Target level of study
BAC +5
ECTS
120 credits
Duration
1 or 2 years
Training structure
Faculty of Science
Language(s) of instruction
French
Presentation
The Environmental Management Master's program is described at: www.ingénieurs-ecologues.fr
Accredited by the university and the national evaluation committee, the Biology-Ecology department and the Montpellier Faculty of Science are opening the Environmental Management Master's degree for the period 2021-2025. This professionally-oriented, multidisciplinary Master's degree offers career opportunities in a wide range of environmental and biodiversity sectors. In this project, the new "Gestion de l'Environnement" (Environmental Management) specialization groups together 6 courses:
-AquaDura: Sustainable Production and Exploitation of Aquatic Bioresources (formerly BAEMT)
-GIEBioTE: Gestion Intégrée de l'Environnement, de la Biodiversité et des TErritoires (Integrated Management of the Environment, Biodiversity and Territories)
-IEGB: Ecology and Biodiversity Management Engineering
-Dual Competence in Ecological Engineering (DC)
-RAINET': Applied research to preserve biodiversity
-ComBiodiv: Biodiversity Communication and Education
All courses are open to continuing education in M1 and M2. All courses except GIEBioTE are open to apprenticeships in M1 and M2.
The Environmental Management specialization is a Bac+5 program that trains professionals in the fields of naturalist expertise, ecological engineering, environmental management, regional planning, communication and conservation biology research (the latter leading to a doctorate).
It develops and applies several specific areas of expertise in each of its specialization paths:
-sustainable development, societal and environmental challenges in the face of global change and adaptation,
- knowledge, management and conservation of biodiversity,
- sustainable exploitation and production of bioresources,
- aquatic environment management and flood prevention,
-integrated management of territories and their resources, with a focus on territorial consultation and interaction with stakeholders and institutions,
- biodiversity communication, awareness-raising and training.
In line with the Sustainable Development Goals, this master's degree and the teaching program for each of its courses are recognized and supported by the UNESCO center for water and the environment in Montpellier (ICIREWARD: https://icireward-unesco.umontpellier.fr/).
Fields of study: Agronomy, plant biology, ecology, environment, evolution, biodiversity; Space, environment and society; Science and technology, water science
For a more detailed presentation, please refer to the course sheets.
Training benefits
Objectives
The aim of the Environmental Management specialization is to train future managers, researchers and engineers in the fields of the environment, ecology and biodiversity, with specializations ranging from integrated and concerted management of environmentally-friendly territories, to naturalist expertise, biodiversity conservation research, sustainable development communication, aquaculture and fisheries production, and natural risk prevention.
The main job prospects are for managers with 5 years' higher education in ecological engineering or the implementation of environmental projects, in aquaculture production or aquatic resource management, in communication, in scientific research on biodiversity (including doctoral opportunities), or in territorial management (...).
For a more detailed presentation of the objectives, please refer to the course descriptions.
Know-how and skills
The skills acquired at the end of Master 2 are specific to each course. Please refer to the course descriptions.
Key skills on leaving the Master's program include, for example:
- Master the methods and techniques of naturalist inventories and diagnostics, as well as vegetation, population and rare species surveys.
- Define and run experimental, inventory, determination, observation and hydrometric systems for contrasting environments, using technical approaches, and collect data.
- Carry out statistical analyses of data and analyze data
- Master specialized software
- Master the tools, techniques and methods for enhancing, preserving, protecting or restoring biodiversity
- Integrate conservation, biodiversity, management and environmental protection aspects into regional development projects, taking into account the social and economic dimensions.
- Design, develop, manage and implement communication, awareness-raising, education and training initiatives
- Carry out environmental studies and draw up management plans
- Take a stand and develop an intervention plan to bring about change
- Conduct impact studies and design hydraulic structures
- Provide advice and technical assistance in aquaculture
- Design innovative programs and action plans for the sustainable production and use of aquatic bioresources.
- Design research programs and protocols
- Project management.
