Semester 1

is a common-core semester (30 credits), offered only in the autumn. It is a transition and adaptation semester and provides for a broadening and deepening of scientific culture as well as acquisition of methods of learning particular to an engineering school. It includes lectures from the 5 modules (24 credits) and a project (6 credits) as well as language classes.

These five modules are :

• The cornerstone of knowledge
• Introduction to the science and technology of information and communication
• The engineer and technology in society
• The tools of the engineer
• The engineer at the centre of it all

Semesters 2, 3 and 4

offer courses (spring and autumn) in five domains, allowing students to choose certain domains as majors (system design, acquisition of knowhow, further in-depth study) and others as minors (basic understanding of systems rather than analytical or technological aspects).
See also: Definitions of Major and Minor. 

Each semester (30 credits), students acquire credits by:

• validating exams in one major (16 credits) and one minor (8 credits)
• doing a project (6 credits)

 In parallel, they learn two foreign languages up to a required level. 

Domains (Majors/Minors)	Projects
Mathematics and signal processing Electronics and physics Computer science Networks Economics and social sciences	S1: Introduction to        complex systems S2: Development project S3: Start-up project   S4: Engineering project

 

Languages
English (compulsory) French (compulsory for non-French speaking students) German Spanish Arabic Italian Chinese Japanese Russian

Semester 5

is an options semester. It can be spent at Telecom Bretagne (on the campus in Brest or in Rennes) or at a partner institution in France or abroad. If students opt to stay at Telecom Bretagne, they put together their option by choosing courses from one or more of the 4 specialization streams proposed in the third year.

Option
Engineering and system integration Software systems and networks Services and business engineering Information processing systems

 

Semester 6

is spent doing a placement in industry or in a research centre in France or abroad. It lasts at least 6 months.

Application

Students interested in Telecom Bretagne's MEng programme must follow a specific procedure which depends on their home institution:

• Students from a partner university should first contact their own International Office which will provide all the relevant information about the agreement with Telecom Bretagne (dual-degree if specified, possible fee waivers etc.) and how to apply. In some universities, Telecom Bretagne organizes exams and/or interviews on an annual basis. The list of Telecom Bretagne's partner intitutions is given in our International section: Erasmus Framework and Worldwide exchanges.

• Individual students (no agreement between their home university and Telecom Bretagne) must apply through a cluster of prestigious French Graduate Engineering Schools. Online application system is open between mid-January and mid-March. Exams and interviews are organized respectively in May and June. For more information, please visit astgrandesecoles.fr and first download the "Notice de la procédure" (in French).

Tuition fees

Current standard tuition fees for individual students: €1,122 per year.

It has to be underlined that the real cost of education in French Graduate Engineering Schools is around €20,000 per student per year. Such low fees are made possible thanks to French government subsidies but the number of places is limited and requirements in Mathematics, Physics and French are quite severe. Please visit the "AST Grandes Ecoles" website mentioned above or contact your home International Office for more information.

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