1. UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE BELFORT-MONTBÉLIARD
Master’s & Doctoral Degrees
Another Way of Looking at the World
www.utbm.fr

2. Key Figures
41 master’s graduates in 2014
27 doctoral graduates in 2014
148 students in master’s curriculums
(2014-2015)
110 doctoral students (2014-2015)
9 master’s major in 5 curriculums
8 doctoral research fields
3 research units including
2 CNRS joint units,
1 reception team
1 research federation
140 partner universities
417 members of staff including
114 teachers and
lecturers
216 administrative staff, technical
staff,researchers
40 millions euros of consolidated
budget
16 millions euros of research budget
including
2.5 millions euros in industrial
partnership contracts
Contents
Introduction.....................................................................................................................4
Masters in Management of Technology
Major:International Industrial Affairs..................................................................5
Major:Industrial and Technological Entrepreneurship...............................6
Major:Industrial and Technological Marketing...............................................7
Masters in Industrial and Transportation Engineering
Major:Logistics and Urban Mobility....................................................................8
Major:Engineering Applied to Human Factors,
Innovative Products and Urban Mobility...........................................................8
Masters in Computer Sciences
Major:Mobile and Distributed IT...........................................................................9
Masters in Automation and Industrial IT
Major:Embedded and Communication Systems........................................10
Masters in Electric,Electronic and
Industrial IT Engineering
Major:Electric Energy..................................................................................................11
Become a Doctor at the UTBM
Doctoral Studies...........................................................................................................12
Doctoral Schools...........................................................................................................13
Research at the UTBM
Meet the Social Challenges in Transportation,Mobility and Energy...14
Choose the UTBM
A Truly International Institution........................................................................... 16
Engineering Curriculums.........................................................................................17
Belfort-Montbéliard,a Vibrant Innovation Center........................................18
Live and Share your Passions................................................................................. 19

3. Editorial
The UTBM is a full-function university that offers, along
with engineering curriculums, a wide range of Master’s
degrees and doctoral studies. It also supports the
students aspiring to studies in management.
Those curriculums are highly bound to research fields,
allowing engineers to develop atypical profiles. The
UTBM also attracts an increasing number of engineers
seeking a training in management to improve their
employability, or a scientific training to specialize
further in their field.The UTBM offers as well to doctoral
students to be involved in experimental researches of
prime interest for businesses.
The UTBM’s masters and doctorates are meant to show
our distinctive identity as a school of engineering.
The crossing of engineering, scientific and business
aspects made possible by those curriculums allows our
engineers to be at the center of change and innovation
in businesses.It also allows the UTBM to play the leading
role in the teaching of engineering and management in
Bourgogne and Franche-Comté.
Pascal Brochet,
The Director

4. 4
Both school of engineering and university, the UTBM delivers two national diplomas: masters
and doctorates. Those diplomas are open to non-engineers: bachelor’s degree graduate who
wish to enter a master’s curriculum; master’s degree graduates who wish to start doctoral stu-
dies;studentsin engineering who wish to complete their curriculum with a a master’s degree or
to dedicate their time to research with a doctoral degree.
The offer in masters and doctoral studies covers most specialties taught in the UTBM: electric
engineering, computer sciences, industrial engineering, transportation, management, marke-
ting in masters; materials, mechanics, computer sciences, ergonomics, human sciences in doc-
toral studies.
UTBM’s masters are first and foremost a way to demonstrate a professional and practical
knowledge duly recognized by the numerous business partners supporting those curriculums.
They can however also be the first step towards a thesis.
UTBM’s doctoral studies offer a rich experience in research in both laboratories and businesses.
Our research teams (IRTES, FEMTO-ST, LMC) host more than a hundred doctoral students in per-
manent contact with researchers and industrial partners.
Masters and Doctoral Studies:
Another Approach
of Engineering Sciences
1st
semester 2nd
semester 3rd
semester 4th
semester
Management
of Technology
International Industrial Affairs
OU
Technological and Industrial Entrepreneurship
OU
Technological and Industrial Marketing
Electric Energy
Electric, Electronic,
and Industrial IT
Engineering
(M1 in the University of Lorraine)
Embedded Communication Systems
Automation and
Industrial IT
(M1 in the UHA)
Mobile and Distributed ITIT
(M1 in the UFC)
Industrial and
Transportation
Engineering
Logistics and Urban Mobility
OU
Engineering of Human Assets,Innovative Products and Urban Mobility
DOCTORATES
Bac +3 Bac +4 Bac +5 Bac +8
MASTERS
INTERNSHIP
in
BUSINESSES
or
LABORATO-
RIES
6 months
Doctoral
Thesis

5. “What are the skills you acquired
during your A2I curriculum?
I opted for the A2i curriculum to complete my
technical approach with knowledge in eco-
nomics, law, management and multicultural
communication. It enabled me to grasp more
comprehensively the stakes of industrial pro-
jects in an international context. It led to a first
experience in Slovakia, where I participated in
the installation of a factory.”
Specificities
■ A 6-month internship abroad
■ Projects conducted in multicultural
teams (8 to 12 different nationalities)
■ Interventions of professionals from
large businesses (GE, ALSTOM, PSA)
■ 70% of the students find a position
before their graduation
■ Half of the positions are located
abroad
■ The curriculum achieved recognition
by SMBG, Le Nouvel Observateur and
Challenges
Lead International
Industrial Project
The A2i Master is meant for graduates in technical or scientific fields. It aims to prepare them
for leading international and multicultural industrial projects. It allows to develop the skills
necessary to align with a business strategy projects of industrial solutions or services for inter-
national organizations.
