Target level of study
BAC +5
ECTS
120 credits
Duration
2 years
Training structure
Faculty of Pharmacy
Language(s) of instruction
French
Presentation
The Health Engineering Master's degree is a coherent, 5-year higher education course based on :
- A solid foundation of basic scientific knowledge, guaranteeing the adaptability of graduates and their ability to develop their careers within the company.
- A multi-disciplinary approach, enabling each graduate to understand and interact with other specialists within a project team.
- By specializing in a particular course and mastering project management applied to that course, graduates are quickly up and running, knowing how to combine skills with strategic aspects, regulatory constraints, and human or financial impacts. This multifactorial approach is the subject of tutorials and team-based projects. This is one of the pillars of the program, which is consolidated during the numerous internships (in M1, a 5-month internship, and in M2, a 6-month internship), enabling our young graduates to integrate quickly.
The Master's degree can be taken on a sandwich course (apprenticeship or professional contract).
Training benefits
Our success rate is close to 100%, thanks to the way we support our students throughout their academic career, with face-to-face classes, personal assignments, project-based learning and flipped courses.
Internships and work-study placements are also key to our students' success.
Good to know: The Healthcare Engineering Master's program has a Learning Lab and finances a TOEIC test in Master 2.
Objectives
The Healthcare Engineering Master's degree trains executives in the healthcare products sector, responding to the emerging demands and needs of the Pharmaceuticals, Cosmetics and Medical Devices sectors (formulation, clinical development, production, distribution) and the Health Safety, Environment and Clinical Trials sectors.
Know-how and skills
The Health Engineering Master's program provides :
- Solid scientific and technical knowledge, contextualized by real-life situations (through projects) enabling immediate professional integration and career advancement.
- Transversal, organizational and relational skills: working independently and as part of a team / design and analysis of study programs, integrating technical, organizational, ethical and regulatory aspects / statistical processing and data management / mastery of communication tools and exchanges with third parties / management of documentary research, technology watch and design of a competitive intelligence system / mastery of two modern languages.
- Skills in health economics, through analysis of the economic impact of pathologies and their evolution in terms of public health or health costs; analysis of epidemiological data and assessment of public health prospects.
- Managerial skills: in quality, financial analysis and budget management, project management, people management, deadline management and risk analysis.
- Disciplinary skills specific to each course. It is vital that each student should be able to orientate himself or herself according to his or her tastes and abilities in terms of future professions, and not according to the syllabus.
Organization
Special features
The Master's program is open to work-study contracts.
The layout of the premises has been tested through the integration of students with disabilities.
Recorded lessons and pre-requisites with quizzes have been set up.
Open on a sandwich basis
Contract type | Apprenticeship contract, Professionalization contract |
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According to the provisional timetable provided by the course.
Internships, tutored projects
Internship | Mandatory |
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Length of internship | Master 1: 3 to 5 months / Master 2: 4 to 6 months |
Internship abroad | Possible |
Tutored projects are carried out through problem-based learning, in M1 (5 ECTS) and M2 (10 ECTS). In M1, students complete a 3 to 5 month internship (10 ECTS), and in M2 a 4 to 6 month internship (20 ECTS). A database of internship sites has been maintained and updated since the program was created (20 years ago). Numerous professionals involved in the program (50%) are also a potential source of contact for students. Students are encouraged to seek out their own internship sites.
Program
The Master's degree in Healthcare Engineering consists of 5 typical courses: Project Management, Marketing of Healthcare Products (MPPS), Design and Production of Healthcare Products (CPPS), Clinical Operations and Data Management (MODM), Project Management in the Healthcare Environment (MPES), Medical Devices: from design to marketing (DMCC). The program is built on a strong common foundation, focusing mainly on the development of scientific and technical skills in M1 (30 ECTS) and managerial skills in M2 (10 ECTS). Specialization through the different courses is based on this common foundation.
Select a program
Project Management, Healthcare Product Marketing (MPPS)
The MPPS pathway is a multi-disciplinary program designed to train managers specializing in project management and marketing, with a solid scientific foundation in the field of health products.
- Dual skills in Healthcare Engineering and Management Systems: Project Management, Quality Management, Accounting Basics and Financial Analysis, Strategic and Operational Marketing, Relational Techniques and Team Management.
- The basics and tools of Project Management are taught: managing in project mode, organizing the project, defining and structuring the project, planning tasks, managing project resources, managing costs, managing risks, steering the project, communicating in projects.
- The fundamentals of marketing are covered: market research, corporate communications strategy, pharmaceutical marketing, international marketing, e-marketing, CRM marketing.
- The practical part is carried out in the form of case studies: realization of projects to launch a new healthcare product, under financial constraints, to which the necessary opportunity studies are attached: market research and marketing studies.
- Seminars on project organization models are given by project management professionals (Sanofi-Aventis, Sanofi-pasteur, Pierre-Fabre, MerckSerono, Galderma, FoveaPharma, Novartis...).
- The Project Management, Marketing of Health Products (drugs, cosmetics, health foods) pathway is aimed at students or continuing education employees with a good grounding in preclinical R&D, formulation and control of health products, chemistry, biotechnologies, health environment (Master 1 training or acquired experience).
Design and Production of Health Products - Drug Sub-Course (CPPS)
The course is divided into two streams: - Pharmaceuticals and Cosmetology.
Both programs prepare students to become managers in the pharmaceutical, cosmetics and healthcare industries, in the professional sectors of research and development, manufacturing, quality control and quality assurance, in a highly regulated environment.
Clinical Operations and Data Management (MODM) Clinical Operations sub-course
The program provides dual skills in clinical research and project management. It trains managers specialized in clinical research: Clinical Research Associate, International Clinical Studies Coordinator.
Project Management in Environment-Health (MPES)
The Environmental Health Project Management program trains multi-disciplinary managers in the health and environment field to ensure a high level of protection for human health and the environment. This is a comprehensive training program in the fields of quality, occupational health and the environment. The emphasis is on risk assessment of chemical substances in line with the REACH registration system.
Medical devices: from design to market (DMCC)
The DMCC pathway is a cross-disciplinary, multi-disciplinary training program providing in-depth knowledge of the medical device sector.
Design and Production of Health Products - Cosmetology Sub-Course (CPPS)
The aim is to train managers specializing in the design, production and regulation of healthcare products: cosmetics and dermo-pharmaceuticals, and to promote their rapid employability through academic and work-study training using an active teaching approach.
Clinical Operations Management and Data Management (MODM) Data Management specialization
The aim is to train managers specializing in Clinical Data Management, and to promote their rapid employability through academic and work-study training. Specialization in Master 2.
Admission
Target audience
The Master's degree is available for both initial and continuing training (possibility of VAE, VAP).
Necessary prerequisites
- To enter Master 1, candidates must have completed a L3 in Health Engineering, or another L3 in Science giving a solid grounding in "Biological Sciences"
- To enter Master 2, candidates must have completed a Master 1 in Health Engineering, or another Master 1 giving the necessary prerequisites for the desired course.
- Students in the pharmaceutical (after 5th year or DFASP2) or medical (DFASM2) fields, or in the final year of engineering schools with a biological, chemical or environmental focus, may also be accepted into Master 2.
And then
Further studies
Further study is possible: Master's degree with dual skills, thesis, gateway to health studies.
Professional integration
Professional integration is described in more detail for each pathway. Typical professions are : R&D or clinical project manager, product manager, quality manager, research manager: marketing, environment, production sector manager, galenist-formulator, clinical research associate, clinical data manager, Quality, Safety, Health, Environment (QSSE) engineer.