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Hydrography - Oceanography
Diplôme d'ingénieur

ENSTA Bretagne is one of the few institutes around the world that offers this programme.


This programme is open to international students with most of the courses taught in English. The course involves a five-month postgraduate level research project and aims to prepare students for work in applied research.


Three specializations

Hydrographic Engineering and Data Processing

-Bathymetrical data processing

-Multibeam sounders

-Processing of geographical/geomatic data.

Operational Oceanography

-Modelling of ocean-atmosphere interactions

-Oceanographic instrumentation

-Installation of in-situ detectors

Submarine Instrumentation - Marine

-Observation Network

-Submarine observation systems

-Observatory architectures

-Processing data from research.

Aims of the programme

Acquire and develop knowledge of:


  • Hydrography
  • Fundamentals of physical Oceanography
  • Gathering and analysing field data
  • Survey technologies and methodologies
  • Managing hydrographic projects


Equipment

The programme has access to a wide range of survey instrumentation including echo and frequency sounders, tide gauges, magnetometers and gravimeters. Students are also provided with the latest data processing software.


Furthermore the “Panopée”, a highly equipped survey craft, is available to the students for practical work at sea.


The "Panopée", ENSTA Bretagne's survey craft



3D representation of the seabed,


Application on line
Application for the different training cycles at ENSTA Bretagne begins 20 January 2012 and ends 15 May 2012.

Contact


Entry-level requirements
To enter the programme in first year applicants must hold a BSc degree.


To enter the programme in second year applicants must have one or more of the following qualifications:


  • An Engineering degree from a French Grande Ecole.
  • An MSc degree awarded by a French university
  • An equivalent qualification from a foreign university or institute which is accepted by the admissions committee.
Scholarships
European funding
The ERASMUS programme enables European students to obtain grants to study or do internships outside of their home country
 
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