Become a Nuclear Engineering Engineer: an expert in facilities and safety
Do you want to work in a strategic, demanding, and exciting sector at the heart of energy, industrial, and environmental challenges?
The Nuclear Engineering Engineer (IGN) program at Mines Saint-Étienne, in partnership with ISTP and in agreement with INSTN, prepares you to work across the entire lifecycle of nuclear facilities: design, construction, operation, maintenance, decommissioning, waste management, and safety.
This program trains engineers capable of managing large-scale projects, mastering the physical phenomena involved, analyzing risks, and ensuring a high level of operational excellence in a sector where rigor and responsibility are essential.
Why choose the Nuclear Engineering Engineer program?
A programme accredited by the CTI
Degree accredited by the CTI, developed with INSTN (CEA) and delivered through a work-study program with ISTP.
Rare and sought-after expertise
The French nuclear sector is actively recruiting qualified professionals for renovation, maintenance, safety, and facility development.
Three years of immersion in industry
The work-study program enables continuous skill development and immediate employability.
A strategic sector for the energy transition
Low-carbon electricity production, innovation, reactor lifetime extension, new reactors (EPR2), decommissioning, nuclear research.
Individualised support
An ISTP engineer tutor
Each student is supported for three years by an ISTP engineer tutor (from industry), whose role is to pass on professional attitudes and practices.
A company tutor
Ensures your integration, the progression of assignments, and increasing responsibility.
Mines Saint-Étienne teaching staff
Scientific, technical, and managerial supervision, support for the dissertation and professional posture.
Regular follow-up throughout the 3 years
- training reviews,
- regular meetings,
- skills validation.
Support is continuous and personalised throughout the 3 years of the programme.
Skills developed
Upon completion of the program, the Nuclear Engineering engineer is able to:
- Design or optimize a nuclear facility or associated process (construction, operation, maintenance, decommissioning).
- Ensure mastery of QSSER issues: quality, safety, security, environment, radiation protection.
- Manage a technical or industrial project across all phases of a facility’s lifecycle.
- Lead teams and organizations in a regulated, complex, and highly demanding environment.
Contacts
Academic Director
François Valdivieso – Mines Saint-Étienne
francois.valdivieso@mines-stetienne.fr
Admissions – ISTP
ingeinfo@istp-france.com
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Label
Accreditation
The Nuclear Engineering programme is accredited by the Commission des Titres d’Ingénieur (CTI).
The programme is listed in the Répertoire National des Certifications Professionnelles (RNCP 40418).