- Scientific and technical communication
- Structuring and leading teams and meetings
- Scientific and technological watch
- Participate in the dissemination and promotion of results and studies
- Understand the dynamics of living resources and aquatic ecosystems and their interactions,
- Analyze the functioning of farming systems, from upstream to downstream,
- Develop a critical understanding of aquaculture development and principles,
- Produce species in different aquaculture production systems in a sustainable way, taking into account epidemiological, environmental and welfare regulations,
- Integrated assessment and management of human impact on exploited aquatic ecosystems
- Assess, exploit and sustainably manage aquatic bioresources,
- Contribute to cutting-edge research on the development of practices and the valorization of aquatic bioresources
International training
Double degrees, joint degrees, Erasmus MundusInternational dimension
The Master's program in Integrated Management of the Environment, Biodiversity and Territories (GIEBioTE) is a Franco-Canadian program, jointly supported by the Université de Montpellier and the Université de Sherbrooke (Canada). The M1 of this program must take place in Canada (contact the program coordinator).
Organization
Knowledge control
see EU sheets
Open on a sandwich basis
Contract type | Apprenticeship contract, Professionalization contract |
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Work-study option for Master 1 and Master 2 courses. (see the work-study calendar available from the CFA).
Work-study arrangements
The following courses are open to work-study contracts and apprenticeships:
M2 - Dual skills in ecology and biodiversity management - open to direct entry into M2.
M2 - Production et Exploitation Durables des Bioressources Aquatiques AQUADURA
M2 - Recherche appliquée pour conserver la biodiversité RAINET'
M2 - Ingénierie écologique et gestion de la biodiversité IEGB
M2 - Communication et éducation à la biodiversité ComBiodiv
M1- Gestion de l'environnement et de la biodiversité
The apprenticeship schedule is defined for the duration of the course (1 to 2 years depending on the path) and is available from the CFA (see contacts).
Internships, tutored projects
Internship | Mandatory |
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Length of internship | 3 months; 4.5 months; 6 months (depending on career path) |
Internship abroad | Possible |
Duration of internship abroad | identical internship duration in France |
All students in this Master's program have 2 long internships to complete during their studies: 4.5 months in M1 (3 in GIEBioTE) and 5 to 6 months in M2, with specific variations for each course. Students are obligatorily supervised by a company tutor and monitored by their teaching staff at every stage of the internship process, particularly the M2 or end-of-study internship, which is of vital importance for their professional integration.
For a more detailed presentation of internships, please refer to the course descriptions.
Many teaching units offer team-based projects. Some of these are cross-disciplinary. All of them enable students to apply what they have learned to operational cases. Some of the biggest tutored projects include :
- The Master 2 Ecology and Biodiversity Fair, in which all M2 students are involved to varying degrees on specific job descriptions. The show is a forum for careers and training, a scientific and technical conference, a place for professional (...) https://www.salon-ecologie.com/
- Festi'Versité in Master 2, a biodiversity festival designed to educate the general public about ecological issues.
- The Biodiversity study project in Master 1, in which students are trained in sampling methods and field monitoring.
- The Master 2 cogithon, which pits teams of students against each other in their response to a call for tenders drawn up by the students themselves in partnership with local players and according to the issues at stake.
- In-company projects: short-term assignments in groups of 3 or 4, immersed in a company or association.
- ...
Program
The M2 courses are :
- Gestion Intégrée de l'Environnement, de la Biodiversité et des Territoires (bi-diploma with Université de Sherbrooke) - initial and continuing training.
- Dual skills in ecology and biodiversity management - only open to apprenticeships or professionalization contracts, with direct access to M2.
- Production et Exploitation Durables des Bioressources Aquatiques - initial training, continuing education and apprenticeships.
- Applied research to conserve biodiversity - initial training, continuing education and apprenticeships.
- Ecological engineering and biodiversity management - initial training, continuing education and apprenticeships.
- Biodiversity communication and education - initial training, continuing education and apprenticeships.
The various courses are offered in M2 (except for the Franco-Canadian GIEBioTE course, which is differentiated from M1 onwards, see https://ingenieurs-ecologues.com/presentation-parcours-giebiote/). The Masters programs involved in this new specialization have long-standing experience of providing individualized support for students, helping them to build their educational and career plans. As a result, students entering the program in M1, even though they will be enrolled together in the core courses, will receive individualized support from M1 onwards, according to the M2 courses they have identified as necessary to achieve their career goals. The recruitment of the M1 intake will also be determined by our capacity to take on students in the various M2 courses.