The graduates are able to:
• Analyze the risk and opportunities within the target geographic area of a project
• Study a project’s feasability
•Write adequate offers and negotiate them with stakeholders
• Lead multidisciplinary and multicultural teams
• Materialize a project in a local context
• Exploit selected solutions in an intercultural context
This master’s curriculum answers to the needs expressed by numerous businesses looking for
professionals able to articulate all the aspects (technical,managerial,legal,financial,multicul-
tural) of an international industrial project.
Career opportunities
This diploma leads to access several posi-
tions:
• Managing positions in international in-
dustrial project platforms
• Manager working as an expatriate to
conduct market research, supplier qualifica-
tion, engineering tasks or others
• Project manager, account manager,
area manager in international industrial
contexts
• Supply chain manager in international
contexts
Michael Mallet,
Engineer in the
automotive industry,
GermanyCurriculum
1st
semester2nd
semester3rd
semester4th
semester
BASICS
General education, business organization, technical knowledge
IN-DEPTH TRAINING
General education, technical knowledge, introduction to specialties
Common modules
MASTER’S DEGREE
INTERNSHIP in a BUSINESS ABROAD
6 months
5
OPTION
Business projects
OPTION
Logistics projects
Contact
Nathalie SEMENTERY
+33 (0)3 84 58 39 50 - nathalie.sementery@utbm.fr - www.utbm.fr
Masters in Management of Technology
Major:International Industrial Affairs (A2i)MASTER1MASTER2
Bac +3
Bac +4
Bac +5
A2I

6. “Ihave acquired a rich scientific and tech-
nical background as a student in Mana-
gement and Engineering of Industrial Systems,
but felt that a more comprehensive understan-
ding of entrepreneurship could be an asset.
Undertaking studies in ETI along with my other
diploma seemed to be the right choice after 5
years at the UTBM (including the common core)
focused on manufacturing.
It allows me to experience an environment
including persons of different backgrounds. It
will complete my studies in engineering and
give me a better perspective of entrepreneur-
ship, both important for my project of buying
a business.”
Guillaume Gras,
Student, 2015
promotion
Train Around an
Entrepreneurial Project
Semester 3 is designed around a team-
based entrepreneurial project. The
strong technological aspect of the
project constitutes a prime opportu-
nity to apply the knowledge acquired
through the curriculum. Projects can
be proposed by the UTBM’s partners
(incubator, pôle véhicule du futur,
IRTES Institute) or by the students
themselves if they have a specific pro-
ject they wish to start developing.
Technology with an
Entrepreneurial Spirit
This curriculum is meant to provide with all the skills necessary to materialize a student’s pro-
ject of starting or buying a business in a industrial or technological context (IT, transportation,
environment,energy,materials,production).
The specificities of this curriculum are its strong multidiciplinary aspect (technical knowledge,
law, economics, finance, management, innovation, marketing, strategy, procurement) and the
possibility of starting to develop an entrepreunarial project during the studies.
This dual set of skills (technology and entrepreneurship) enable students to integrate both
technological innovation and organizational awareness in fully formed business strategies to
create value.
Teachings are provided by researchers and professionals, who contribute to give the essential
insights on the stakes of entrepreneurship.
Career opportunities
This curriculum is mainly meant for students
who wish to start or buy a business of tech-
nological or industrial nature. It also fits the
need of those who consider a career in:
• Small organizations with a strong innova-
tion aspect (innovation project development,
innovative services development)
• Consulting firms dealing with entrepre-
neurship or other organizations supporting
start-ups (banking institutions,incubators)
• Large organizations that tend towards a
cross-functional approach of business mana-
gement
Curriculum
1st
semester2nd
semester3rd
semester4th
semester
Scientific knowledge, entrepreneurship and foreign language
Technical knowledge, methods, entrepreneurship and foreign language
Entrepreneurial project
ETI
MASTER’S DEGREE
INTERNSHIP in BUSINESS or LABORATORY
6 months
Technology
Manage,
buy or start a
business
Theory of
entrepreneurship
Optional
Languages
Contacts
Katy CABARET : +33 (0)3 84 58 39 51 - katy.cabaret@utbm.fr
André LORENTZ : +33 (0)3 84 58 30 02 - andre.lorentz@utbm.fr
www.utbm.fr
Masters in Management of Technology
Major:Technological and Industrial Entrepreneurship (ETI)MASTER1MASTER2
Bac +3
Bac +4
Bac +5

7. Partnership
with the ESTA
T he ESTA, École Supérieure des Technolo-
gies et des Affaires, was created in 1986.
The school trains students able to adapt to any
type of situation. They combine technological,
managerial and industrial knowledge with
know-how and know-how-to-be. They display
humility, readiness for personal effort, respect
for the other and contribute to the strength of
commercial trade.
A Major Asset
for Businesses
Industrial marketing is a specific appli-
cation of marketing that plays a deci-
sive role in competitiveness.
Skills in industrial marketing are in-
creasingly sought for in businesses
and in organizations that provides
support in economic and industrial
development.
Open toTechonology the
MarketsThey Deserve
This curriculum aims to provide students with the skills necessary to design, manage and im-
plement marketing for industrial and technologically innovative products.
Its multidisciplinary approach (marketing, industrial economics, strategy, law, e-marketing)
and the possibility of starting a marketing project during the studies make it an excellent
choice for engineers who wish to be trained in industrial marketing, as well as for students
from business schools who already have technological or scientific knowledge and wish to
develop their skills in sales of technological products.
