the civil service, and local governments—in the fields of electronics, electrical engineering, industrial computing, and automation.