The first year of the specialization includes :
- Integrated Management of the Environment, Biodiversity and Territories (bi-diploma with the University of Sherbrooke) - initial and continuing training, with compulsory study in Canada (University of Sherbrooke);
- Environmental and biodiversity management (core curriculum) initial and continuing training ;
- Environmental and Biodiversity Management by apprenticeship (this differs from the previous one in that it is adapted to work-study arrangements).
Students will be recruited by course, according to their professional goals (as defined by the M2 courses - except for GIEBioTE, see above). The pedagogical team manages student recruitment at the department level, to optimize the match between candidates' previous career path, training project and professional project. Dual Competence students (M2) are accepted for direct access (retraining, graduate engineers, etc.).
For all M1 and M2 courses in this specialization, except for Master 1 GIEBIOTE, teaching takes place in Montpellier, France, within the Faculty of Science (except for planned field trips, company work and internships). Teaching can be adapted to videoconferencing if the health situation so requires. The Master 1 GIEBIOTE program takes place in Canada (please contact the course coordinator).
Select a program
Integrated Management of the Environment, Biodiversity and Territories
If the question of spatial coexistence of all human activities has always been a major issue in human societies, it is even more so nowadays, imposing often delicate trade-offs between agriculture, livestock farming, extraction activities, transport, industry, commerce, towns and leisure activities.... The complexity of these trade-offs is compounded by the significant contemporary degradation of the physical environment (climate change, various forms of pollution, etc.) and the biotic environment (disappearance of natural areas, erosion of biodiversity), whose impact on the health and well-being of human populations is undeniable.
So, with the harsh reality of global change, social pressure and a restrictive legislative framework, but with limited budgets, governments, local authorities, businesses and associations.... are being forced in the short term to integrate environmental, ecological and societal concerns into their activities. Environmental management and land-use planning have become interdependent and their synergy essential.
Environmental and biodiversity management
Environmental and biodiversity management - Apprenticeship
Dual skills in ecology and biodiversity management Biodiv'In - Apprenticeship
The Biodiv'In master's degree course, "Double skills in ecology and biodiversity management", is presented on the GEB "Gestion de l'Environnement et de la Biodiversité" master's degree website: www.ingénieurs-ecologues.fr
This is a scientific and technical training program in ecology at a generalist level in the fields of :
Environmental and ecological engineering.
Biodiversity management and conservation.
It is based on a single year of training at M2 level, with no M1.
This course prepares graduates with a bac+5 degree of the "technical engineer" type, and does not prepare them for jobs as senior technicians (e.g. naturalist technician, as these require specific and lengthy apprenticeships which will not be provided in this course) or for jobs as researchers or teacher-researchers. With these two restrictions in mind, this course opens up a very wide range of occupations at bac+5 level, more or less related to scientific ecology and contributing directly and/or indirectly to biodiversity conservation.
The course is open to both initial and continuing training, with or without an apprenticeship or professionalization contract.
Sustainable Production and Exploitation of Aquatic Bioresources
Aquaculture has supplanted fishing in the supply of seafood for human consumption worldwide. The controlled production of aquatic organisms plays a crucial role in alleviating the growing need for sustainably produced aquatic foods.
The aim of this course is to train future scientists with a broad range of skills across the entire fisheries and aquaculture sector, with a view to ensuring responsible aquaculture production and fishing, and ecosystem-based management of aquatic resources and environments.
The AQUADURA program is a professionalization programthat enables students to enter the job market directly after graduation. Continuation into a thesis is very marginal, and is mainly in R&D or integrated management fields. It is open to apprentices in M1 and M2.
Applied research to conserve biodiversity RAINET
As human societies develop, the challenges of biodiversity conservation multiply. More and more urgent scientific questions are arising, particularly in ecology, but not exclusively. Answering these questions requires applied research, the results of which have a real impact on biodiversity conservation practices and policies at different levels.
The RAINET' Master's degree (Applied Research to Conserve Biodiversity) is aimed at students wishing to embark on this path, and to complete a doctoral thesis after the Master's degree. These students can then work as researchers in public or private research organizations, or as scientific project managers in biodiversity conservation organizations in France and abroad.
