Energy program
M1 Energy
In 2019, the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées launched a Master's degree in Energy to highlight the specific features of its approach in this field: offering a systemic vision that enables energy transition strategies to be managed at different scales.
To this end, the Master's program combines renewable energy production engineering with demand management (through energy efficiency, particularly in transport and buildings, and through changes to the organization of our production systems and land use planning) and the technical and economic optimization of networks.
This involves mastering several analytical tools from the fields of engineering, humanities and social sciences, the environment, and digital technology.
The unique curriculum of this Master's program, Energy Transition and Territories, was designed in response to demand from the business world and local authorities, which have a significant need for engineers and managers with such multidisciplinary expertise.
- UE/EEA/Switzerland: €4,859
- Non-UE/EEA/ Switzerland: €7,148
- engineering student from IP Paris schools: €166
M2 Energy Transition At Local Scale (TET)
Environmental issues (climate change and atmospheric pollution), pressures on finite resources, the slow movement towards decentralisation, the conditions are in place for an energy transition and for it to be the regions, in their diversity and their scale, which will be the main actors of this transition.
However, this implies engaging people who have simultaneously:
- real technical competence in the thermal and/or energy sphere;
- technical competence with regards to energy efficiency in transport or construction;
- competences in energy-saving, project financing and business plan and business model development;
- knowledge and analysis of public policies, geo-strategy and the regulatory framework;
- competences in infrastructures;
- mastery of appropriate optimisation tools;
- a capacity to assess and foster the adoption of new energy models.
It is because its research laboratories work on these different dimensions dimensions that École nationale des ponts et chaussées decided to set up the Masters Energy Transition At Local Scale.
The aim is to provide training in the simulation, modelling, design, assessment and operation of a system (vehicle, building, process, product, service…) in terms of observed energy performance, from the scale of individual materials to the scale of the city, including buildings, infrastructures, transport systems, all in consonance with the geopolitical challenges of energy, and with a particular emphasis on acceptability and the appropriate scale.
The aim of the Masters is also to:
- provide a technical overview of the methods of producing and storing energy and the technologies involved;
- reinforce the technical competences acquired in the first year of the Masters programme, in particular in terms of energy management and economy in construction and/or transport;
- provide a framework for understanding the geostrategic issues associated with energy and cover the relevant regulatory aspects;
- reinforce understanding of the operation of the energy markets;
- provide instruments for managing infrastructures and optimise strategies for balancing supply/demand at different territorial scales (building, neighbourhood, city…);
- produce viable energy strategy business models;
- learn to deploy and combine all the skills necessary for setting and managing an energy strategy;
- develop the acceptability of energy transition in dialogue with the different stakeholders.
Openings
- Energy project manager for territorial authorities or energy firms.
- Smart grid engineer and manager.
- Engineer and energy efficiency manager in construction or transport.
- UE/EEA/Switzerland: €4,859
- Non-UE/EEA/ Switzerland: €7,148
- engineering student from IP Paris schools: €166
Admission
These programs are open to French, European, and international students.
To apply for an M1, you must hold a bachelor's degree (awarded by a French institution), an international bachelor's degree, or an equivalent qualification (180 ECTS credits).
Applications for M1 programs must be submitted via the Institut Polytechnique de Paris registration platform or the "Mon Master" website.
To apply for an M2, you must have earned 60 ECTS credits in a Master's program or hold a degree corresponding to 240 ECTS credits, or hold a Master's degree.
Applications for M2 programs must be submitted via the Institut Polytechnique de Paris registration platform.
Engineering students from the Institut Polytechnique de Paris schools have the opportunity to enter directly into the second year of a Master's degree program.
Admission calendar
Application on "Mon Master" website:
- Starting in February 2026
Applications via the Institut Polytechnique de Paris registration platform
- Session 1: from 29 Octobre 2025 to 8 January 2026
- Session 2: from 9 January 2026 to 26 March 2026
- Session 3: from 27 March 2026 au 28 May 2026 (some masters are not open during the 3rd session)