MSc Mechanical Engineering - Advanced Manufacturing (M- ENG AM)
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
On-Campus
* 24,000 euros in total for 2 years for non-European students. Tuition fees waivers available
Key Summary
About: This MSc Mechanical Engineering, Advanced Manufacturing (M-ENG AM) at Centrale Nantes trains engineers in product design, manufacturing, materials and additive processes. The program combines theory and practice in mechanical design and customer-focused product development, runs for two academic years, is taught in English, includes three semesters plus a paid Master's thesis/internship and is accredited by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research.
Career Outcomes: Graduates enter aeronautics, automotive, transportation, wind and marine energy, mechanics and consulting, taking roles in mechanical engineering, design, process and additive manufacturing. Typical positions: mechanical, process and design engineer and research and innovation engineer.
This specialism in Mechanical Engineering develops skills for providing innovative and optimized solutions in the advanced design and manufacturing of products and structures for both research and industry.
The courses rely on both theoretical and practical aspects and cover the following areas: mechanical design of innovative mechanisms and products and customer-oriented design of products. Technical, human and economic factors are taken into account.
The program 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.
Our Master's programs in Mechanical Engineering are fully accredited by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research.
30 ECTS Credits per semester.
M1 Year
Autumn Semester Courses
- Algorithmics for Engineering Modelling
- Tools and Methods for Research
- Continuum Mechanics
- Fluid Mechanics
- Numerical Methods
- Vibrations
Spring Semester Courses
- Computer-aided Design
- Constitutive Laws
- Engineering Materials
- Mechanical Design
- Structural Mechanics
- Business Environment
M2 Year
Autumn Semester Courses
- Additive Manufacturing and advanced manufacturing processes
- Advanced CAD/CAM/CNC
- Design of Experiments methods for manufacturing
- Composite Constituents and Processes
- Multi-physics modelling for processes
- Optimization in manufacturing engineering
Spring Semester
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.
- Sectors: Aeronautics, Automotive, Transportation, Wind and Marine Energy, Mechanics, Consulting
- Fields: Mechanical Engineering, Design, Materials, Advanced Processes, Additive Manufacturing, Research and Innovation
- Positions: Mechanical Engineer, Process Engineer, Design Engineer, Research and Innovation Engineer (post PhD)