Further information: https: //ingenieurs-ecologues.com/parcours-ge/parcours-rainet/
Ecological Engineering and Biodiversity Management IEGB
The IEGB Master's program is presented on the Environment and Biodiversity Management Master's program website: www.ingénieurs-ecologues.fr
IEGB Master's students are trained in environmental and ecological engineering, and in the management of biodiversity and aquatic environments. They integrate ecological, sociological and environmental dimensions into programs for the management and preservation of natural resources and environments, the holistic management of natural or protected areas, the protection and conservation of species, as well as programs for reducing the vulnerability of territories to climate and global change, increasing their resilience, protecting populations from environmental risks, including flooding, and programs for sustainable planning, adaptation and development.
This professionally-oriented program trains generalist ecology engineers and managers in environmental engineering, ecology, biodiversity and hydraulics. In line with the Sustainable Development Goals, this master's degree and its teaching program are recognized and supported by the UNESCO center for water and the environment in Montpellier (IciReward).
Teaching takes a variety of complementary forms to encourage learning, creativity and student involvement in their training: from online lectures, through fundamental scientific disciplines, field techniques, digital modeling and operational group projects, to hands-on case studies in contact with professionals. The many opportunities for exchanges between students, and between students and professionals, help to develop the professional network of future graduates, essential for effective integration into the professional world, and enable them to learn interdisciplinarity, essential for the environmental, ecological and societal management of territories, environments or species.
The IEGB pathway is open to initial and continuing training, under professionalization and apprenticeship contracts. The IEGB program has been open to apprentices since 2010.
Training fields: Main: environmental sciences, agronomy, plant biology, ecology, environment, evolution, biodiversity, science and technology, water sciences.
Communication and Biodiversity Education
Production et Exploitation Durables des Bioressources Aquatiques - Apprenticeship
Aquaculture has supplanted fishing in the supply of seafood for human consumption worldwide. The controlled production of aquatic organisms plays a crucial role in alleviating the growing need for sustainably produced aquatic foods.
The aim of this course is to train future scientists with a broad range of skills across the entire fisheries and aquaculture sector, with a view to ensuring responsible aquaculture production and fishing, and ecosystem-based management of aquatic resources and environments.
The AQUADURA program is a professionalization programthat enables students to enter the job market directly after graduation. Continuation into a thesis is very marginal, and is mainly in R&D or integrated management fields. It is open to apprentices in M1 and M2.
Applied research to conserve biodiversity RAINET - Apprenticeship
As human societies develop, the challenges of biodiversity conservation multiply. More and more urgent scientific questions are arising, particularly in ecology, but not exclusively. Answering these questions requires applied research, the results of which have a real impact on biodiversity conservation practices and policies at different levels.
The RAINET' Master's degree (Applied Research to Conserve Biodiversity) is aimed at students wishing to embark on this path, and to complete a doctoral thesis after the Master's degree. These students can then work as researchers in public or private research organizations, or as scientific project managers in biodiversity conservation organizations in France and abroad.
Further information: https: //ingenieurs-ecologues.com/parcours-ge/parcours-rainet/
Ecological Engineering and Biodiversity Management IEGB - Apprenticeship
The IEGB Master's program is presented on the Environment and Biodiversity Management Master's program website: www.ingénieurs-ecologues.fr
IEGB Master's students are trained in environmental and ecological engineering, and in the management of biodiversity and aquatic environments. They integrate ecological, sociological and environmental dimensions into programs for the management and preservation of natural resources and environments, the holistic management of natural or protected areas, the protection and conservation of species, as well as programs for reducing the vulnerability of territories to climate and global change, increasing their resilience, protecting populations from environmental risks, including flooding, and programs for sustainable planning, adaptation and development.
This professionally-oriented program trains generalist ecology engineers and managers in environmental engineering, ecology, biodiversity and hydraulics. In line with the Sustainable Development Goals, this master's degree and its teaching program are recognized and supported by the UNESCO center for water and the environment in Montpellier (IciReward).
Teaching takes a variety of complementary forms to encourage learning, creativity and student involvement in their training: from online lectures, through fundamental scientific disciplines, field techniques, digital modeling and operational group projects, to hands-on case studies in contact with professionals. The many opportunities for exchanges between students, and between students and professionals, help to develop the professional network of future graduates, essential for effective integration into the professional world, and enable them to learn interdisciplinarity, essential for the environmental, ecological and societal management of territories, environments or species.
