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The international master’s track IMSci-Nu created and opened in 2022 is included in the Master’s degree focusing on Instrumentation, Measurement, Metrology (5 Tracks, more than 130 students). IMSci-Nu addresses challenges in the nuclear fission and fusion fields.
If you are interested in nuclear energy, research, instrumentation, measurement and innovation; if you want to add an international experience to your CV, JOIN US.
Sector of activity: Nuclear energy company, Energy company, Research, R&D
Degree level: Master’s degree (Bac + 5)
Recruitment level: After a first year of master (M1), After a master degree or an engineer degree (Bac + 4 and Bac + 5)
Admission requirements: Initial training, Continuing education, Validation of Prior Experience
Institution of the degree: Aix-Marseille University
Duration: 1-year Master
Mention: Instrumentation, measurement, metrology (IMM)
Program location: in person at Aix-Marseille University, Campus St. Jérôme, Marseille, France
Contact person: Prof. Christelle Reynard-Carette, christelle.carette@univ-amu.fr
Objectives: This course is dedicated to major facilities in the nuclear field. This course was created in 2022 by Aix-Marseille University thanks to the support and interest of 23 partners (Universities, Research institutions, Nuclear Centers and Companies; 6 in France and 17 abroad: CEA, EDF, IRSN, MIT-USA, Univ. Lancaster-UK, Univ. Michigan-USA, Penn state Univ.-USA, JSI-Slovenia, SCK-CEN-Belgium, NCBJ-Poland, CAEN-Italy, CNESTEN-Morocco, IEAP-Czech Republic, RBI-Croatia…).
We benefit from an exceptional environment in the Région SUD due to the construction of two major international infrastructures, respectively in fusion with ITER and in fission with the Jules Horowitz Reactor, but also due to other facilities at the CEA’s Cadarache center such as WEST (Tungsten Environment Steady-state Tokamak, Tokamak in fusion by magnetic confinement), RES (test reactor dedicated to studies on nuclear propulsion), CABRI (safety research reactor), numerous associated experimental platforms and neutron facilities (generators, accelerators).
This environment and the associated research potential with a strong international component require high-level graduates in the field of instrumentation and measurement science in nuclear environments.
The objective of the IMSci-Nu program is to train specialist researchers, project managers and engineers able to choose instrumentation (sensors, diagnostics, detectors, acquisition system) and implement measurements in order to carry out experimental physics work for major facilities and associated equipment/devices in the field of nuclear energy (nuclear fission, fusion, research reactor and tokamak), and to interpret the results thanks to numerical simulations, if necessary.
Program details: 
The IMSci-Nu master, created in 2022, has the ISO 9001 Quality Certification.
The IMSci-Nu master is taught in English.
The IMSci-Nu courses are realized by professors, lecturers, scientists and experts coming from Universities, Research institutions, Nuclear Centers, Companies from France and abroad.
The IMSci-Nu program corresponds to 340 h of courses from October to March, followed by an internship (from 4 to 6 months in France or abroad).
This program is a comprehensive track including lectures, seminars performed by prestigious international scientists and experts, hands-on activities, remote experiments on nuclear facilities, research project, internship, visits of facilities, and winter school.
The IMSci-Nu program is composed of 7 education units:
The hands-on activities associated to the Education Unit “Modeling and Experimental Work” are carried out at Aix-Marseille University and thanks to online remote experiments on major nuclear facilities (Reactor of the MIT: MITR-USA, Reactor of the JSI TRIGA-Slovenia).
The “Research project” Unit involves several laboratories of Aix-Marseille University providing state-of-the-art topics in the fission and the fusion fields.
The IMSci-Nu program includes a 1-week winter school with several talks given by international partners (MIT-USA, JSI-Slovenia, University of Lancaster, University of Michigan, IPFN-Portugal, SCK-CEN-Belgium, CAEN Spa-Italy, University of Pisa, UKAEA-UK…), with a visit of the CEA (Cadarache center) and with a poster session (posters realized by IMSci-Nu students on their work conducted in the education unit “Research Project” and by PhD students).
The IMsci-Nu students benefit from a team of supervisors involved in different high-level joint research programs conducted in nuclear instrumentation and involved in international conferences such as ANIMMA.
The IMSci-Nu students benefit from an important sustained network of Alumni of the Filière Instrumentation (Instrumentation service in charge of the 5 tracks of the Master Instrumentation, Measurement, Metrology (IMM, 150 students per academic year) inside the Physics Department of the Sciences Faculty of Aix-Marseille University). A mentoring event is organized each academic year with IMM students, partners, sponsors, companies to develop links between various actors.
Morever, the IMSci-Nu students benefit from various actions developed within the framework of the graduate school of ISFIN institute (seminars, thematic days, visits, scholarships).
Skills:
The main scientific skills to be acquired are:
The main soft skills to be acquired are:
There are two kinds of scholarship.
TIGER master’s Excellence scholarships (A*MIDEX foundation program) enables to finance international students with excellent backgrounds and other scholarships from ISFIN institute are available for students never enrolled in an Aix-Marseille University degree.
After the diploma:
The main opportunities in terms of jobs and sectors are:
Admission requirements:
– A first year of master (M1) or a master degree (M2) or a master of science degree (MSc) in instrumentation or metrology or applied sciences or nuclear physics or physics or physics-chemistry or material sciences or thermal sciences or energy or engineering sciences or microelectronics or fluid mechanics
– Engineer degree in instrumentation or metrology or applied science or nuclear physics or physics or physics-chemistry or material sciences or thermal sciences or energy or microelectronics or fluid mechanics
Each candidate will have an interview.