- Selective training 2 years - 120 ECTS
- Cost of training :
- Work-study apprenticeship: exemption for students
- Work-study contracts: exemption for students
- Continuing education: please contact us for rates.
- Professionalization: work-study & in-company projects
- 2-year sandwich course - corporate partnerships
- Year 2025 intake: 12 students then year 2026 onwards: 24 students
To offer long-term technological training in the design and production of innovative instrumented and assisted mechanical systems.
Master's motto: In France, we still don't have oil, but we still have ideas, and today we're able to turn them into prototypes.
- Structure and organization
The program will welcome 12 students in 2025, then 24 students from the start of the 2026 academic year in Master 1 and Master 2. The program is exclusively a work-study program. Apprenticeship contracts will be signed with major groups, SMEs, VSEs and start-ups.
- Industrial partners
Safran, CNIM, CTI, Airbus Helicopters, Thales, NAO, Comptoir des Ressorts (CGR), ERM...
- Work-study schedule
In Master 1, students will spend 14 weeks at the IUT and 38 weeks at the company.
In Master 2, students will spend 12 weeks at the IUT and 40 weeks at the company.
An international period can be organized with the company in international research laboratories (Japan: University of Tohoku, USA: MIT, University of Iowa, University of North Carolina, Germany: University of Bremen, Spain: University of Zaragoza, University of Mondragon, Canada: Polytechnique Montréal, Université des trois rivières...) and in companies with international units.
Smart Innovation & Prototyping (SIP) pathway
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Skills
- Be able to carry out a complete study from the TRL3 idea to the TRL6 prototype.
- Master the process of designing and manufacturing assisted and instrumented mechanical prototypes.
- Be able to join an industrial development team, work in or create a start-up company
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Contents
Master 1
Semester 1Master 1
Semester 2- 1.1 Introduction to societal and technological innovations
Objective: Illustrate how innovation takes shape in the socio-economic world - 1.2 Intellectual property
Objective: Understand the habits and customs of intellectual property. - 1.3 Innovation at the service of society
Objective: Understand the challenges of innovation in society. - 1.4 Smart modeling
Objective: Learn to use modeling tools to create an analytical or empirical model for rapid prototype sizing. - 1.5 AI for innovation
Objective: Learn and master AI for prototype design and manufacturing. - 1.6 Introduction to Design
Objective: Include aesthetics in the design of a prototype through Design - 1.7 Advanced Prototype Modeling
Objective: Master the power of digital mock-ups for the geometric design of a prototype.
- 2.1 Project management
Objective: Master planning, follow-up and inter-participant communication to ensure the success of an innovation project. - 2.2 Public speaking
Objective: Master oral communication skills to convince funders and lead an innovation team. - 2.3 Innovation: the power part
Objective: Master the layout of the prototype's power section. - 2.4 Innovation: Control part
Objective: Master the layout and programming of the prototype's control unit. - 2.5 Fast prototyping
Objective: master the practical realization of the prototype - 2.6 Industrial project 1.0
Objective: Apply technical and scientific knowledge to innovation in an industrial project.
Master 2
Semester 3Master 2
Semester 4- 3.1 Innovation methodology
Objective: Complete the tools needed to produce an innovation. - 3.2 Ergonomics
Objective: Understand and include ergonomics in the creation and design of a prototype. - 3.3 Smart Modeling
Objective: Reinforce analytical modeling to create rapid prototype sizing - 3.4 Smart command and control
Objective: Reinforce knowledge of prototype control and piloting. - 3.5 Smart Materials
Objective: Understand and select materials from nature's database. - 3.6 Design reinforcement
Objective: Include design in the conception of a prototype - 3.7 Industrial project 2.0
Objective: Apply technical and scientific knowledge to innovation in an industrial project.
- 4.1 Introduction to entrepreneurship
Objective: Understand the innovation ecosystem - 4.2 Industrial project 3.0
Objective: Apply technical and scientific knowledge to innovation in an industrial project
- 1.1 Introduction to societal and technological innovations
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Materials
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Professions
- R&D (Research and Development) in innovation
- R&D project manager
- Rapid prototyping expert
- Data Scientist / Artificial Intelligence
- Innovation consultant
- Expert in digital modeling and simulation
- Industrial designer
- Intellectual property manager
- Entrepreneur in innovative technologies
- Sustainable development and social innovation manager
Application
- Applications must be submitted via the "Mon Master.com" platform
- Application documents: grades obtained during the Bachelor's cycle, curriculum vitae outlining assignments performed / positions held during periods spent in companies (internships or work-study programs).
