MSc Marine Technology - Atlantic Master on Ship Operation & Naval Engineering (M-TECH AMASONE)
Nantes, France
Master degree
DURATION
2 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2026
TUITION FEES
EUR 12,000 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
* 24,000 euros in total for 2 years for non-European students. Tuition fees waivers available
Key Summary
About: Centrale Nantes and École Navale offer the MSc Marine Technology (M-TECH AMASONE). The programme spans two academic years, taught in English. M1 is on the Centrale Nantes campus; M2 begins at Ecole Navale in Lanvéoc-Poulmic near Brest. It has three semesters plus a paid Master's thesis/internship and on-board training on French Navy vessels for hands-on naval engineering and ship operation experience.
Career Outcomes: Graduates enter shipbuilding, naval architecture, naval engineering and offshore engineering. Roles include technical superintendent, offshore installation methods manager, subsystem manager, head of sales. Employers include Naval Group, SAIPEM, Louis Dreyfus Armateurs, CMA CGM, Chantiers de l'Atlantique.
Two of the top French Technical Universities (Ecole Navale in Lanvéoc-Poulmic and Centrale Nantes) have teamed up to offer you a unique programme in Marine Technology. The outstanding strength of this MSc programme is that you will have on-board training sessions on French Navy vessels. The insight gained into on-board practices, use of complex equipment and immersion into rapidly evolving knowledge and techniques is highly valuable for a naval engineer, and of course, highly regarded by industrial employers.
The programme of study lasts two academic years - denoted by M1 and M2 and is taught in English. It comprises three study semesters followed by a paid Master's thesis / internship in the final semester. The M1 year is taught wholly on the Centrale Nantes campus. Students will move to the Ecole Navale site in Lanvéoc-Poulmic near Brest for the first semester of the M2 year.
Our Master's programmes in Marine Technology are fully accredited by the French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Space.
30 ECTS Credits per semester.
M1 Year
Autumn Semester Courses
- Algorithmics for Engineering Modelling
- Fluid Mechanics
- Numerical Methods
- Marine and Navigation Knowledge
- Tools and Methods for Research
- Marine Hydrodynamics
Spring Semester Courses
- Energetics
- Fluid Mechanics
- Marine Hydrodynamics
- Propulsion
- Labs in Propulsion Systems
- Thermal Machines
M2 Year
Autumn Semester
- Training on Ship
- Maritime Initiation and Leadership
- Knowledge of Marine Environment
- Acoustics
- Hydrodynamics
- Electrical Propulsion
- Project
Spring Semester ECTS
- Master thesis / internship
- QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025: Centrale Nantes ranked 150th in the world for Mechanical Engineering, top 200 for Civil Engineering, top 400 in Electrical and electronic
- World's top 600 in the Time Higher Education "Impacts Rankings" 2025
- Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2025 - Centrale Nantes is ranked in the world's top 400 for Engineering and the top 500 for Computer Sciences and top 600 Physical Sciences
- Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025 - Centrale Nantes in the top 800
- L'Etudiant : 7th place - in the 2025 ranking of the french engineering schools
- Centrale Nantes in the top 5 in the ranking of French engineering schools most committed to ecological and social transition
Early Bird application:
A reduction of €2,000 for the M1 study year is granted to non European international students who apply during the first (M1) admissions round and make their first tuition payment within one month of being offered a place on the programme.
A reduction of €2,000 for the M2 study year is granted to non European international students who apply during the first (M2) admissions round and make their first tuition payment within one month of being offered a place on the programme.
Elite scholarships:
A limited number of excellence-based partial tuition fee waivers up to 50% are available for the most promising non-European students, who apply during the first admissions round and who are subsequently accepted into the first-year of an MSc programme at Centrale Nantes.
The main prospects for employment after the MSc programme lie in ship building and naval architecture, naval engineering, offshore engineering.
Examples of companies where our 2022 AMASONE graduates are working:
- Naval Group
- SAIPEM
- Louis Dreyfus Armateurs
- CMA CGM
- Beyond the sea
- Chantiers de l'atlantique
And of the positions they hold:
- Technical superintendent
- Offshore Installation Methods Manager
- Subsystem Manager
- Head of sales