Génie industriel - Rubrique Master - 2022

Master Gestion industrielle durable
2nd year - Major Gestion des opérations durables - Research oriented

Overview

Master

  • Degree awarded Master

Summary

This Master's program is meant to train professional experts in Sustainable Industrial Engineering, able to deploy skills in a global industrial environment and face the future challenges of the transitions (ecological, digital, societal).

Industry is of critical importance for the modern societies. Industrial engineering, as a branch of engineering, focuses on designing efficient production systems. It is affected by the deep transformations and instabilities the human societies are facing today.

Through this program we aim to provide students with tools to contribute to a more sustainable industry with a strong emphasis on handling of complexity of human centric organizations.

Sustainable Industrial Engineering addresses the issue of industrial sustainability using different points of view. The overarching presence of data requires new skills to handle them. Complexity of socio-technical environment is also a big challenge that requires to understand the multi-dimensional character of the industrial organizations in order to solve the problems raised by the industrial transformation.

Sustainable Industrial Engineering has myriads of application fields since it encompasses the whole value chain and lifecycle of products: from the development of new and innovative products and services, to the end of life of the systems.

The SIE Master also welcomes students from all over the world and includes some excellence programs that propose scholarships for high potential students willing to engage in a research-oriented path leading to a PhD.

The application has to be done on the corresponding websites:

In second year, you have the choice between 2 majors. One of them is: Sustainable Operations Management

Industry today is facing major challenges driven by the high environmental impact of the human activities. Among the major challenges, industry must reduce its impact on the environment and adopt a low carbon footprint trail. The Sustainable Industrial Management Major investigates the key domains that will give the students tools to deal with these challenges and provides a systemic and interdisciplinary understanding of the situation.

Major topics are sustainable supply chain management, data analytics, operational excellence, socio-economic aspects of sustainability for industry 4.0. There is a significant amount of research to be carried out still and this major offers the opportunity to follow a research-oriented path that opens up to a doctoral program. The Industrial path allows to directly claim for a job in industry. Our lectures are at the cutting edge of knowledge and involve teachers from our affiliated research laboratories, such as G-SCOP for industrial engineering (both supply chain and product development), CERAG for management sciences, PACT for sociology and GAEL for industrial economics.

Master Thesis

In the second semester of the 2nd year of the Master SIE, each student will be expected to complete an internship either in an industrial firm, in France or abroad. This internship will be an opportunity to consolidate and discover working methods and to learn how to manage real projects. A written dissertation will be required at the end of the training period and it will have to be defended before an examinations board.

Objectives

Becoming:

  • Project engineer
  • Development or research engineer
  • Business or consulting specialized in environmental issues
  • Production and supply chain manager
  • Consultant in Sustainable industrial engineering  

School environment

Most courses will be provided at Génie Industriel, the Industrial Engineering school of the Grenoble INP group. The school is centrally located in downtown Grenoble. It benefits of a very international environment among the student and of a very modern and high level set of technological platforms.

Student life in Grenoble is very rich and dynamic. Students have the opportunity to engage in external activities such as sports (leading region for mountain sports), arts, non-profit organizations, international relations, or other activities.

 

Training partners

Companies
 

Admission

  • Who should apply? Bac + 4, Bac + 5
  • Tuition fees From outside the EU: €3,941 /year + €105 CVEC
    European students: €254 /year + €105 CVEC

Entry requirements

Who can apply?

Students wishing to apply to the SIE Master program must hold a MSc in Industrial Engineering or equivalent and B2 minimum level of French

Recruitment Criteria
  • MSc in Industrial Engineering
  • Excellent academic results
  • English proficiency
  • French proficiency

Apply now

Online application by "FSA" - This Master is only open to international students. This Master's degree is only available as a full-time program (no work-study option).

The "FSA" application platform is open from 03/11/2025 to 13/04/2026

 
Visa
All foreign students must obtain a visa. 

If you are a foreign student from one of these countries: you must apply through both "FSA" and "Etudes en France" :

If you need any advice or support, the Campus France Centre of your country can help you until your visa application (Guide to the platform for international students)
 

Steps to apply

Applications will be reviewed by committees on the following dates:

  • Tuesday 10/02/2026 (application deadline 02/02/2026)
  • Tuesday 10/03/2026 (application deadline 02/03/2026)
  • Tuesday 21/04/2026 (application deadline 12/04/2026)

If your application is accepted, you will be contacted for an interview in English (usually by videoconference).
 

Tuition Fees
No exemption based on social criteria possible
  • For European students (European Union, European Economic Area, Andorra or Switzerland) and for students from Quebec: €254 /year* + €105* "Student and campus life contribution"
  • For non EU-students : €3,941 /year* + €105*  "Student and campus life contribution"
* 2024/2025 rates
 
To be taken into account! The cost of living for a student in France is about 1000€ per month.
Tuition fees will be paid upon registration either in one monthly installment or in a maximum of three monthly installments (first payment upon registration, second and third payments in the following two months).
 

Scholarship
Financial support for International Students
Very few scholarships are awarded each year and they are awarded on merit. We will study your results and, if your level allows it, we will direct your file towards the most suitable scholarship.

 
Language

Level required: B2 in French and English

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Contacts

Education contact

Annabel Jourdan, Maryline Mazzon Teppoz
genie-industriel.scolarite-master@grenoble-inp.fr

Program

  • Internships mandatory

Program

Year 1 (60 ECTS)

  • Introductory courses in industrial engineering, economics, data management and sustainability
  • Team projects, intercultural communication

Year 2 (60 ECTS)

  • Advanced courses (core curriculum and elective courses) according to the chosen specialization (SOM or SPD, Industry or Research)
  • 6-month internship (company, research laboratory)
 In Year 2, you have 1 mandatory course depending on your orientation:
  • Industry oriented: Master thesis tutorial and communication.

In addition:

  • You should select 2 to 3 courses in your major;
  • You should select 1 to 2 courses in the transverse offer.
In total you should select 4 courses of 6 credits.


Detailed Program of Major Sustainable Operation Management (SOM):

Programme courses semester 9
Programme courses semester 10
 

Prospects

Expected learning outcomes


MSc SIE helps tomorrow’s industrial engineers to work collaboratively in a globalized international context, with societal constraints as well as environmental and economical impacts.

The SIE Master programme leans on the knowledge triangle Education-Research-Innovation.

It is designed to cover the whole value chain and lifecycle of product and service, from Innovation draft, through to Distribution, in an international context. (See figure 1)It aims at tackling the key issues that are sustainable manufacturing industry, innovation, and sustainability.

Figure 1. SIE Master overall scope
 
Additional skills and competences are also addressed e.g. in marketing and management as it is key knowledge for the today and tomorrow industrial engineers.

 

Careers

SIE targets 2 main profiles:

 
  •  Industrial engineers with sustainable impact: the students will be able to find jobs in Industrial/ Mechanical/ Production/ Automation/ Aerospace/ Energy/ or Management Engineering
 
  • Researchers in industry: the students will have plenty of opportunities to carry on their studies as PhD among one of the numerous international laboratories of the SIE partners (full members or associates) and the research community in the sustainable manufacturing domain.

Contacts of Masters' degree

Scholarships

Incoming scholarships for international students

Special Graduate School scholarship 

Academic staff

Head of Sustainable Industrial Engineering Master's degree
Jean-François Boujut

Deputy Head of Sustainable Industrial Engineering Master's degree
Maria Di Mascolo

Admission Board
Fabien Mangione

Administration
Annabel Jourdan, Maryline Mazzon Teppoz
genie-industriel.scolarite-master@grenoble-inp.fr