Master's programs in Engineering

Public holidays in France include :

• New Year's Day (1 January)
• Easter Sunday - Easter Monday (in March or April)
• May Day/Labor Day (1 May)
• Victory Day (8 May)
• Ascension Day (always on a Thursday in May)
• National Day (14 July)
• All Saints Day (1 November)
• Armistice Day (11 November)
• Christmas Day (25 December)

Organization of studies

The usual duration of studies at INPL is three years for the engineering diploma. INPL, like every European university, functions on a credit system known as the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS). ECTS credits represent the volume of work that the student must produce for each module. A total of 60 credits represent the volume of work for a year of studies (30 credits per semester). At INPL, 1 ECTS credit is equivalent to approximately 30 hours’ actual student’s work (15 hours of lectures + tutorials, laboratory work and 15 hours of homework).

The first three semesters (90 ECTS credits) consist in a core curriculum; specialization begins in the fourth semester. The last semester (30 ECTS is devoted to an internship in industry or in a laboratory (under specific conditions such as the completion of a German “Diplomarbeit”). In most schools two other training periods (about 5 weeks each) must be completed in the summer by the student : one workshop placement, and one language placement (about 5 weeks)

The weekly workload is generally 25 hours (lectures, tutorials, laboratory work). The courses usually start at 8 a.m. and end at 6 p.m. except on Thursday afternoons which are devoted to sporting activities. Attendance to all courses is compulsory. 

Photocopies are handed out in most courses. These are usually very detailed and give a thorough outline of the course.

 

Tuition language

Most courses are given in French. Therefore a good command of the French language is essential.

INPL provides intensive French courses for the students who are not proficient in French. For further information and prices, please consult the CAFOL web site or contact cafol@mines.inpl-nancy.fr

 

Examinations and assessment

The knowledge acquired by the student is assessed in the following way

• Written exams at the end of each semester (January and June)
• Report on practical laboratory work handed in at the end of the session
• Personal work proposed by the lecturer
• Oral and/or written reports on project work or internship

The work is marked out of 20 and each test may be weighed by a coefficient. Details of  exams and (and coefficients) are published at the beginning of the year. Each lecturer is responsible for specifying the type of exam that he/she will set at the beginning of the course that he/she teaches.

Validation of a year’s studies (enabling the student to move on to the next year or to obtain the diploma) is announced by the end of year jury. Pass level is usually 10 or more out of 20.

Admission requirements

Graduate Engineering programs are open to foreign students who have successfully completed four years of scientific/technological university studies. Applications for admission are examined by a jury and the decision is made by the director of the school concerned.

Students who wish to join INPL to obtain a diploma (Engineering degree, Master’s degree, Phd), are called “degree students”. Students who want to join INPL for a period of study or a placement in a laboratory are called “exchange students”. (ATTENTION METTRE LA BONNE APPLICATION FORM) Exchange students can be admitted to INPL if there is a formal exchange agreement or exchange program between INPL and the student’s home university

Certain schools such as ENSAIA offer laboratory placement opportunities throughout the year on their web site:
http://www.ensaia.inpl-nancy.fr/international/ri-programmes/ri-imp-ech-projets.html?L=2