MSc Mechanical Engineering - Energetics and Propulsion (M-ENG EP)
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. Scholarships available
Key Summary
About: Centrale Nantes' MSc Mechanical Engineering — Energetics and Propulsion trains engineers in thermofluid processes, propulsion and energy conversion for research and industry. The two-year MSc (M1–M2) is taught in English, has three study semesters and a paid master's thesis/internship, and covers gas flow, turbomachinery, combustion, heat transfer, modeling. Accredited.
Career Outcomes: Graduates enter automotive, aeronautics, power plants, HVAC and engines as thermofluid, design, calibration, modeling or research engineers and R&D specialists. Employers include Safran, Alstom and AVL; many pursue PhDs at LHEEA, CORIA, PRISME or Université Gustave Eiffel. Career opportunities include engine design, simulation, energy systems and HVAC engineering.
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.
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
- Energetics
- Fluid Mechanics 2
- Marine Hydrodynamics
- Mechanical Design
- Propulsion
- Business Environment
M2 Year
Autumn Semester Courses
- Combustion
- Gas dynamics and heat transfer
- Hybrid Propulsion and Perspectives
- Internal combustion engines
- Practical and simulation
- Turbomachinery
- Project
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
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
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: 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.