- March 28, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Aix-Marseille IUT, Aix-en-provence site, 4-hour written exam to select 36 eligible candidates. Eligible candidates will be invited to a 15-minute oral interview. At the end of the interview, a merit-based ranking will be established. Future Master's students will be contacted in order of merit to facilitate their search for a host company.
- Annale du concours 2025
Candidate profile
- Be creative and inventive
- Technological skills of a BUT GMP all courses with strong skills in mechanical technology and systems, BUT MP, BUT GEII.
- Expected knowledge:
- Reading 2D drawings of mechanical solutions, electrical power and control diagrams,
- Use of mathematical tools such as statistics, vectors and matrices,
- Mechanical calculation associated with non-deformable solids (statics, kinematics, dynamics),
- Structural dimensioning,
- Use of computer-aided design and manufacturing software,
- Subtractive and additive manufacturing processes,
- Notions of programming, Arduino and Raspberry pi.
Testimony of Hervé O., R&D Director of CGR International, Wire springs technical manager, Aerospace technical manager, Head of laboratory Strain, Head of CGR 'evolution
CGR is an international company, with 20 plants worldwide (France, Germany, Mexico, China, Romania, etc.), working with major OEMs (PSA, Safran, etc.) and automotive subcontractors (Valéo, etc.). The technical fields covered by the company range from springs (helical, flat, spiral, etc.), stamping, precision machining, etc.
After graduating with a DUT in GMP and a Master's degree, I progressed within the company and am now in charge of CGR's R&D department. In addition, I am industrial manager of 3 joint laboratories with INSA Toulouse and Strasbourg and AMU Marseille University, where CGR's technological future is being built. The solid technical grounding I acquired during my training has enabled me to offer the company skills that are currently very rare in the French training ecosystem.
If you like technology and the challenges it brings, and if you want to play your part in the reindustrialization of France, this Master's degree in technology will enhance your technical skills - skills that are indispensable in tomorrow's industry."
Testimony of Hervé O., R&D Director of CGR International, Wire springs technical manager, Aerospace technical manager, Head of laboratory Strain, Head of CGR 'evolution
CGR is an international company, with 20 plants worldwide (France, Germany, Mexico, China, Romania, etc.), working with major OEMs (PSA, Safran, etc.) and automotive subcontractors (Valéo, etc.). The technical fields covered by the company range from springs (helical, flat, spiral, etc.), stamping, precision machining, etc.
After graduating with a DUT in GMP and a Master's degree, I progressed within the company and am now in charge of CGR's R&D department. In addition, I am industrial manager of 3 joint laboratories with INSA Toulouse and Strasbourg and AMU Marseille University, where CGR's technological future is being built. The solid technical grounding I acquired during my training has enabled me to offer the company skills that are currently very rare in the French training ecosystem.
If you like technology and the challenges it brings, and if you want to play your part in the reindustrialization of France, this Master's degree in technology will enhance your technical skills - skills that are indispensable in tomorrow's industry."
Testimony of Hervé O., R&D Director of CGR International, Wire springs technical manager, Aerospace technical manager, Head of laboratory Strain, Head of CGR 'evolution
CGR is an international company, with 20 plants worldwide (France, Germany, Mexico, China, Romania, etc.), working with major OEMs (PSA, Safran, etc.) and automotive subcontractors (Valéo, etc.). The technical fields covered by the company range from springs (helical, flat, spiral, etc.), stamping, precision machining, etc.
After graduating with a DUT in GMP and a Master's degree, I progressed within the company and am now in charge of CGR's R&D department. In addition, I am industrial manager of 3 joint laboratories with INSA Toulouse and Strasbourg and AMU Marseille University, where CGR's technological future is being built. The solid technical grounding I acquired during my training has enabled me to offer the company skills that are currently very rare in the French training ecosystem.
If you like technology and the challenges it brings, and if you want to play your part in the reindustrialization of France, this Master's degree in technology will enhance your technical skills - skills that are indispensable in tomorrow's industry."
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