The signing of the agreement marking the creation of this new Preparatory and Degree-Awarding programme in Engineering and Health (PDIS) took place on Tuesday, February 18, at the premises of the Centre for Biomedical and Healthcare Engineering.
The signing of the agreement by Jacques Fayolle, Director of Mines Saint-Étienne, Stéphane Riou, Vice-President of the Board of Directors and Resources and Head of Academic Strategy at UJM, and Philippe Berthelot, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, formalized the realization of this ambitious educational partnership for both institutions.
It should be noted that this project benefits from the valuable financial support of the Auvergne Rhône Alpes Region as part of the Region of Engineers and Technicians plan, and from Saint-Étienne Métropole via its fund for supporting Higher Education, Research, and Innovation.
The PDIS programme is a two-year post-baccalaureate preparatory and degree-awarding programme. It combines the recognized expertise in engineering and health from Mines Saint-Étienne and that of health sciences from the Saint-Étienne Faculty of Medicine.
Both innovative, demanding, and unique in the national academic landscape, it offers a path of excellence to students wishing to acquire complementary skills in science, technology, and health.
Two degrees will be awarded at the end of the programme:
- An Institutional Diploma (DE) from Mines Saint-Étienne.
- A Bachelor’s degree in Health Science (SPS) with an Engineering-Mines specialization.
60 students will form the cohort that will inaugurate this programme next September.
They stated:
Jacques Fayolle, Director of Mines Saint-Étienne: ” The PDIS programme is entirely unprecedented in France. It is a preparatory programme for engineering studies, but it is also degree-awarding. The programme focuses on health engineering and is delivered in partnership between a high-level engineering school and a faculty of medicine. It is similar to a scientific preparatory class focusing on physics and chemistry, with a reduced emphasis on chemistry, where we enhance biology and medicine. With this programme, we will therefore address two major issues. Firstly, the growing demand for engineers in health industries and technologies. Secondly, the desire to attract profiles from high school biology, often girls, who rarely pursue engineering schools. By launching this highly innovative programme, Mines Saint-Étienne confirms its status as a leader in engineering and health education. “
Florent Pigeon, President of Jean Monnet University of Saint-Étienne: ” This unique dual degree embodies the multidisciplinary DNA of Jean Monnet University. By combining the expertise of our Faculty of Medicine and Mines Saint-Étienne, it offers students an excellent education in engineering and health sciences and prepares them for the technological and scientific challenges of tomorrow. Furthermore, it opens up numerous prospects in the medical sector, the health industry, and research, and also allows for further studies in the digital field with applications for health in engineering programmes at Télécom Saint-Étienne. “
21 high school students learn about the PDIS programme
Accompanied by their parents, they visited the premises of the Centre for Biomedical and Healthcare Engineering (CIS) and the Saint-Étienne Faculty of Medicine on Wednesday, February 12. These young people had come to learn about the educational content of the PDIS programme and to see the workspaces they might attend next academic year if they were to join this unique training programme. After a presentation of the curriculum by Laurent Navarro, a lecturer-researcher, and a visit to the laboratories and classrooms of the Centre for Biomedical and Healthcare Engineering, the group continued with a discovery of the amphitheaters and the library of the Faculty of Medicine with Nathalie Perek, a lecturer-researcher at the UJM Faculty of Medicine and head of the SPS Bachelor’s programme.
