Master in Industrial Engineering (I-ENG)

Industrial Engineering

Centrale Nantes offers 2 specialisms within the Industrial Engineering stream: Agile Factory Management and Smart and Connected Enterprise. They both last two academic years - denoted by M1 and M2. These two specialisms share common courses in M1 to strengthen the overall knowledge and expertise of the students in the field of Industrial Engineering. In M2 occurs the specialization with specific courses.

M1 (1st year) - Industrial Engineering

The language of instruction is English across the two years.

General skills developed

• Identify models, perform simulation and analyze results.
• Communicate comprehensive results in a meaningful way.
• Undertake bibliographic surveys of international research and professional literature.
• Manage or be part of a project.

Faculty and Research Facilities

This Master relies on the Centrale Nantes’ faculty, staff and research facilities of the LS2N Research Institute and other faculty members from the University of Nantes, as well as modules, delivered experts from companies. Centrale Nantes has several industrial partnerships (Airbus, DCNS, Michelin, Alstom, Dassault Systems, Renault, Faurecia, etc.), service bureaux and start-up companies.

M2 (2nd year) - Agile Factory Management

This Master develops skills for agile manufacturing management based on operational research methods and production management approaches, such as lean, adaptive and reactive management.

The courses rely on both theoretical and practical aspects and cover the following areas: enterprise and complex system design, modelling and engineering; production management; simulation and multi-criteria optimization of industrial processes; economy and social aspects for industrial engineering; logistics; operational research; shop floor scheduling; design and control of production cyber-physical systems.

Language of instruction: English.

Specific Skills Developed

• Master modeling and simulation of production systems.
• Master optimization methods for production systems control.
• Master the new concepts and performance indicators of the smart and agile factory.

Job Prospects for employment or further study

• Sectors: Aeronautics, Automotive, Transports, Naval, Energy, Mechanics, Services, Consulting.
• Fields: Industrial engineering, Mechanical engineering, Production management, Research and Innovation, Information systems design and management.
• Positions: Industrial manager, Mechanical Engineer, Process Engineer, Production Manager, Design Engineer, Research and Innovation Engineer (post Ph.D.)

M2 (2nd year) - Smart and Connected Enterprise

This Master develops skills for enterprise management based on process performance assessment and information systems design and management for smart and connected enterprises.

The courses rely on both theoretical and practical aspects and cover the following areas: enterprise and complex system design, modeling and engineering; production management; information system design, development and management; interoperability of information systems; simulation and multi-criteria optimization of industrial processes; economic and social aspects for industrial engineering.

Language of instruction: English.

Skills Developed

• Master enterprise modeling methods.
• Master simulation and optimization methods for enterprise performance assessment.
• Master interoperability of information systems of smart and connected enterprises.

Job Prospects for employment or further study

• Sectors: Aeronautics, Automotive, Transports, Naval, Energy, Mechanics, Services, Consulting.
• Fields: Industrial engineering, Design engineering, Mechanical engineering, Production management, Information systems design and management, Research and Innovation.
• Job positions: Industrial manager, Mechanical Engineer, Process Engineer, Production Manager, Design Engineer, Research and Innovation Engineer (post Ph.D.)