MSc Mechanical Engineering - Advanced Manufacturing (M- ENG AM)
Nantes, France
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
28 Apr 2025
EARLIEST START DATE
01 Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 12,000 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* 21,000 euros in total for 2 years for non-European students. Scholarships available
Key Summary
Introduction
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.
Admissions
Curriculum
30 ECTS Credits per semester.
M1 Year - 2023/24
Autumn Semester Courses
- Continuum Mechanics
- Fluid Mechanics
- Algorithmics for Engineering Modelling
- Numerical Methods
- Vibrations and Differential Equations
- Conference and Initiation to Research
Spring Semester Courses
- Engineering Materials
- Constitutive Laws
- Structural Mechanics
- Computer-aided Design
- Mechanical Design
- Business Environment
M2 Year - 2023/24
Autumn Semester Courses
- Advanced CAD/CAM/CNC
- Additive Manufacturing and advanced manufacturing processes
- Design of Experiments methods for manufacturing
- Optimization in manufacturing engineering
- Integrated Design of Product Service Systems
- Multi-physics modelling for processes
Spring Semester
Master thesis/internship
Gallery
Rankings
- QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024: Centrale Nantes ranked 125th in the world for Mechanical Engineering
- World's top 600 in the Time Higher Education "Impacts Rankings" 2024
- Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2024 - Centrale Nantes is ranked in the world's top 300 for Engineering and the top 500 for both Computer Sciences and Physical Sciences
- Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025 - Centrale Nantes in the top 600
- L'Etudiant : joint 4th place - in the 2024 ranking of the french engineering schools (up from 7th in 2023)
- Centrale Nantes in 4th place in the ranking of French engineering schools most committed to ecological and social transition
Program Tuition Fee
Scholarships and Funding
Career Opportunities
- 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)