Teachings are provided by researchers and professionals, who contribute to give the essential
insights on the theoretical and practical aspects of marketing.
Career opportunities
This curriculum is mainly meant for students who wish to develop their technique in sales and
marketing applied to technological and industrial products and services.
It is also designed for students who aim employment in:
• Consulting firms dealing with marketing or other organizations that provides support in this
activity
• Large organizations that tend towards a cross-functionnal approach of marketing
The curriculum provides with the set of skills necessary to understand industrial and technolo-
gical products in order to elaborate relevant and powerful marketing strategies along with ori-
ginal approaches of sales.The dual set of skills (marketing and technology) enable graduates to
integrate marketing with businesses’innovation strategies and to create value.
Contact
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Masters in Management of Technology
Major:Technological and Industrial Marketing (MTI)
Sophie CHAUVEAU
+33 (0)3 84 58 39 22 - sophie.chauveau@utbm.fr - www.utbm.fr
Curriculum
1st
semester2nd
semester3rd
semester4th
semester
Scientific knowledge, marketing and foreign languages
Technical knowledge, methods, marketing and foreign languages
Marketing project
MTI
MASTER’S DEGREE
INTERNSHIP in BUSINESS
6 months
Engineering
and research
in marketing
Technology
Industrial
marketing
Language
MASTER1MASTER2
Bac +3
Bac +4
Bac +5

8. MASTER1MASTER2
Innovative Systems for Logistics,
Mobility and Urban Planning
This curriculum is centered on the research fields of the IRTES-SET laboratory and aims to de-
velop a synergy between teaching and research, taking as a starting point the knowledge of
the laboratory’s researchers. Its goal is to develop the students’ interest for research and their
ability to innovate in fields that increasingly draw the attention of businesses.
The curriculum notably provides with the skills necessary to design and install integrated sys-
tems that treats urban traffic data, offering an opportunity of specialization or simply a field
of application for professionals of industrial engineering.
Students will find in the curriculum an in-depth training enabling them to develop their skills
in operational research,and an opening to managerial,logistical and mobility questions in the
field of transportation.
Career opportunities
Major: Logistics and Urban Mobility
This major aims to prepare students to
position in design, management and engi-
neering of urban and suburban logistical
systems. Those activities are common in
business involved in industry, transporation,
retail and in consulting firms dealing with
engineering and design.
Major: Engineering of Human Factors, Inno-
vative Products and Urban Mobility
This mqjor leads to positions that involves
the engineering of innovative mechanical
products and systems meant to be used by
individuals: driving cabins, human-machine
interfaces or street furniture among others.
Curriculum
1st
semester2nd
semester3rd
semester4th
semester
BASICS
General education, analysis and problem solving, ergonomics,
technical knowledge
IN-DEPTH TRAINING
General education, mobility and transportation systems, introduction to specialties
Core modules, languages
Bac +3
Bac +4
Bac +5
MASTER’S DEGREE
INTERNSHIP in BUSINESS or LABORATORY
6 months
MAJOR
Logistics and Urban Mobility
MAJOR
Engineering of Human Assets, Innovative
Products and Urban Mobility
GIT
Contact
M1 teachings
• Operational research: methods and algorithms for
optimization
• Problem solving, analytics, reasoning and organiza-
tion
• Methods for ergonomics
• Industrial and eco-design
M2 teachings
• Logistics: design, assessment and improvement of a
logistical system using a logistics master plan
• Modelling and analysis of production systems
• Major Logistics and Urban Mobility:deals with ques-
tions around urban logistics, cross docking, and with
the related methods
• Major Engineering of Human Assets, Innovative
Products and Urban Mobility: deals with questions
around transportation and mobility in urban contexts
focused on the needs created by their usage by indi-
viduals.
Masters in Industrial and Transportation Engineering
Major:Logistics and Urban Mobility
Major:Engineering of Human Assets,Innovative Products and Urban Mobility
Olivier GRUNDER
+33 (0)3 84 58 33 29 - olivier.grunder@utbm.fr - www.utbm.fr
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9. “Student in IT engineering, (minor
Image Interaction and Virtual Reality),
I was also interested in research and teaching,
partly because of the quality of the virtual rea-
lity platform I was working on. I have chosen
to enter the IMR master to broaden my vision
of the field, and to find a research orientation
before my thesis. While I wish to become a
researcher and teach, those two degrees have
also the advantage to keep open the career
opportunities in industry as an engineer.”
A Well Rounded Profile
This curriculum offers a training in va-
rious fields in a consistent ensemble:
■ Networks
■ Positioning techniques
■ Programming of mobile terminals
■ Geolocation systems
■ High-performance computing
■ Processing and analysis of 2D/3D
data
■ 3D display and modelling
Geolocation and 3D:
Apprehend the Environment
This curriculum aims to train managers in the field of IT specialized in the design, develop-
ment and deployment of mobile and distributed applications and infrastructures. Courses
focus on mobile networks, distributed computing, geolocation along with the perception and
modelling of the environment.
All theory lessons are completed by supervised work and projects meant to materialize the
teachings. The curriculum ends on a 6-month internship in a partner laboratory or industrial
business,allowing students to see the possible practical applications and career opportunities.
The knowledge and methods acquired through the curriculum enable students to feel com-
fortable in fast changing technological environments, and for some to prepare to a career as
a researcher.
Career opportunities
IMR graduates may aim employment in the
communication technologies, mobile appli-
cation development and 2D/3D data proces-
sing industries:
• As middle-level managers: the curriculum
provides with a broad approach of IT, ena-
bling students to choose among many op-
tions.
