Duration
1 year
Training structure
Faculty of Science
Language(s) of instruction
French
Presentation
If the question of the spatial coexistence of all human activities has always been important in human societies, it is even more so nowadays and imposes often delicate trade-offs between agriculture, breeding, extraction activities, transport, industry, commerce, cities, leisure activities.... In addition to the complexity of these trade-offs, there is the significant contemporary degradation of the physical environment (climate change, various types 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.
Thus, with the harsh reality of global changes, under social pressure and a restrictive legislative framework, but with limited budgets, governments, local authorities, companies and associations.... are in the short term forced to integrate environmental, ecological and societal concerns into their activities. Environmental management and land use planning have become interdependent and their synergy essential.
Over 7 years: - 95 to 100% success rate in M1 - 5% reorientation at the end of the validated M1
Success rate
Further studies
NaN%
Objectives
By placing human activities at the center of a sustainable and co-sustainable approach, the objective of the GIEBioTE master's degree is to train actors in the reconciliation of human activities and the preservation of the environment. They will be multidisciplinary and interface professionals in environmental management and territorial planning.
GIEBioTE is a "professionalizing" training. If it does not prepare students to invest in research, it prepares them to know how to apply the scientific knowledge acquired through research. It is therefore important to note that the application is based on the rigorous scientific knowledge of different sciences (ecological, environmental, geographical ...)
Know-how and skills
These skills are worked on and acquired throughout the master's program (M1 and M2)
Be able to diagnose a situation, a problem or any other question related to environmental or sustainable development issues, making a critical judgment based on an interdisciplinary approach
Be able to analyze environmental issues more specifically from the perspective of land and biodiversity management
To be able to integrate aspects of conservation, biodiversity, management or environmental protection in management or development projects of territories, taking into account social and economic dimensions.
Be able to take a position, develop an intervention plan (scenarios, policies, programs, projects, guidelines, procedures, intervention strategy, implementation strategy, approaches, etc.) in order to implement changes
Be able to manage (development, planning, execution, closing) projects.
International training
Double degrees, joint degrees, Erasmus MundusInternational dimension
GIEBioTE is a Franco-Quebec training program co-organized by the University of Sherbrooke - CUFE Centre Universitaire de Formation en Environnement et Développement Durable - Maitrise de l'Environnement and the University of Montpellier - Faculté des Sciences - Master Gestion en Environnement. It is therefore a bi-degree master's program: the University of Montpellier and the University of Sherbrooke register each student for each year of the program and each validate the master's degree
Organization
Knowledge control
In M1,
- Regulation and organization under the authority of the University of Sherbrooke.
- The Canadian progression standards are restrictive (especially in M1): a cumulative average of 2.7/4.3 is required at the end of each semester in order to be allowed to continue in this dual-degree program.
Internships, tutored projects
Internship | Mandatory |
|---|---|
Duration of the course | 3 months |
Internship abroad | Mandatory |
Duration of the internship abroad | 3 months |
The M1 internship is mandatory for all students in the program: it is a short internship (≈ 3 months) carried out in priority in Canada. However, some students who would like to do it can do it in France or in other countries than Canada.
Program
GIEBioTE is a Franco-Quebec training program co-organized by the University of Sherbrooke - CUFE Centre Universitaire de Formation en Environnement et Développement Durable - Maitrise de l'Environnement and the University of Montpellier - Faculté des Sciences - Master Gestion en Environnement. It is therefore a bi-degree master's program: the University of Montpellier and the University of Sherbrooke register each student for each year of the program and each validate the master's degree
Year 1 must be spent in Sherbrooke for both semesters (plus the summer internship). The first semester of year 2 is compulsory in Montpellier. The second semester of year 2 consists of an internship or an essay.
