MSc Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (IEOR)

Applicants from Engineering diploma in industrial engineering are very welcome. As a minimum, applicants should hold a French « master M1» or a Bachelor of Science/Engineering in industrial engineering, mechanical engineering (including production systems and basis of Operation Research), applied mathematics, Computer science applied to manufacturing and industrial systems. Knowledge of French language is not fully mandatory since all courses are in English, however a minimum B1 level in French is requested with French classes during the curriculum. The admission decision, made by an admission committee, will be communicated to each applicant. The courses start by the end of September.

Majors (3 x 30h courses, all English)

• Operations management of production systems and supply chains
• Optimization and decision support
• Design and performance evaluation of manufacturing systems

Minors (3 x 30h courses, all English)

• Enterprise modeling and engineering
• Planning and scheduling of production and logistics systems
• Customer-centered strategies for Supply-Chain Management

Literature survey study (40H)

• In parallel to the courses during the first semester, each student will be assigned a literature survey on a selected topic. The literature survey report will be defended.

Seminars

• Introduction to research project management – techniques, tools and state of the art of research in industrial engineering.

Company Internship and Research project

• An internship in industrial company of at least 20 weeks is conducted during the second semester either in a research lab or in industry. In all cases, this internship is associated to an applied research mission, complementary to more operational missions when it is within a company. It will lead to a thesis of Master of Science to be defended either in July or in September.

The Master is mainly taugh in English.

• Good general skills on Production and manufacturing systems, Operation Management, Supply Chain Management
• Basis in Operation Research or Optimisation
• An internship in the field of production or logistic is welcome
• Minimum level of French B1
• Minimum level of English B2, validated by a certificate like TOEFL, or by your institution.

This master program is offered jointly by three French Graduate Engineering Schools «Grandes Écoles» : École des Mines de Saint-Étienne, École Centrale de Lyon (ECL), the University Jean Monnet of Saint-Étienne (UJM), and University Clermond Auvergne (UCA).

It is supported by the main research labs in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research located in the area of Lyon, Saint-Étienne and Clermont-Ferrand:

• LIMOS (UMR 6158),
• LASPI (EA 3059),
• LTDS (UMR 5513),
• Institut Pascal (UMR 6602),
• Structure fédérative IFRESIS (FED 4166)

This one-year Master of Science program trains students for jobs in R&D, in management of enterprises and in consulting. It is also the first step toward a French doctorate in industrial engineering and operations research.