Training Structure
College of Sciences
Overview
The first year of the ICOA program offers a unique curriculum structured around four disciplinary areas: biological engineering, food process engineering, bioproduct development engineering, and career preparation. It is designed to provide students with the foundations for dual expertise in Process Engineering and Biotechnology/Food Science. The program’s career-oriented focus is reflected in two course units on project management and career readiness. Courses in English and biostatistics—which are common to other programs—round out the curriculum.
Program
Semester 1:
- Biostatistics Course Unit (5 ECTS) English Course Unit (5 ECTS)
- EU: Preparation for the Internship and Career Transition (2 ECTS)
- UE: Agricultural Resources—Their Abundance and Potential (3 ECTS)
- UE Functional Properties of Nutrients (3 ECTS)
- Food Process Engineering Course (5 ECTS)
- Fluid Mechanics Course (2 ECTS)
- Course Unit: Biological Catalysis and Microbiology (3 ECTS)
Semester 2
- EU Structural Characterization of Foods and Imaging (2 ECTS)
- EU Project Management (3 ECTS)
- UE Bioprocess Engineering - Batch (2 ECTS)
- EU Food Science and Processing (5 ECTS)
- EU Food Quality and Safety (2 ECTS)
- UE: Development and Formulation of Bioproducts (3 ECTS)
- First-Year Internship (15 ECTS)
+ 2 course units worth 5 ECTS credits for students wishing to pursue a joint degree with the IAE
Biostatistics with R
5 creditsBiocatalysis and Microbiology
3 creditsThe Abundance and Potential of Agricultural Resources
3 creditsEnglish
5 creditsPreparation for the internship and transition into the workforce
2 creditsFluid Mechanics
2 creditsStructural Characterization of Foods and Imaging
2 creditsFood Process Engineering
5 creditsFunctional Properties of Nutrients
3 credits
Development and Formulation of Bioproducts
3 creditsFood Science and Processing
5 creditsFood Quality and Safety
2 creditsProject Management
3 creditsFirst-Year Internship
15 creditsBioprocess Engineering - Batch
2 credits
Admission
Registration Procedures
Applications can be submitted through the following platforms:
- French and European students: Follow the “Mon Master” procedure on the website:https://www.monmaster.gouv.fr/
- International students from outside the EU: Follow the “Études en France” procedure:https://pastel.diplomatie.gouv.fr/etudesenfrance/dyn/public/authentification/login.html