The IEGB pathway is open to initial and continuing training, under professionalization and apprenticeship contracts. The IEGB program has been open to apprentices since 2010.
Training fields: Main: environmental sciences, agronomy, plant biology, ecology, environment, evolution, biodiversity, science and technology, water sciences.
Communication and Biodiversity Education - Learning
Dual skills in ecology and biodiversity management Biodiv'In
The Biodiv'In master's degree course, "Double skills in ecology and biodiversity management", is presented on the GEB "Gestion de l'Environnement et de la Biodiversité" master's degree website: www.ingénieurs-ecologues.fr
This is a scientific and technical training program in ecology at a generalist level in the fields of :
Environmental and ecological engineering.
Biodiversity management and conservation.
It is based on a single year of training at M2 level, with no M1.
This course prepares graduates with a bac+5 degree of the "technical engineer" type, and does not prepare them for jobs as senior technicians (e.g. naturalist technician, as these require specific and lengthy apprenticeships which will not be provided in this course) or for jobs as researchers or teacher-researchers. With these two restrictions in mind, this course opens up a very wide range of occupations at bac+5 level, more or less related to scientific ecology and contributing directly and/or indirectly to biodiversity conservation.
The course is open to both initial and continuing training, with or without an apprenticeship or professionalization contract.
Salon de l'écologie-1
2 credits1hChoice 1
4 creditsYour choice: 1 of 2
Managing and exploiting living resources
4 creditsConservation ecology
4 credits
UE CHOIX 2
10 creditsChoice: 1 of 3
UE Choice 4
UE CHOIX 3
10 creditsChoice of 1 from 22
Urban ecology
2 creditsSustainable use of animal resources Hunting
2 creditsEcology of marine and coastal ecosystems
2 credits8hAgroecology
2 creditsConservation biology
2 creditsRiver modeling
2 creditsEcological engineering and restoration (ERC sequence)
2 creditsBehavioral ecology
2 credits6hGEMAPI (Gestion Milieux Aquatiques & Prévention Inondations - water management and flood prevention)
2 creditsMediation and Territorial Governance
2 creditsSalon de l'écologie-2
2 credits1hSociété Ecologie Environnement Anthropo (Pyrenees seminar)
2 creditsTools and methods for the dynamic study of marine ecosystems
2 credits3hManaging a participatory science project
2 creditsImpacts of climate change on organisms, plants and animals
2 creditsAdvanced GIS
2 creditsGE 1 Individual Project
2 creditsGIS
2 creditsGlobal changes: characterization, impacts & adaptations
2 creditsOrganizational communication
2 credits15hNew technologies for studying biodiversity
2 creditsPollution bioremediation
2 credits
UE CHOIX 4
10 creditsPollution and bioremediation of ecosystems
UE CHOIX 7
6 creditsChoice of 1 from 22
Urban ecology
2 creditsSustainable use of animal resources Hunting
2 creditsEcology of marine and coastal ecosystems
2 credits8hAgroecology
2 creditsConservation biology
2 creditsRiver modeling
2 creditsEcological engineering and restoration (ERC sequence)
2 creditsBehavioral ecology
2 credits6hGEMAPI (Gestion Milieux Aquatiques & Prévention Inondations - water management and flood prevention)
2 creditsMediation and Territorial Governance
2 creditsSalon de l'écologie-2
2 credits1hSociété Ecologie Environnement Anthropo (Pyrenees seminar)
2 creditsTools and methods for the dynamic study of marine ecosystems
2 credits3hManaging a participatory science project
2 creditsImpacts of climate change on organisms, plants and animals
2 creditsAdvanced GIS
2 creditsGE 1 Individual Project
2 creditsGIS
2 creditsGlobal changes: characterization, impacts & adaptations
2 creditsOrganizational communication
2 credits15hNew technologies for studying biodiversity
2 creditsPollution bioremediation
2 credits
Aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems
4 creditsEcology Keys
2 creditsM2-GE Apprenticeship Project
6 creditsTerritorial consultation tools
2 credits
Final year internship M2 GE Biodiv'In
22 creditsCOGITHON
4 creditsM2 GE professionalization
4 credits