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UNICAEN | UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN NORMANDIE | ESIX Normandie, École supérieure d'ingénieurs

Engineering degree Mechatronic and Embedded Sytems

This programme is taught in French.

field(s) of training :

Science, Technology, Health

diploma level :

> Five-year degree

duration of the program :

3 years

Course overview

You’re interested in mechanics, electronics, automation and computer science? You wish to specialise in the conception and development of complex systems involving these fields? Join the Engineering School of the University of Caen Normandy (ESIX) and its programme on Mechatronics and Embedded Systems.

This three-year full-time programme focuses on mechanics, electronics, control systems, microprocessors and computer science. Supported by several laboratories associated with the CNRS and recognised by competitivity centres, the Mechatronics and Embedded Systems engineering programme prepares you both to research and to industry.

Highlights

By choosing the engineering programme in Mechatronics and Embedded Systems, you choose

A practice-oriented programme

Many supervised projects in the 8 practical labs of the ESIX, allowing you to:

  • Put into practice the skills and knowledge acquired for realising concrete and multidisciplinary technological projects
  • Encourage initiative, creativity and an organised approach
  • Reinforce management project skills
  • Use a fablab dedicated to the Mechatronics and Embedded Systems department that you can access freely for your projects

Association with research

Research professors and teachers in the programme are all part of research laboratories associated with the CNRS. As such, they take part in projects with international recognition:

Such involvement with research shows the quality of the programme and offer you a comprehensive international network.

Support by partnerships

The programme is recognised by competitivity centres:

And supported by excellence programmes:

These 4 organisations gather more than 500 companies. As student of the Mechatronics and Embedded Systems department, you will benefit from:

  • Many industrial partners directly involved in the programme, allowing you to acquire a better vision on the professional environment: industrial needs, academic requirements, internship seeking, supervised projects
  • An alumni network to build new bonds and help you to find internships

International opportunities

To complete your engineering training, the programme in Mechatronics and Embedded Systems offer you:

  • Language courses:
    • English, with a preparation to the TOIEC exam, which is compulsory to complete your engineering diploma (B2 level, 780 points)
    • Compulsory third language among the 15 languages offered by the University of Caen Normandie (exceptions can be made if you are in work-study or continuing education)
  • Theatre club, creative writing club and hackathons are organised to open the programme to other activities and to help your oral skills, especially in front of an audience

Welcoming international students

Since 2019, the University of Caen Normandy has been awarded the "Bienvenue en France" label by Campus France, highlighting the quality of the university's welcome for international students.

 

 

Application requirements

Entry requirements

To enter this master’s, you should

  • Be interested and knowledgeable in mechatronics and embedded systems
  • Have synthesis and oral skills
  • Have a professional project in this field
  • Be completing a three-year degree in a scientific field at the time of your application

If you completed Year 1 of a postgraduate programme in science or technology, you can enter the ESIX by applying with your academic file and an interview. 

Language proficiency requirements

Minimum French proficiency level required: B2 to B1

Minimum English proficiency level required: B2 to B1

Apply and register

The registration process takes place in 3 steps:

Application process

Admission and registration requirements may vary depending on your nationality, country of residence, foreign secondary school leaving certificate, and the nature of your programme of study. Discover how to apply to the University of Caen Normandy.

Tuition fees

Administrative registration includes the payment of the Student Life and Campus Contribution as well as the tuition fees. The details can be found on the training portal.

Course structure

Courses

  • Take place on site in the Campus 2 (Caen) of the University of Caen Normandy
  • Amount to 25 hours per week, with 20 additional hours of personal work every week.
  • Are completed by two compulsory internships

Course units

With the engineering programme in Mechatronics and Embedded Systems, you will be able to specialise progressively.

In Year 1, you will attend a core curriculum involving

  • Electronics and automation
  • Mechanics and computer science
  • Mathematics for engineering and humanities

In Year 2, you will still attend a core curriculum in English, another language, liability, state representation, hyperfrequencies and antennas, microcontroller in real times.

