INTERNATIONAL MASTER’S DEGREE IN COMPUTER SCIENCES

The aim of this master is to train engineering experts in order to be able to address the new challenges of current and future generations of digital societies. Current trends on industrial and digital technologies represented by the Internet of things, cyber-physical systems, social networks, Artificial Intelligence, cloud computing, big data, cognitive computing, mobile robotics, digital twin, and additive manufacturing have provided the basis for a new industrial revolution named Industry 4.0.

Our Industry 4.0 Computer Sciences Master degree offers a 1 year, full-time postgraduate program, aimed at providing solid scientific and technological foundations in order innovate, design and develop future digital organisations based on the new Smart Anything Everywhere (SAE) paradigm. It is suited for students with engineering background planning both an academic or an industrial career and provides the theoretical basis and the practical expertise required to pursue in research or R&D organisations.

The master is fully taught in English, providing a main common curriculum and two options named Digital Manufacturing and IT Digital Transformation.
This master is hosted by the College of Sciences and Technologies for Energy and Environment (STEE) of the Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour (UPPA) in Anglet (France) as well as The National Engineering School of Tarbes (ENIT) of the Université of Technology Tarbes Occitanie Pyrénées (UTTOP).
This master is supported by the prestigious French Initiative of Excellence label I-SITE (Initiatives Sciences, Innovation, Territories and Economy) and profit from the territorial synergy of the Aerospace industry located in the south west valley of France.
The program is carried out in close collaboration with the LIUPPA research laboratory and Production Engineering Laboratory (LGP) as well as several R&D organisations, where scientific and experimental practices will be performed.
Students will also benefit from the global research environment and administrative support of the UPPA, ENIT and the E2S I-site program.

Program objectives

Prepare students at an advanced specialised level to meet present and future scientific and technological challenges in digital industries and enterprises
Develop research skills to engage in quality and successful research
Prepare students for leading positions in private and public organisations in research and development departments

Student learning outcomes

At the end of this program, the students in the «Industry 4.0 Computer Sciences Master» will be able to:

Identify and analyse the functional and non-functional requirements of digital organizations (industries and enterprises)

Design and model multi-dimensional architectures resulting from the integration and coordination of Internet of Everything entities (IoT, Data, People, Services and Cloud Computing infrastructures, robots, 3D printers, etc.) aimed at satisfying the requirements of digital organization

Develop and implement a proof of concept system integrating the various Internet of Everything dimensions

Design and conduct experiments in order to test and evaluate Industry 4.0 systems

Review, analyse, and interpret the body of scientific literature, contemporary issues and innovations computer sciences and information technologies disciplines

Carry out a research project aimed at developing a state of the art and at identifying and solving scientific and technological challenges in the context of the Industry 4.0

Prospects for employment

Digital Mentor
Collaborative Robots Expert
IT/OT Integration Manager
Industrial Big Data Scientist
Lean 4.0 Engineer
Digital Ethics Officer

Detailed program facts

Starting in: Applications are opened every year from December, to start on September next year
Program intensity: Full-time / Duration: 1 year / Credits: 60 ECTS
Languages: Fully taught in English
Delivery mode: On Campus at both ENIT (Tarbes) and LIUPPA Laboratory (Anglet)
Head of the Master Program: Professor Ernesto EXPOSITO and Associate Professor Hedi KARRAY

Detailed program

Admission requirements

ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS

Minimum required score: CECRL B2 level in English

ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS:

Applicants must hold a Bachelor of Engineering, Bachelor of Science or equivalent

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

Applicants must be fluent in English, both in writing and speaking. An applicant whose native language is not English has to take a recognized international English test

Expenses

Administrative tuition in France is determined at a national level. The French Ministerial Order of April 19, 2019, amended on June 9, 2020, sets university tuition for a Master's Program as follows: European nationals: €243, extra-European nationals: €3770.

For the academic year 2023-2024, the Board of Directors has extended its policy of automatically providing a partial reduction of these fees at the UPPA. As a result, extra-European nationals will be granted automatic partial reductions such that they will be able to pay the same enrollment fees as European nationals.

Extra fees:

In addition to academic tuition, most students must pay a student body fee (CVEC, which cost €100 in 2023-2024).