• As project managers in businesses that
deploy mobile IT solutions (infrastructure,
terminals and interactive 3D environments).
Benoît Béroule,
IMR graduate, 2014
Curriculum
Contact
Masters in Computer Sciences
Major:Mobile and Distributed IT (IMR)
Oumaya BAALA CANALDA
+33 (0)3 84 58 31 42 - oumaya.baala@utbm.fr - www.utbm.fr
3rd
semester4th
semester
Modelling and
assessment of IT systems
Virtualization of
IT systems and
architectures
Business English
and communication
MASTER’S DEGREE
INTERNSHIP in BUSINESS or LABORATORY
6 months
Minor
Cloud Computing Systems
Minor
Context Aware Applications
MASTER2
Bac +4
Bac +5
IMR
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10. 10
Communicate Anywhere
Embedded systems are nowadays ex-
pected to communicate with their en-
vironment. Defining new protocols or
modifying an existing one requires ex-
tended skills, from their design to their
validation and verification. Networks,
whether they are basic or informal,also
have numerous properties that need
to be understood to deliver relevant
specifications and an optimum level of
service.
Understanding
Intelligent Systems
This curriculum aims to prepare for the integrated software design of more complex, autono-
mous and networked future embedded systems.
The teachings include the introduction to the concepts,models, tools, techniques,and metho-
dology necessary to design and develop networked intelligent systems. Topics are software
engineering, embedded systems, simulation and location of connected systems, communica-
tion networks.
The curriculum’s objective is to train competent and effective graduates able to work indiffe-
rently at the local or international level. The program combines core teachings with projects
and on-site experiences. A project with tutorship enable students to apply their skills on a
practical case, while the 6-month internship in a partner laboratory or an industrial business
allow them to have a clear vision of their future roles.
Career opportunities
Industrial and embedded IT are rapidly evol-
ving towards better software, more com-
plexity, more services and more intelligence.
Those evolutions take place in a context
where distributed infrastructures have be-
come commonplace and interconnectivity
tend to extend to all machines and equipe-
ment. The graduates acquire through the
curriculum all skills and knowledge necessa-
ry to apply for high-level management posi-
tions in manufacturing and services.
Curriculum
Contact
Masters in Automation and Industrial IT
Major:Embedded Communication Systems (SEC)
Alexandre CAMINADA
+33 (0)3 84 58 34 92 - alexandre.caminada@utbm.fr - www.utbm.fr
3rd
semester4th
semester
Initiation
toresearch
Anglais
Project
(withtutorship)
Softwareengineering
Embedded
systems
Networkand
telecommunications
Mobility
andcommunications
MASTER’S DEGREE
INTERNSHIP in BUSINESS or LABORATORY
6 months
MASTER2
Bac +4
Bac +5
SEC
“Ihave entered the UTBM via the Com-
puter Sciences department and its ILC
major following a university diploma in tele-
communications and networks at the Institut
Supérieur de l’Informatique et de la Techno-
logie de Communication in Hammam Sousse
(Tunisia). I have undertaken a second curricu-
lum during my last year: SEC (Embedded Com-
munication Systems), in partnership with the
ENSISA. I finished as the class valedictorian.
My final project dealt with aeronautics and
was conducted at Altys Technologies in Bor-
deaux. I developed a JEE application for air
control simulating in real time the aircrafts’
positions, and another one in C embedded in
LINUX meant to supervise radio communica-
tion between aircrafts and relays.
I received dozens of employment offers after
my graduation. I chose a position of design and
development engineer in Atos Bezons.”
Maycem AMOR,
UTBM IT engineer
and SEC graduate

11. “The curriculum answers to the needs
of industrial businesses looking for
skills in both engineering and research. This
dual set of skills is what interested me in the
first place and pushed me to enter this master
curriculum along with my studies in enginee-
ring. It allowed me to acquire knowledge in
energy conversion and management. I combi-
ned my two internships, allowing me to work 6
months on both cutting edge and immediately
useable researchs. This dual set of skills drew
the attention of my current employer,Vinci
Energies. A significant part of my work there is
the application of what I learned in this curri-
culum.”
Electric fuel cells:
High efficiency energy
Students in the EE curriculum have full
access to the largest fuel celle develop-
ment platform in Europe.
It constitutes a rich and original trai-
ning platform for our students and
allow them to put the theory in prac-
tice, notably in the field of the usage of
electric fuel cells in a future renewable
energy mix.
Graduates enjoy the added value of
those teachings on the employment
market, notably for positions linked to
research on electric engineering.
Electricity at the
Core of EnergyTransition
The Electric Energy curriculum prepare students to scientific and technological research. This
research can be public, through doctoral studies in a laboratory or research center, or private,
for students who wish to become engineers in businesses’R&D departments.
The teachings notably focus on the intergration of hybrid energy sources (thermoelectricity,
electric fuel cells), energy storage (electrochemistry, inertia), power conditioning (robust fault-
tolerant static converters), innovative electric engines, power management systems for trans-
portation (automotive, aeronautics, rail, marine) as well as stationary systems (backup power
supply,network filtering).
Career opportunities
The curriculum is mainly meant for students
who wish to continue their studies in Electric
Engineering through a doctoral thesis, in a
laboratory or a research center.
Graduates can also aim to work in public and
private insititutions as a research and deve-
lopment engineer.
The curriculum leads to numerous opportu-
nities for students in technological research,
in a context of increasing air pollution and
shortage of fossil fuels.
