Nantes, France
DEGREE TYPE
Master degree
DURATION
2 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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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 designing and optimizing innovative propulsion systems with a focus on thermofluid processes and energy conversion for research and industry.
The performance and efficiency of internal combustion engines and turbojets are influenced by various processes including gas flow, compression and expansion through turbomachines or reciprocating pistons, fuel injection and combustion, energy conversion, and heat transfer. Therefore, the courses offered in this program will provide an emphasis on all these processes and how they interact.
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 - 2024/25
Autumn Semester Courses
- Continuum Mechanics
- Fluid Mechanics
- Algorithmics for Engineering Modelling
- Numerical Methods
- Vibrations and Differential Equations
- Conferences and Initiation to Research
Spring Semester Courses
- Energetics
- Propulsion
- Hydrodynamics
- Fluid Mechanics 2
- Mechanical Design
- Business Environment
M2 Year - 2023/24
Autumn Semester Courses
- Turbomachinery
- Combustion
- Gas dynamics and heat transfer
- Internal combustion engines
- Hybrid Powertrain and Energy Management
- Practical and simulation
- Project
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 Outcome
Examples of previous internships:
- Exploring oxy combustion operation in a single cylinder research engine
- Implementation and optimization of a thermal runaway characterization system for Li-ion batteries
- Dynamic coupling of multi-physics in a hot blast stove battery
- CFD flow and thermal characterization of curing ovens of hydrogen tanks
- Engine control: Development, Test and validation of a calibration.
- Evaluation of new bearing material used in electric actuated valves for high-temperature applications in the exhaust system of internal combustion engines
- Dual-fuel engine modeling with GT Power
- Assistant Business Manager in HVAC
Scholarships and Funding
Career Opportunities
- Sectors: Automotive, Industrial engines, Aeronautics, Transportation, Power plants, Energy, HVAC for buildings
- Fields: Engine design & calibration, Modelling and Simulation, Research and Innovation, Thermofluid Engineering, HVAC engineering
- Positions: Thermofluid Engineer, Design Engineer, Calibration Engineer, Modelling Engineer, Research Engineer (post PhD)
- Companies: Alstom, Safran, Valéo, IFPEn, AVL, Magnetti Marelli, Vaillant, Sherpa, Alten, Altran, Vitesco, Arcelor Mittal, Eiffage, Vinci.
PhD Prospects
Recent graduates have pursued their studies after the MSc program with a PhD in various French research institutes including LHEEA in Centrale Nantes, CORIA (Rouen), PRISME (Orléans), Université Gustave Eiffel, Estaca.