ECTS
60 credits
Duration
1 year
Training structure
Faculty of Science
Language(s) of instruction
French
Presentation
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 in the entire fisheries and aquaculture sector, with a view to ensuring responsible aquaculture production, fishing and ecosystem management of aquatic resources and environments.
The AQUADURA program is a professionalizing programthat allows students to enter the job market directly after gradu ation.The continuation of the program into a thesis is very marginal and is mainly carried out in the fields of R&D or integrated management. It is open to apprentices in M1 and M2.
95%
Success rate
Objectives
Its objectives are to train students in (i) aquaculture production, its management and administration, (ii) fisheries, (iii) the development and management of aquatic bioresources, and (iv) the integrated management of the environments used by these activities
Cultural practices, the development of new sectors of activity and the fields of research and development are targeted in this curriculum.
Special attention will be given to the sustainability of practices and approaches in a context of increasing exploitation of aquatic bioresources and climate change
Know-how and skills
This is a multidisciplinary training program that aims to provide the necessary foundations for :
- Understand the dynamics of living resources and aquatic ecosystems and their interactions,
- Be able to analyze the functioning of operating systems, from upstream to downstream,
- Develop a critical understanding of aquaculture development and principles,
- To produce species in different aquaculture production systems in a sustainable way taking into account epidemiological, environmental and welfare regulations,
- Assess and manage human impact on exploited aquatic ecosystems in an integrated manner
- Assess, exploit and manage aquatic bioresources sustainably,
Contribute to cutting-edge research on the development of aquatic bioresources practices and valorization
International dimension
The M1 and M2 internships can be carried out abroad.
Organization
Open in alternation
Type of contract | Apprenticeship contract, Professionalization contract |
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Program
Year of M1: common to four courses of the "Environmental Management" mention (RAINET', IEGB, Aquadura, ComBiodiv). This year allows students to acquire the scientific bases, notably in ecology and biostatistics. Optional courses also allow students to start specializing.
The M2 is highly specialized with courses in production, fisheries, law, quality management and project management.
The AQUADURA master's degree is open to initial and continuing education and apprenticeship.
Internships and tutored projects:
M1 internship: 4.5 to 6 months, which can take place in France or abroad
M2 internship: 6 months which can be carried out in France or abroad
Select a program
M2 - Sustainable Production and Exploitation of Aquatic Bioresources
Ecology Fair-1
2 credits1hAquariology
2 creditsHost/pathogen interactions in aquatic animals
2 creditsM2 FI project
4 credits2hNew technologies for the study of Biodiversity
2 creditsTools and methods for the dynamic study of marine ecosystems
2 credits3hMarine resource use and assessment
2 credits15hAquaculture
6 creditsProject management
2 credits15hGenetic improvement and diversity management in aqua environments
2 creditsEU CHOICE 1
2 creditsChoice of 1 of 5
TOIC/TOEFL preparation
2 creditsEcology of marine and coastal ecosystems
2 credits8hMethods and analysis of surveys in SHS
2 creditsEcology Environment Anthropo Society (Pyrenees seminar)
2 creditsAdvanced GIS
2 credits
Law of the public maritime domain and the sea
2 credits15h
Quality management
2 credits15hEnd of studies internship M2 GE AQUA
20 creditsCOGITHON
4 creditsProfessionalization M2 GE
4 credits
Admission
Conditions of access
For the M1: Students with a Bachelor's degree in EBO, BEST, BE, SVT or equivalent. Some students from professional fields are also accepted.
For M2: Students with a M1 in ecology or other (double competence), engineering schools and veterinarians
How to register
Applications are made on the following platforms:
- French & European students, the student must submit his application via the e-candidat application: https: //candidature.umontpellier.fr/candidature
- International students from outside the EU: follow the "Studies in France" procedure: https: //pastel.diplomatie.gouv.fr/etudesenfrance/dyn/public/authentification/login.html
Target audience
For the M1: Students with a Bachelor's degree in EBO, BEST, BE, SVT or equivalent. Some students from professional fields are also accepted.
For M2: Students with a M1 in ecology or other (double competence), engineering schools and veterinarians
And then
Bridges and reorientation
At the end of the Master 1 in Environment and Biodiversity Management, the student having acquired his 180 ECTS can ask to be reoriented towards another Master 2 course of the mention of Environment Management than the one in which he had applied to enter Master 1 (among Rainet', ComBiodiv, IEGB and AQUADURA). However, this reorientation will be subject to the approval of the pedagogical directors of the course concerned.
Professional integration
Targeted sectors of activity:
- aquaculture production
- fisheries
- aquariology
- inventory management
- the management of ecosystems exploited by fishing and/or aquaculture
- the 'fishery products and aquaculture' specialized council
- products processed or extracted from aquatic bioresources
- R&D in aquaculture
- traceability and quality