Narjiss ELGUETIOUI
2013 graduate
Curriculum
11
3rd
semester4th
semester
5 theory
teaching units
Projet (initiation
to research)
Practical english
MASTER’S DEGREE
INTERNSHIP in R&D DEPARTMENT or LABORATORY
6 months
Contact
Masters in Electric,Electronic and Industrial IT Engineering
Major:Electric Energy (EE)
Abdessler DJERDIR
+33 (0)3 84 58 36 12 - abdessler.djerdir@utbm.fr - www.utbm.fr
MASTER2
Bac +4
Bac +5
MASTEREE

12. Doctoral degrees are confered after an average of 3 years of research in a research laboratory
and a complementary training leading to a thesis defence..
The UTBM is co-accredited to confer the title of Doctor in 8 fields:
• Automation
• Energy
• Electric Engineering
• Computer Sciences
• Materials
• Mechanics
• Engineering sciences
• History
• Doctoral contract:
A public fixed-term 3-year contract.
The status is recognized at the national level
and offers a mimimum remuneration of 1,363
€ (or 1,799€ with an endorsement). Doctoral
students are considered professionals and
can dedicate their time to their researches.
Endorsements engage the students to dedi-
cate a sixth of their time to teaching acti-
vities, expertise services in industrial envi-
ronments, valorization of research results
or dissemination of technical and scientific
information.
• Regional allowance:
The regional authority of Franche-Comté
supports UTBM’s research projects and
contributes to the funding of doctoral
contracts.
• CIFRE - Industrial Conventions for Training
through Research:
The CIFRE conventions gather three partners
around a research project leading to a thesis
defence: a business, a laboratory and a gra-
duate. They are meant for businesses com-
mitted to entrust a master’s graduate with
research work in a partner laboratory.
Training
Doctoral studies consist of a training
to research and innovation through
research.
They lead to be confered the title of
Doctor by the Université de Technolo-
gie de Belfort Montbéliard.
The curriculum includes a mimimum
of 100 hours of doctoral courses:
20 hours minimum
Toolbox
20 hours minimum
General education
40 hours minimum
Scientific training
Become a Doctor
Doctoral Studies
Contact
Department of Research and Doctoral Studies
+33 (0)3 84 58 31 39 - direction.recherche@utbm.fr - www.utbm.fr
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Funding
A thesis cannot be started unless the doctoral school has a funding guarantee.
Funding can be of various natures.The most common are:

13. ED37 - SPIM Doctoral School
Physics for Engineering and Microtechnology.
Founded in 1990, the school gathers more than 450 doctoral students
and confer an average of 110 titles every year. It consists of 212 persons
authorized to direct researches in four institutions: the University of
Franche-Comté (UFC), the University of Bourgogne (UB), the Univer-
sité de Technologie Belfort-Montbéliard (UTBM) and the École Natio-
nale Supérieure de Mécanique et des Microtechniques de Besançon
(ENSMM).
The SPIM Doctoral School focus on optical,electronic,mechanical and
power systems, materials, automation, computer sciences, IT produc-
tion and time-frequency, with an emphasis on cutting-edge micro-
technology: innovative materials, woven layer composite structures,
intelligent sensors and actuators, optics and optoelectronics, micros-
copy,microrobotics.
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Director:Pr. Philippe Lutz (University of Franche-Comté)
Deputy Directors : Pr. Sophie Chauveau (Université de Technologie
Belfort-Montbéliard)
Pr. El-Bey Bourenanne (Université of Bourgogne).
http://ed-spim.univ-fcomte.fr
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Noelie Di Cesare,
Engineer (UTBM,
Mechanical Engineering
and Design), doctoral
student in Mechanics.
Become a Doctor
Doctoral Schools
ED38 - LETS Doctoral School
Languages, Spaces,Times, Societies
This multidisciplinary school gathers around 320 doctoral students
in UTBM’s IRTES-RECITS laboratory, the Faculty of Human, Linguistic
and Social Sciences (SLHS), the Faculty of Legal Sciences (SJEPG), the
Faculty of Sciences and Techniques of Physical Activities (STAPS) and
the LASELDI laboratory of the University of Franche-Comté (UFC).
The school aims to cover all fields related to the knowledge of indi-
vidual and collective human behaviors, in both their space and time
dimensions. The diversity of the training constitutes an asset in a
context where research in human and social sciences tend to become
incresingly cross-disciplinary. The school aims to develop this cross
feeding of knowledge to open new perspective for research and broa-
den the areas of competence of its students.
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Director:Thierry Martin
http://ecole-doctorale-lets.univ-fcomte.fr
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Could you explain in a few words what your thesis is
about?
I conduct research on the optimization of mechanical
metamaterials with metaheuristic methods. It means that
I am trying to adapt metaheuristic optimization methods
to metamaterial optimization. Metamaterials are mate-
rials having exceptional properties that cannot be found in
nature. They have numerous applications in fundamental
physics,electromagnetics,accoustics or mechanics.
I have started my researches on electromagnetic invisibi-
lity cloaks, but am focused now on developing mechanical
metamaterials that can be used for several purposes. An
example could be the Hoberman sphere.
Could you describe your typical day?
Each day is different, but all are pretty busy! I generally
start at 9AM and conduct my resarches until the end of
the day. There can be meetings with my thesis tutors or
courses during the day. My evenings are pretty much fil-
led with other activities around my researches: organizing
congresses, writing or reading scientific articles, correct my
students’papers and prepare course material.
Why did you choose doctoral studies?
There are many reasons. I found a passion for optimization
the first time I heard about it in the UTBM, and wanted to
know more on the subject.I also always wanted to teach in
university,for which a doctoral degree is required.
