M2 Gestion des sols et services écosystémiques
The Soil and Ecosystem Services Management programme aims to prepare future graduates to design and manage research or research and development projects related to soils or the ‘soil’ dimension of multi-purpose projects, from the local to the global level. These projects may focus not only on agricultural or forestry production issues, but also on issues related to all the functions performed by soils in relation to socio-ecosystems (regulation of water quantity and quality, regulation of contaminants, carbon storage and greenhouse gas regulation, nutrient supply, support for biodiversity, etc.). The aim will therefore be to train professionals with an in-depth and comprehensive knowledge of soils, their diversity, their spatial organisation at different scales, their biological, physical and chemical functioning, as well as the main actors, legislation and public policies focused on soils, in order to bring soil issues for the benefit of their many users.
Upon completion of the programme, graduates will be able to:
- Describe and name a soil according to different national or international typologies;
- Identify the factors and processes involved in soil formation and evolution (pedogenesis);
- Characterise and interpret, for the benefit of multiple soil users: the diversity, properties, functions and services of soils, as well as the threats affecting them from the (micro)local to the global level;
- Propose and/or implement soil management, conservation, restoration or creation strategies tailored to the objectives of decision-makers and soil users.
Décrire en détail un profil de sol à partir d'une fosse pédologique ou d'un sondage à la tarière.
The first semester consists of 10 compulsory modules and 2 optional modules designed to impart a wide range of high-level fundamental knowledge and applied skills relating to soils. It is structured around three types of module:
The disciplinary modules deal with soils, including through fieldwork, from diverse and complementary naturalistic, biological, physical, chemical, or socio-legal perspectives;
The tool modules focus on tools and methodologies for analyzing and modeling soils in space and time;
The integrative modules build on the knowledge and skills acquired to address major environmental or agricultural issues related to soils (management of polluted soils, management of erosion, adaptation to climate change, etc.).
The second semester is devoted to a long-term internship (5 to 6 months) in research or research and development carried out in a public or private organisation in France or abroad. It is combined with a bibliographic synthesis (in English).
La formation étant orientée en premier lieu vers la formation de spécialistes du sol de haut niveau, le premier débouché du parcours est la poursuite en thèse de doctorat. La proportion des anciens étudiants du parcours ayant poursuivi en thèse est d'un peu plus du tiers (38 %). Les poursuites en thèse ont été réalisées quasi exclusivement au sein de laboratoires publiques, dont quelques-unes à l'étranger (Australie, Belgique, Djibouti). Les poursuites de thèse au sein de structures privées par des conventions industrielles de formation par la recherche (CIFRE) sont possibles et souhaitables.
Le second débouché est celui des bureaux d'étude, sur des postes d'ingénieurs d'étude ou de chargés d'affaires. Il concerne classiquement le domaine des services à l'environnement (sites et sols pollués) et de l'aménagement, mais aussi les activités économiques qui valorisent l'approche multifonctionnelle des sols, qui devraient connaître une croissance significative à l'avenir avec le développement des problématiques liées à la lutte et à l'adaptation au changement climatique.
Le troisième débouché est celui de l'encadrement des activités qui utilisent ou sont en lien avec le sol (agriculture, environnement), dans les diverses structures territoriales (chambres consulaires, instituts techniques, services de l'Etat, collectivités territoriales).
Le sol étant un vecteur d'innovation, le parcours veille aussi à soutenir la démarche entrepreneuriale des étudiants motivé par une création d'activité nouvelle, notamment grâce aux outils mis à disposition par AgroParisTech.
The Soil and Ecosystem Services Management programme is open to students who have completed a Master's 1 degree in Earth Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Ecology, Agronomy or Forestry, particularly those with a specialisation in ‘Earth and Planetary Sciences, Environment’ or ‘Agrosciences, Environment, Territory, Landscape, Forest’.
Students holding a Master's 1 degree in related fields (geography, planning and development, political, economic or social sciences, etc.) may also be admitted on a case-by-case basis, provided that their change of field is carefully considered and justified by a project directly and specifically related to soils.
Students must have a minimum knowledge of soil science, equivalent to a module of approximately 30 hours in the timetable.
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Cadre/ingénieur spécialiste des sols
Ecologie fonctionnelle et écotoxicologie des agroécosystèmes
GEOsciences
Sciences pour l'Action et le Développement : Activités, Produits, Territoires
Agronomie.
The schedule will be posted shortly.
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Motivation letter.
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All transcripts of the years / semesters validated since the high school diploma at the date of application.
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Curriculum Vitae.
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Referring contact information (compulsory for non-international applicants).
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Certificate of French (compulsory for non-French speakers).
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Detailed description and hourly volume of courses taken since the beginning of the university program.
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VAP file (obligatory for all persons requesting a valuation of the assets to enter the diploma).
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The application procedure, which depends on your nationality and your situation is explained here : https://urlz.fr/i3Lo.
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Supporting documents :
- Residence permit stating the country of residence of the first country
- Or receipt of request stating the country of first asylum
- Or document from the UNHCR granting refugee status
- Or receipt of refugee status request delivered in France
- Or residence permit stating the refugee status delivered in France
- Or document stating subsidiary protection in France or abroad
- Or document stating temporary protection in France or abroad.