Elements of Environmental Management
8 creditsEnvironmental law
8 creditsEcosystem value and management
8 creditsEnvironmental Chemistry
6 credits
UE Choice 1 GEBIOTE
12 creditsChoice of 2 out of 3
Integrator Project in Env
10 creditsM1 GIEBioTE internship (COOP internship - UM declination)
8 credits
Admission
Conditions of access
The main conditions of access are related to the international nature of the degree and its mandatory validation by the Canadian partner university:
1/ the candidate must present a cumulative average over his/her years of study equivalent to the minimum Quebec requirement of 2.7/4.3, which in the French system usually corresponds to 12/20, for the entire university program.
2/ Canadian universities do not recognize the Licences Pro and other professional diplomas of the BTSA type as the equivalent of the Canadian Baccalaureate, no admission of these graduates will be possible.
How to register
Entry into the two-year bi-national program is only possible during the fall session of the M1 in Sherbrooke. In other words, applications are only accepted for entry into M1. No applications for this pathway between M1 (first year) and M2 (second year) will be accepted.
The application period runs from early February to early April each year
The application must be submitted to both universities independently in the first instance, for a joint decision by the teaching team during the application period.
Access to the GIEBioTE master's degree is possible via the French continuing education system, but must include the two years of training and a full year in Canada.
Target audience
Students with a Bachelor's degree (or Canadian equivalent) in Life Sciences, Life and Earth Sciences are eligible. Students with a bachelor's degree (or Canadian bachelor's equivalent) in Geography and Land Management are eligible under certain conditions (see prerequisites)
Reminder: Given that GIEBioTE is a bi-diploma and that Canadian universities do not recognize the Licences Pro and other professional diplomas of the BTSA type as the equivalent of the Canadian Baccalaureate, no admission of these graduates will be possible.
Tuition fees
GIEBioTE is an international training program for French students at the registration fee of the French university system. For Canadian students, see University of Sherbrooke.
For students who are not French or Canadian nationals, these students must choose UdeS or UM as their main institution for the bi-diploma. They will pay the tuition fees to this university, and will then be registered free of charge at the second one.
Capacity
Maximum of 20 students per class including French, Canadian and other potential nationalities
Necessary pre-requisites
The prerequisites for knowledge are the skills of the Bachelor's degrees required for entry into M1 or their equivalent (see target audience).
Students from licenses that do not include environmental sciences (life and earth sciences) must be able to demonstrate serious extra-academic experience in this field, or additional training that validates a minimum level of knowledge. If the candidate is accepted in the double degree, he or she will have to follow the teaching of levelling in this field proposed in the winter session (semester 1) of the M1.
Recommended prerequisites
Various types of experience (internships, extracurricular activities, professional experience, associations, volunteer work, etc.) in the following areas are welcome:
- Development assistance
- Humanitarian aid
- Agroecology
- Conservation or protection of nature
- Territory management
- Environmental management
- Scientific communication
- Participatory science
And then
Further studies
The M1 GIEBioTE is intended to be followed by the M2 GIEBioTE.
Further studies in the institution
Continuing your studies abroad
see Gateways and Reorientation
Bridges and reorientation
No applications in this pathway between M1 (first year) and M2 (second year) will be accepted
Pour les étudiants non autorisés à poursuivre dans le bi- diplôme GIEBioTE en cours du M1 (note cumulative < à 2,7/4,3)
- There is no automatic admission to another GE program either during the academic year (semester 2) or the following year.
- However, for the remainder of the current academic year, they have the status of UM students. They can thus carry out internships outside of the curriculum for reorientation or consolidation, with the objective of applying for another Master 1 in the GE field, another Master field the following year or to enter the professional world.
For students who, at the end of the M1, do not wish to continue in the GIEBioTE bi-degree
- There is no automatic admission to the M2 of another course of the GE mention
- They can apply in year 2 of another course in the GE field or in another field;
- They can ask to join a regular program at the University of Sherbrooke but lose the financial advantages of the double degree (tuition fees due to the UdS) and are no longer students at the UM.
Professional integration
NOT CONCERNED