Sensors are omnipresent in our modern world. To give just a few examples: in the environment, they are used to detect and quantify the presence of pollutants in water or the atmosphere; in medicine, they enable 2D or even 3D imaging of the eye or arteries, or the early diagnosis of diseases.

Most of the latest high-performance sensors are based on electronic or optical/photonic components, and we don't even know it. Against this backdrop of ever-increasing and more demanding demand, the IDIL Master's degree Photonic & electronic sensors for the environment and health aims to train highly qualified personnel in the field of electronic and photonic sensors, with a focus on applications in the environment and health, supported by long stays in research laboratories.

Graduates can then choose to complete their training to become researchers in the public or private sectors, responsible for developing new systems that open up the field of possibilities for the future.

Programme overview:

The training program is supported by the Institut d'Électronique et des Systèmes, an international Univ. de Montpellier / CNRS research laboratory in the field of sensors and photonics.

Supervised by renowned researchers, you will learn to master state-of-the-art experimental techniques enabling you to design and manufacture lasers, sensors, detectors and other key components using cutting-edge technological equipment, right through to the application of these components, particularly in the environmental and health fields. 

Examples of teaching units :

• Sensors & Associated systems
• Lasers & Photodiodes
• Technology & Design tools for sensors
• Photonics Instrumentation & Metrology

Objectives:

The main aim of the "Photonic & Electronic Sensors for the Environment and Health" course is to train independent students with a strong spirit of innovation to develop tomorrow's systems for health and environmental diagnostics and treatment, through immersion in a top-notch research laboratory.

As part of the IDIL program, this course aims to train students through and for research, with a view to pursuing a doctorate, notably through IDIL funding.

Through this program, we aim to train students with cutting-edge knowledge in photonics and sensors, who can easily address environmental and healthcare applications thanks to the IDIL program's trans-disciplinary approach.

Professional integration:

The IDIL Master's program is designed to train students through and for research.

It is therefore natural for students to go on to a doctorate in the short term, in order to join the ranks of engineers, researchers and teacher-researchers working on electronic and photonic technologies, particularly for the environment and health.

However, given the monumental growth of these technologies in many fields, in a hyper-connected world of multiple sensors, and bearing in mind that photonics is to the 21st century what electronics was to the 20th century, there will be many engineering-level career opportunities in other fields such as industrial control, defense, communications, space, etc.