I simply love studying, and undertaking a doctoral degree
is a good way to learn something new almost every day. I
read scientific articles, delve into mathematical formulas,
learn new programming languages... those studies are all
about learning to discover things through discovery, and I
find that thrilling. I am training myself each and every day
to understand new theories, and hopefully to have an im-
portant scientific contribution in the future.
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The UTBM is co-accredited with the University of Franche-Comté to confer the title of Doctor via two doctoral schools:

14. Research at the UTBM
Meet the Social Challenges in Transporation,Mobility and Energy
How do Technologies
and Society Interact?
The interest of social sciences for
technology is not new. While the first
approaches of the subject were only
descriptive, social sciences recently
focused on the understanding of the
interactions between technologies
and society, exploring notably the
questions of puprose, benefits and
legitimacy.
One cannot say of machines that they are of high technicality if they are not
open, thus if the interaction between them is not permanently organized and
interpreted by a human being.The human being cannot only be the master of
what would be slaves:rather the leader of a society of objects that needs to be
directed,as an orchestra always needs its conductor.
Gilbert Simondon,philosopher
Research at the UTBM
and Its Stakeholders
Research at the UTBM is conducted in 3 main research units (IRTES-EA7274, FEMTO-ST-
UMR6174, IRAMAT-UMR5060) and a research federation (FC LAB-FR3539) dedicated to electric
fuel cells.
Several conventions with research institutions also complete this structure, notably the cor-
responding CEA research laboratory (LRC2635), in the field of high performance surface engi-
neering, and the common laboratory of Groupe UT and the Shanghai University, ComplexCity,
which aims to develop technological, organizational and social innovations to improve urban
life.
The UTBM has also numerous partnerships with large industrial businesses such as ALSTOM,
Peugeot,EADS,Safran.
Our 114 researchers and 110 doctoral students are the decisive stakeholders of the research
activity at the UTBM, which dedicated 16 m€ to research in 2013, including 2.5 m€ in contracts
in direct industrial partnership.
Contact
Department of Research and Doctoral Studies
+33 (0)3 84 58 31 39 - direction.recherche@utbm.fr - www.utbm.fr

15. Our Main Research Fields
y
Coating flame-sprayed on an engine
cylinder’s surface
e-Care, an intelligent systems used for patients
with cardiac insufficiency
From the Sun to the wheels:
mail delivery vehicles equipped with electric fuel cells
ComplexCity, conceve the cities of tomorrow
Energy and Environment
How to make power generation systems
more efficient? What wiil be the systems
of the future? What will be the impact of
a new energy mix on existing distribution
networks?
Materials and Processes
Materials and their production process is at
the core of the endeavour of designing more
efficient vehicles. Other applications can also
be found in the fields of healthcare and me-
dical devices.
Social questions
Interactions between technology and society
are numerous. While technology indeed
answers social needs, it is also important to
consider their impact. No reasoned, chosen
and shared technological progress can exist
without considering thoroughly both the
technical feasability of new solutions and
the socioeconomic implications of their de-
ployment.
Mobility
and Transportation
Design autonomous and intelligent vehicles.
Regulate nore efficiently roadway traffic.
Adapt transportation means and offer to
new mobility needs. Integrate ergonomical
and safety requirements.
FLO, a simulator for rail convoy behaviors
(partial view)
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16. Doctorates:
• One can enter doctoral studies in
one of UTBM’s research laboratories:
RTES : Research Institute for Trans-
poration, Energy and Society,
The CNRS FC Lab (Fuel Cell Lab) re-
search federation: gathers the labo-
ratories of Franche-Comté wor-
king on electric fuel cell systems,
FEMTO-ST (Franche-Comté Electronics
Mechanics Thermal dynamics and Optics
- Sciences and Technologies): joint CNRS
research unit (UMR 6174).
• Areas of excellence: energy and electric fuel
cell, transportation systems, optimization
of logistics and production, software engi-
neering and telecommunication networks,
materials, processes and surfaces, mecha-
tronics (methods, models and applications),
mechanical electronics, thermal dynamics
and optics, metallurgy and culture, study of
industrial, technological and social change
• Theses can be under joint tutorship
• All doctoral students benefit from a 3-year
funding
• International mobility: research trips
abroad, regardless of nationality, in Europe
as a part of the Erasmus program or in other
parts of the world.
Admission:recruitment file and interview
French language level requirements:none
Duration: 3 years or 1.5 year out of 3 at the
UTBM for joint tutorships.
Yearly tuition fees:391 euros (2014-2015)
Choosing the UTBM
A Truly International Institution
Foreign Students Reception
and Integration
The UTBM welcomes numerous foreign
students and staff (18,6 %). A dedicated
office is open to both students and re-
searchers to facilitate their integration.
It offers various services:
■ Support for administrative formali-
ties and visa applications
■ French language and culture accele-
rated courses at the beginning of each
semester
■ Other French lanugages courses are
also offered during the semesters. Va-
rious levels are available
■ Several curriculums include teachings
in English language to facilitate lear-
ning for foreign students
The UTBM is a public university member of the CPU, CGE, CDEFI, AUF and the Campus France
forum. We are also member of an international network including Troyes University of Tech-
nology (UTT), Compiègne University of Technology (UTC) and the Sino-European University of
Technology (UTSEUS) hosted by the Shanghai University in China.
Founded in 1999, the UTBM implements a dynamic international policy that includes pro-
grams with a strong international aspect,suitable for foreign students and meant to promote
Francophonie. The UTBM created 140 partnerships with foreign universities on 5 continents
and has double diploma agreements with institutions in Great Britain,Lebanon,China,Colom-
bia and Canada.
