Training Structure
Montpellier-Sète University Institute of Technology (IUT)
Language(s) of Instruction
French
Overview
The GEEB or BEPOS professional bachelor's degree offered at the Montpellier-Sète University Institute of Technology (IUT) allows students to pursue a program titled "Building Management and Energy Efficiency. "
Objectives
The professional bachelor’s degree program in“Building Energy Management and Efficiency” (BEPOS or GEEB) is a degree-granting, career-oriented program in the field of energy management, with a particular focus on renewable energy for buildings. Its goal is to equip new construction and, above all, to retrofit single-family homes, apartment buildings, and commercial buildings with a focus on efficiency (rational use of energy). This specialization is geared not only toward design, assessment, and consulting but also toward marketing, coordination, implementation, and operation of innovative and cost-effective energy solutions.
Expertise and Skills
• Know how to configure building management systems and centralized technical management systems.
• Understand the basic concepts of thermal engineering, hydraulics, and geothermal energy.
• Know how to identify heat sources in order to size a heat pump.
• Know how to use architectural tools for bioclimatic construction.
• Know how to size an electrical system.
• Know how to make the most environmentally friendly energy choices and be able to apply the appropriate regulations or the most suitable certifications (RT2012, RT2020, eco-neighborhoods, etc.) to both professional and residential contexts.
• Know how to size and select the equipment best suited to improving a building’s passive and active energy efficiency.
• Participate in the preliminary studies, design, and preliminary sizing of a cogeneration system during the preliminary design phase.
• Be able to propose a wood-fired heating solution.
• Design, install, commission, and continuously improve the systems of a smart building.
• Know how to select the components of a photovoltaic energy production system.
Organization
Program
The coursework (450 hours) is divided into 7 course units (plus a scientific refresher unit):
- Energy and Environment,
- Energy Management,
- Thermal energy,
- Business/English,
- Energy production and management systems,
- Supervised project,
- Internship or Professional Project.
Completion of the program earns 60 European credits (ECTS).
This program can be pursued through traditional study, continuing education, or a work-study program under contract:
- through an apprenticeship with the CFA ENSUP LR Sud de France.
- through a professional training program with the SFC at the University of Montpellier.
Work-study schedule: 1 week of training and 3 weeks at the company, for a total of 12 weeks of training and 38 weeks at the company.
Admission
Admission Requirements
Online registration procedure (available for a limited time): ecandidat.umontpellier.fr.
Enrollment in the Professional Bachelor’s Degree program at the IUT consists of three steps. Each step must be completed before moving on to the next:
Step 1 – Eligibility of the application:
- Hold a two-year post-secondary degree or be currently enrolled in such a program*.
- Complete file.
Step 2 – Eligibility : Determined by an admissions committee after reviewing the application (resume, cover letter, transcript, etc.—details available on e-candidat). The committee may request additional documents as needed.
Step 3 – Final Admission: Subject to the signing of a work-study contract (apprenticeship or professional training contract) with a company, with assignments aligned with the LPro program’s focus, subject to the availability of spots in the program.
Suitable backgrounds: DUT (Civil Engineering, Electrical and Industrial Engineering, Thermal and Energy Engineering, Physical Measurements), BTS (Construction, Electrical Engineering, Digital Systems (Electronics and Communications track), Fluids, Energy, and Home Automation), students at the L2 level with a major in Physics-Chemistry-SPI.
Target Audience
Holders of national diplomas equivalent to two years of post-secondary education.
• Initial training/work-study programs:
Suitable candidates:
- DUT (Civil Engineering, Electrical and Industrial Engineering, Thermal and Energy Engineering, Physical Measurements),
- BTS (Construction, Electrical Engineering, Digital Systems (Electronics and Communications Track), Fluid Systems, Energy, and Home Automation),
- Students with an L2 degree in Physics, Chemistry, and SPI.
- Admission may be open to students with DUT and BTS degrees in business and the service sector who have a background in science (Bac S and STI)
• Continuing education:
Suitable profiles:
- A two-year post-secondary degree or equivalent (VAE) with 3 years of experience in the secondary sector.
Mandatory Prerequisites
A two-year post-secondary degree has been awarded.
And then
Continuing Education
The goal of the vocational bachelor's degree is to help students enter the workforce quickly, rather than to pursue further studies.
Employment Placement
Graduates of the GEEB professional bachelor's degree program will be qualified for positions such as:
- heating engineers, retailers, and/or equipment distributors,
- technical advisors or assistant engineers,
- manager of departments responsible for methods, maintenance, rehabilitation, installation, renovation, or thermal operations... in the following sectors: engineering firms, architectural firms, local governments, retailers and distributors, manufacturers, operators, installers, building inspection and certification organizations...