M2 Modélisation Prospective : Economie, Environnement, Energie
The objective of the "Foresight Modeling: Economy, Environment, Energy" course in the "Environmental, Energy and Transport Economics" major is to offer training dealing with all the questions of modeling questions. energy, climate and natural resources, in particular from the perspective of foresight on climate, energy and the environment.
Etre en capacité de réaliser des travaux de modélisation prospective et des études d'impact à l'aide de modèles intégrés énergie-environnement-économie.
Two semesters
The “Prospective Modeling: Economy, Environment, Energy” program has a more marked “research” orientation than the other M2 progams in the specialty "Economics of environment, energy and transport". It is particularly aimed at a continuation in the phD program (1/3rd of the graduates). It is also intended for service and consulting professions. The main outlets include research department of large companies and decision-making centers (public service, international organizations) as well as academic research (large international integrated research programs on climate , land use, energy transition, etc.).
The program emphasizes quantitative methods intended for prospective approaches on energy/climate/environment aspects.
In terms of jobs, graduates occupy the following positions: research and development manager; business economist; responsible for technical-economic studies; engineer/economist in a design office, a consulting firm, a local authority, or an international organization; researcher (if completing a phD).
Bac + 4 economics, Engeneering Business School, etc.
Internship 4 months and Msc. dissertation
Admission possible directement en M2 après cursus ingénieur, normalien ou école de commerce, etc.
At the end of the training, students are able to: - analyze the markets (supply and demand) as well as the technological and financial aspects of the sectors concerned; - understand and apply the concepts of needs analysis and project management; - carry out and interpret/appraise prospective studies, using the methods - including modeling - and the necessary software; - develop a multi-criteria analysis method in the development of strategic intervention choices; - know how to put project management and risk management tools into practice; - develop business plans to study project profitability and financing; - organize the coordination of actors in order to make the proposed solutions operational; - model and quantify an economic phenomenon (econometrics, operational research, simulation methods); - understand the mechanisms and institutions at work in public policies and negotiation strategies; - understand environmental, climatic, food and energy issues; - develop original research projects by mobilizing empirical knowledge of the sector and cutting-edge analysis tools from the academic discipline.
French public university standard fees
AgroParisTech (Université Paris-Saclay)
Ecole des Ponts ParisTech
CentraleSupélec (Université Paris-Saclay)
Centre international de recherche sur l'environnement et le développement (CIRED
Institut de technico-économie des systèmes énergétiques (IFPEN)
Laboratoire Génie Industriel (CentraleSupélec)
Joint Research Unit Paris-Saclay Applied Economics
EconomiX, Université Paris Nanterre
The schedule will be posted shortly.
Applications are open for a direct entry in M2 between mid March and end of May. Early applications are recommended.
Applicants must have a bac + 4 (i.e. 4 years of university) training, with good skills in maths, economics, statistics computer sciences.
Note that some of the lectures are in French and that a decent knowledge of the French language is necessary to apply to a direct entry in M2
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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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Certificate of English level.
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Curriculum Vitae.
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Detailed description and hourly volume of courses taken since the beginning of the university program.
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Rank of previous year and size of the promotion.
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Certificate of French (compulsory for non-French speakers).
(Level B2 : Non native french speakers, a knowledge certificate issued by the French Embassy or a French language center. Students holding a French diploma or a diploma instructed in French are exempt from that obligation) -
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.