5 Good Reasons to Study at the UTBM
Masters:
• Dual training (engineering and masters):
one can choose between 5 engineering cur-
riculums,8 professional master’s curriculums
• Curriculum structure: semester-based, Eu-
ropean Credit Transfer System (ECTS), 6-mon-
th interships in industrial businesses and
research laboratories
• International mobility: Study semesters
abroad via student exchange, regardless of
nationality, in one of our partner university
in Europe (Erasmus +) or in other parts of the
world thanks to our bilateral conventions
• Curriculums designed to fit the employ-
ment market
• Curriculums open to foreign students with
more than 30 teaching units offered in En-
glish.
Admission:recruitment file and interview
French language level requirements:none
Duration:2 years
Yearly tuition fees:256 euros (2014-2015)
Contact
Jaafar GABER
+33 (0)3 84 58 32 52 - jaafar.gaber@utbm.fr - www.utbm.fr
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17. Choosing the UTBM
Engineering Curriculums
Semester 1 Semester 2 Semester 3 Semester 4 Semester 5 Semester 6 Semester 7 Semester 8 Semester 9 Semester 10
Ergonomics, industrial
design and mechanical
Engineering
IT Engineering
Energy Engineering
Industrial engineering
and management
Mechanical
Engineering and Design
DEGREE
IN ENGINEERING
(CTI-accredited)
Doctorate Bac +8
TECHNICALINTERNSHIP1mois
ELECTIVEINTERNSHIPABROAD1mois
INTERNSHIP
in
BUSINESS
6 mois
FINAL
PROJECT
6 mois
5-YEAR DIPLOMA IN ENGINEERING
COMMON CORE SPECIFIC TRAINING
Bac Bac +1 Bac +2 Bac +3 Bac +4
Bachelor
in Sciences
Technology
DEUTEC
University Degree
in Technology
YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 YEAR 4 YEAR 5
PERIODES EN ENTREPRISE
Part-time work-linked training in engineering
300 ECTS credits
UTBM Engineers:
Another Way of Looking at the World
The UTBM confer titles of Engineer recognized by the Commission du Titre d’Ingénieur. We
train engineers who are rapidly efficient and who easily adapt to technological and social
evolutions. Our curriculum are designed based on our resarch activities and with considera-
tion towards valorization.
Ergonomics,industrial design and mechanical Engineering
Graduates display creativity in the design, innovation, development and assessment of the
products, tools and mechanical systems meant to fit with users’needs, expectations and spe-
cifities.
Mechanical Engineering and Design
Graduates are able to lead and conduct projects involving the design of mechanical products,
equipments and processes. They use the advanced engineering methods developed by re-
search and cutting edge digital tools to innovate in design and manufacturing, with consise-
ration towards quality and sustainability.
Engineering management of industrial systems
Graduates are able to industrialize a product, design or create its production processes, from
dedicated machines to their environment (factory). They can pilot an industrial facility, lead
teams and projects, with consideration towards both human (team leading) and technical
(manage the park of machines,optimize process workflows) aspects.
Energy Engineering
Graduates displays skills in various fields, enabling them to rapidly find a position in several
industries linked with energy. Competences include energy production processes, transport,
storage, conversion and management, as well as specific skills related to the use of energy in
transportation and housing.
IT Engineering
Graduates are able to design and deploy innovative software,IT applications and IT systems.
They have all the scientific and human skills necessary to meet the challenges and adapt to
change.
Engineering through
Apprenticeship
The UTBM, in partnership with the
CFAI and the ITII, offers to become an
engineer through apprenticeship. This
initiative is meant to answer needs
expressed by businesses, and concerns
several fields:
■ Electric Engineering
■ Industrial Logistics and Organization
■ IT applied to Information Systems
Engineering
■ Mechanical Design for Energy and
Transportation
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Contact
Carine BOURGEOIS
+33 (0)3 84 58 30 34 - carine.bourgeois@utbm.fr - www.utbm.fr

18. Means to innovate
• Pôle de Compétitivité Véhicule du
Futur
Its purpose is to invent the mobility
solutions for a sustainable future. Its
work emcompasses automotive me-
chanics and design engineering for the
development of innovative mobility
solutions.
• Vallée de l'Énergie
Its purpose it to facilitate the struc-
turation of the activities linked with
energy in Franche-Comté. It gathers
major corporate customers, sub-
contractors, research laboratories and
teaching institutions.
• Pôle des Microtechniques
Its projects focuses on future social
stakes such as health, transportation,
energy, restrictive policies and their
repercussions.
Franche-Comté combines a rich industrial history and an attache-
ment to nature and culture. It offers numerous outdoor activities, a
rich heritage,fine dining,among others.It is located at the crossroads
of Europe,close to Germany and Switzerland and at a mere 2h15 from
Paris.
It offers an ideal environment for students who wish to combine ad-
vanced studies and a excellent quality of life.
A Vibrant Region
The regions features 2 Regional Parks, 5,300 km of rivers, 10,000 km of
hiking trails, 2,000 km of cross country ski routes and numerous activi-
ties for avid sports fans and athletes.
The region also hosts major cultural and artistic events such as the Eu-
rockéennes.
The most industrialized region in France
The region attracted large groups such as PSA PEUGEOT CITROËN, FAURECIA, ALSTOM TRANS-
PORT, GENERAL ELECTRIC, SOLVAY, BEL, JOHN DEERE, NESTLÉ, KRAFT FOOD and numerous SME
that develop their activities around them.
