The Skills of the FUSION Engineer
The FUSION programme trains well-rounded professionals, capable of understanding scientific and technological challenges while mastering strategy, management, and entrepreneurship.
This dual engineer-manager degree develops a hybrid profile: rigorous in analysis, agile in action, and open-minded.
A Profile at the Crossroads of Science and Management
The FUSION engineer combines:
- scientific expertise from Mines Saint-Étienne,
- strategic and entrepreneurial vision from emlyon business school.
This combination creates leaders capable of innovating, undertaking, and managing multidisciplinary teams in complex and international contexts.
Graduates of the FUSION programme anticipate, design, and drive the transformation of organizations at the intersection of technology and business.
Key Skill Areas
| Areas | Key skills developed |
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| 🧪 Scientific and Technical Skills | Mastery of scientific fundamentals; modeling and design; data, digital, and processes; understanding of complex systems; sustainable and responsible approach to technologies. |
| 💼 Managerial and Strategic Skills | Team management; project management; corporate strategy; marketing and finance; performance management; digital transformation and change management. |
| 🚀 Innovation and Entrepreneurship Skills | Design thinking; lean startup; innovation management; business model; responsible entrepreneurship; technology commercialization; creation and development of new activities. |
| 🌍 Intercultural and International Skills | Collaborative work in an international context; proficiency in professional English; cultural adaptation; openness to diversity; international experience. |
| 💡 Behavioral Skills (“soft skills”) | Critical thinking; creativity; active listening and communication skills; autonomy; decision-making; ethical leadership; continuous learning ability. |
Action-Based Pedagogy
Skill development within the FUSION programme is based on an active pedagogy, common to both schools:
- Concrete and interdisciplinary projects, integrated into each semester.
- Professional internships: three corporate experiences (4 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months).
- Innovation and entrepreneurship projects jointly led by engineering and management students.
- Collaborative learning: case studies, business games, hackathons, inter-school seminars.
This experience-based pedagogy (“learning by doing”) develops the ability to act, decide, and undertake in uncertainty.
The Values of the FUSION Engineer
| Value | What it Represents |
|---|---|
| Responsibility | Integrating ethical, societal, and environmental dimensions into decision-making. |
| Curiosity | Interdisciplinary approach, continuous learning, exploring new territories. |
| Creativity | Designing original and relevant solutions in a changing world. |
| Commitment | Acting with conviction, team spirit, and openness. |
| Collective Leadership | Inspiring, uniting, and sustainably transforming organizations. |
These values form the common cultural foundation for FUSION programme graduates and guide their development throughout their careers.
FAQ
The program spans 4 years (8 semesters):
- The first 2 years are primarily spent at Mines Saint-Étienne, focused on science, engineering, and innovation.
- The last 2 years take place at emlyon business school, focused on management, strategy, and entrepreneurship.
Between these two, students undertake inter-school projects, participate in corporate internships, and can pursue international mobility.
This progressive pathway ensures a balance between scientific rigor and strategic vision.
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Both degrees are accredited by the reference bodies:
- CTI (Commission des Titres d’Ingénieur) for Mines Saint-Étienne,
- CEFDG (Commission d’Évaluation des Formations et Diplômes de Gestion) for emlyon.
Furthermore, the emlyon Grande École Programme benefits from the triple international accreditation EQUIS, AACSB, and AMBA, a guarantee of globally recognized excellence.
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The ICM degree trains research engineers or engineer-entrepreneurs, experts in technical and scientific fields.
The FUSION programme, however, takes it a step further: it adds a managerial and strategic skill set through courses from emlyon business school.
Where ICM provides scientific mastery, FUSION develops the ability to drive technological and organizational transformation.
Both degrees share the same values: excellence, responsibility, and international openness — but differ in the nature of the careers targeted.
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The FUSION cycle is a four-year dual degree jointly designed by Mines Saint-Étienne and emlyon business school.
It combines the scientific rigor of an engineering school with the strategic vision of a business school to train engineer-managers capable of innovating, undertaking, and leading organizational transformation.
🎓 Upon completion of the program, graduates obtain:
- the Master of Science in Engineering from Mines Saint-Étienne,
- and the Master in Management (Grande École Programme) from emlyon business school.
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The programme is bilingual:
- instruction is predominantly in French at Mines Saint-Étienne,
- and in English for a significant portion of courses at emlyon business school.
Many projects, modules, and reports can be completed in English.
International students benefit from French as a Foreign Language (FLE) courses.
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The programme is demanding but balanced.
The first two years involve more scientific instruction and innovation projects.
The following two years are based on emlyon’s pedagogy: case studies, corporate missions, collaborative projects.
The intensity of the program reflects the ambition of the double degree: to combine rigor and agility.
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Internationalization is central to FUSION:
- bilingual courses and projects,
- internships or academic exchanges abroad,
- international semester possible on an emlyon or partner campus,
- multicultural teamwork on practical projects.
This global dimension prepares students to thrive in a global and interconnected environment.
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Because it trains rare and sought-after profiles, capable of thinking like an engineer, deciding like a manager, and acting like an entrepreneur.
FUSION is the training for the engineer-managers of tomorrow, capable of understanding technology and directing its applications:
- 🌍 Double international recognition (CTI + CEFDG + triple accreditation).
- ⚙️ Comprehensive Academics: engineering, innovation, management.
- 💼 High employability and access to positions of responsibility.
- 🚀 Extended professional network (two schools, two alumni communities).
- 🤝 Interdisciplinary and collaborative approach, in direct connection with companies.
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