About
The Master’s in Design delivered by Mines Nancy offers a multidisciplinary syllabus focused on industrial and architectural design. It covers a range of approaches to design including scientific, technological, human, cultural and social.
The main goal of the course is to shape designers, managers and developers with the skills to come up with innovative solutions to problems in the industrial and business worlds. They are trained to join companies as specialists in several areas of design such as design and project management.
This course teaches students rapid product development techniques and addresses in more depth the skill of integrating material and process properties and specifications into the product design process. The course prepares students for project management and business management careers in product design.
The only course of its kind in France
Choose the only design course of its kind in France!
Mohammed Nouari, Course Director
Delivered by five top-tier schools (three engineering schools: Mines Nancy, ENSGSI, GIP InSIC; one school of architecture: ENSA Nancy and one art and design school: ENSAD Nancy), the Master’s in Design offers a unique approach to design and related themes through a multidisciplinary common core in M1 and more open, personalised studies in M2 with five standard pathways:
- Innovation and Design EvAluated through uSe
- Product Design
- Glass, Design, Architecture
- Digital Design for Architecture
- Design and Materials
Another asset of the Master’s in Design is the diversity of profiles that join the course, allowing the creation of a common culture and real potential for innovation. Students on the programme get to build an individual and elective pathway based around the “Engineering, Design and Architecture” trifecta.
Reasons for choosing the course
Enrol on the only course of its kind in France
Benefit from the expertise and educational resources of five major teaching and research facilities, in three complementary fields: engineering, design and architecture
Personalise your pathway
An elective syllabus in a collaborative and multi-disciplinary environment (engineering, design, architecture)
Become an agent of your own learning
Project-based learning in the form of group work and links with industry and institutional professionals, citizens and other stakeholders
Take a leap with international opportunities
Option to spend one semester overseas with partner universities (Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Brazil, Finland, Netherlands, etc.)
Enrol on a Master’s programme offering myriad career opportunities.
Skills employers really look for and employment facilitated by a strong alumni network
Energise your everyday with the best that community life at five elite schools has to offer.
Class spirit, conferences, professional and sporting associations, entertainment evenings…
Course
Skills outcomes
- Promote creativity and innovation (from initial need and idea to new concept)
- Design a product: from concept to functional prototype factoring in usability, industrial, economic, environmental and other needs
- Assess solutions and justify design choices (e.g. using modelling, simulation, optimisation tools, multi-criteria decision-making tools)
- Master human-centred design (social, ergonomic, affective, etc.)
- Manage and assess a development process for new products, services or other solutions (a project, team, etc.)
- Lead innovation in projects through effective organisation (organisational design)
- Work effectively in an interdisciplinary and international team (contribute, identify your role, lead, develop the group)
- Formalise and use information throughout a project’s life cycle (compile and manage project documentation, configure, leverage, etc.)
- Mobilise the resources of a scientific and technical field related to design (training in/through research)
The Product Design pathway
Design-CP pathway: Product Design
PATHWAY DELIVERED BY: MINES NANCY and GIP InSIC
This pathway teaches students rapid product development techniques and addresses in more depth the skill of integrating material and process properties and specifications into the product design process. The syllabus prepares students for project management and business management careers in the product design sector.
Collaboration with the socio-economic world
Different industry partners and representatives of the socio-economic world are involved in the Master’s in Design by way of:
- teaching,
- seminars,
- project supervision,
- proposing work placement subjects,
- participating in the Master’s development council.
Associated research laboratories
The course is affiliated with four research laboratories
- LEM3 – Laboratory for the Study of Microstructures and Material Mechanics
- ERPI – Research Team for Innovative Processes
- IJL – Institut Jean Lamour LEMTA – Laboratory of Energetics and Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Studying abroad
International programmes and agreements for this master’s course:
- French-Brazilian programme: BRAFITEC
- French-Argentinean programme: ARFITEC
- Double master’s degree agreement with the National University of Colombia
- Cooperation agreement with the University of Santiago, Chile Cooperation agreement with the Catholic University of the North, Chile
Programme
Discover the detailed course programme:
Admission requirements
For the M1 and M2 of the Master’s in Design, students are accepted based on an assessment of their applications. The criteria include the candidate’s educational background, educational level and the compatibility of their learning and career plans with the Master’s goals.
ADMISSION INTO M1
To be admitted into M1 of the Master’s, candidates must have:
- A bachelor’s degree in the fields of mechanics, materials, design, applied art, project management, industrial engineering, architecture or any engineering sciences specialisation.
- An equivalent qualification recognised by the Equivalence Commission for graduate schools.
ADMISSION INTO M2
To be admitted into M2 of the Master’s and the chosen pathway, the following are accepted:
- Candidates from an initial degree programme who have passed the M1 of the Master’s in Design
- Candidates who have passed their M1 in a different Master’s degree in a related subject or with an equivalent M1 qualification
- A graduate of an engineering school looking to specialise
CONTINUING EDUCATION – ADMISSION FOR PROFESSIONALS
To access the Master’s as a continuing education student, there are several options offered by the VAE – Validation of Acquired Professional Experience – scheme:
- Enrol for M1 and M2
- Enrol for M2 only
Employability
The Master’s in Design degree is accredited by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research. Design Master’s graduates can enter various business sectors such as aeronautics, automotive, energy, architecture, design, consulting, etc.
The degree opens the door to roles including:
- Product engineer
- Project manager
- Materials designer/specifier
- Business development manager BIM manager
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Admission requirements
Find full details about registration and admission to the master’s degree programme on the University of Lorraine website
Enrolment fee:
Enrolment fees for national degrees are set annually by ministerial decree, due to be issued soon.
In 2019, they were:
- €243 for master’s degrees
In addition to these fees:
- the mandatory Student Life and Campus Contribution (CVEC) (€91 in 2019). Free for scholarship holders.
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