Energy Industry
The region gathers the global leaders in the energy industry: Converteam, General Electric.
They have found all the technological resources necessary for the development of their acti-
vity with more than 200 subcontractors,reasearch laboratories and teaching institutions.
Automotive Industry
Cradle of PSA Peugeot Citroën, 2nd
largest maker in Europe, the Sochaux site produces 1,630
daily and hosts a RD department.
Faurecia, 3rd
largest supplier of automobile parts in Europe, has installed its global innovation
department for emission control technologies in the region. SEGULA,one of the European lea-
der in engineering and innovation consulting also develops its activities in Montbéliard.
Franche-Comté
• 35,589 students including
7,500 in Belfort Montbéliard
• 1 ,173,440 inhabitants including
309,164 in Belfort Montbéliard
Choosing the UTBM
Belfort-Montbéliard,
a Vibrant Innovation Center
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Paris (TGV: 2 h 15)
Dijon (TGV: 0 h 50)
Strasbourg
(TGV: 1 h 15)
Nancy
Besançon
Germany
Switzerland
Belgium
station
TGV
Mulhouse
Montbéliard
Belfort
Sevenans
Lyon (TGV: 2 h 25)
Freiburg
Basel

19. Meet,Share and Commit
with DOCEO
The association of UTBM’s doctors and
doctoral students DOCEO has three
major missions.
The first is to gather and represent
UTBM’s doctoral students around re-
creational activities (Dinner during the
festive season and at the end of the
year...), sports (bowling, ice skating...)
and educational activities (welcoming
the newcomers, for example).
The second is to facilitate professional
integration by organizing major events
such as the UTBM’s seminar IngéDoc,
visits of laboratories or the coming of
notable guest speakers from France
and around the world.
The third is the valorization and pro-
motion of UTBM’s doctoral curriculums
and researches.
DOCEO has reached its objectives after
only two years of existence: more than
40 students are now commited to or-
ganize a minimum of one event each
month.
The UTBM is present on 3 campuses: Bel-
fort, Sevenans and Montbéliard.
Equipments are numerous and guarantee
an easy practice of both curricular and
extracurricular activities:
• 800 workstation for students
• 2 libraries
• 2 multimedia language rooms
• A student reception and university
canteen on all 3 sites
• A student residence in Belfort with a
300-person capacity
More information on residence
and catering at:
www.utbm.fr
An Excellent Quality of Life
on All 3 Campuses
Choosing the UTBM
Live and Share your Passions
The Most Notable Events
in UTBM Student Life
Festival du Film d’un Jour (FF1J)
This student film festival hosted and organized by the UTBM gathe-
red more than 800 students from univesrities, Grandes Ecoles and
schools of cinema in its 9 years of existence. The challenge is simple:
write,direct and edit a short movie in less than 50 hours.
Festiv’UT : UTBM’s festival
This half-day festival, free and open to everyone, takes place in May.
The event is organized by UTBM students and features concerts,
dance performances, games, food and beverages stalls, photo exhibi-
tions,short movie projections and initiatives for disability awareness.
FIMU
The FIMU gathers 250 UTBM students every year for a weekend.They
deploy 15 stages around Belfort, to organize 250 concerts of all genres
performed by 3,000 artists from all across the world.
24h Innovation Maker
An international contest organized by the ETS Montréal and that
takes place at several locations around the
world. Competitors have 24 hours and not a
second more to cover a predefined subject.
Congrès industriel
Every year, students, businesses and resear-
chers gather around a theme to exchange
ideas and contact numbers.
Welcome Club
The club aims to ensure the best possible
reception for foreign students and to help
them in their integration. It organizes a week
dedicated to foreign students each begin-
ning of the year.
Sports
The Office of Sports enable students to
practice their favorite sports, for training
purposes or in competition. A vast majority
of the most popular sports are available.
Culture and celebrations
Shows, exhibitions, movie projections and
concerts take place on a regular basis. No-
tabe events are: the Eurockéennes, the Festi-
val Rencontres et Racines, the Festival du film
Entrevues and the Fête de la Science.
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20. UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE BELFORT-MONTBÉLIARD
90010 Belfort cedex - France - Tel. +33 (0)3 84 58 30 00 - Fax +33 (0)3 84 58 30 30 - www.utbm.fr
Photo credits: Marc Barral Baron/UTBM, Samuel Carnovali, C.R.T. Franche-Comté, Eurockéennes/Michaël ACHILI -
Eyelive, iStockphoto, François Jouffroy, Daniel Nowak, PSA Peugeot Citroën direction de la communication Jérôme
Lejeune, Valérie Szewczyk, UTBM/DR
Open Days,
Shows,
Forums
at
www.utbm.fr
Applications for M1 or M2,
Admissions in September only:
• Recruitment file and interview
• Forms available from November 15th to
May 15th at www.utbm.fr/inscription-mas-
ter
Applications for doctoral
studies:
• Apply for a thesis subject at
www.utbm.fr/recherche/doctorat.html
• Send a spontaneous application to direc-
tion.recherche@utbm.fr including a resume
and a cover letter.
Join the UTBM for a
Master’s or Doctoral Degree
utbm.communication06/2015
Follow the UTBM on:
Fees (2014-2015) :
Master’s degree tuition fees: 256 euros
(free for French government grant holders)
Doctorate tuition fees: 391 euros
(free for French government grant holders)
Medical check: 5.10 euros (mandatory)
Social insurance: 213 euros.
All enquiries:
Danielle Bertrand
Tel. + 33(0)3 84 58 31 39
danielle.bertrand@utbm.fr
www.utbm.fr
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