You will also have to choose between two specialisations:

  • Mechatronics: deformation, fluid mechanics, finite element method, vibration
  • Embedded Systems: object-oriented programming, artificial intelli-gence, communicating systems, distributed intelligence

In Year 3, you will go deeper in your specialisations:

  • Mechatronics: micro-systems, multiphysics simulation, energy, iden-tification, noise, integrated circuits
  • Embedded Systems: filtering, intelligence extraction, embedded linux, human-computer interaction, georeferenced systems, parallel architectures, security

Internships and placements

An engineering programme aims at training professionals who are directly able to work once they’ve obtained degree. As an engineer, you must be aware of the stakes of every position in the production chain. To do so, during your training, you will do internships at various positions, and at least one abroad:

  • Year 1: internship as an executive (4 to 8 weeks)
  • Year 2: internship or work-study as an engineer assistant (8 to 17 week)
  • Year 3: internship or work-study as an engineer (22 to 26 weeks) 

Coursework and assessment

The course lasts 2 years and is divided in 6 semesters, each comprising several courses units. In each course unit, you will be graded through coursework, on a scale from 0 to 20, 20 being the best grade. Grade compensation is organized without eliminatory marks and on the basis of the general average obtained in every course unit:

  • Over each semester
  • Over the 2 semesters of year 1

The 2 semesters do not compensate each other in year 2.

The engineering programme gives importance to practice, with three types of classes:

  • 35% of lectures to teach you theory in mechatronics and embedded systems
  • 65% of seminars to work in small groups on application exercises and practical studies, often including practical projects
  • 1 compulsory internship each year, for a total amount of 37 to 51 weeks

Moreover, in addition to the classes, you will have to provide personal work amounting to approximately 20 hours a week.

Language

French

Study abroad

To obtain an engineering degree, you have to go abroad during your training, preferably in Year 3. The international mobility is compulsory, lasts 17 weeks, and be done in various conditions, as long as it is linked to the skills of an engineer in mechatronics and embedded systems:

  • Semester or year abroad
  • Gap year
  • Dual degree
  • Joint degree
  • Internship in a company or a laboratory

Whatever your project is, the university of Caen Normandy offers many partnerships and exchange programmes to go abroad!

Learning outcome

By the end of this course, you will be able to

  • Manage a project
  • Model and control embedded systems (hardware and software, microprocessors, CPU, GPU, ARM, Intel, Android, embedded Linux, real-time, OS, RTOS…)

If you specialise in Mechatronics Systems, you will acquire skills and knowledge in

  • Systems Mechanics (modelling, structures dynamics, vibration…)
  • Analog Systems (signal electronics, identification and system com-mands…)

As such, you will be able to conceive integrated, intelligent and reliable sys-tems in industries such as automobile, aeronautics and transportation.

If you specialise in Embedded Systems, you will acquire skills and knowledge in:

  • Industrial Computing (networks, smart grids, Bluetooth, M2M, spe-cialised microprocessors…)
  • Embedded Computing (constraints and optimising programming, mobile and georeferenced systems, distributed algorithm and secu-rity…)

As such, you will be able to:

  • Conceive and implement applications related to distributed, mobile and embedded systems
  • Master material, software, and use constraints in the fields of indi-vidual and embedded computing

Further study

Once you’ve obtained your engineering degree, you can pursue your studies in:

  • Specialised Master’s programme or another engineering school
  • Doctorate and pursue research in an academic laboratory or for an industry

Moreover, you can also obtain an industrial convention for research-based training (convention industrielle de formation par la recherche, CIFRE) be-tween a company and a research laboratory, in order to do applied research for a company. For further information, read the site of the Higher Education and Research Ministry.

Careers

Once you’ve completed engineering school, you can work as a scientific engineering specialised in, for instance:

  • Embedded Systems
  • Mechatronics
  • Embedded Software
  • Testing and Validation

These specialities can apply in very diverse fields such as aeronautics, space, defence, internet of things, automotive, robotics, and artificial intelligence.

Address

Université de Caen Normandie

ESIX Normandie · École supérieure d'ingénieurs

Boulevard Maréchal Juin · CS 14032 · 14032 Caen Cedex 5

France

Email

esix.mesn@unicaen.fr

School / Faculty

02 31 56 73 50 · esix.mesn@unicaen.fr

Course leader

formation : Philippe Karamian · philippe.karamian@unicaen.fr

formation : Sebastien Saez · sebastien.saez@unicaen.fr

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