Health and humanitarian engineer

The 'Health and Humanitarian Engineer' option is entirely in keeping with Centrale Nantes' commitment to offering high-level teaching and prepare for careers in the health and humanitarian sectors.
 

Objective

• understand the challenges of healthcare and humanitarian aid for patients, citizens and healthcare professionals,
• gain an insight into the health and humanitarian sectors in France, Europe and the rest of the world,
• anticipate developments in the healthcare and humanitarian sector through new technologies,
• understand the players in the healthcare industry
• gain an insight into public and private hospital professions
• find your bearings in the humanitarian sector
• find your way into industrial and service professions
• take part in technical and organizational projects alongside committed stakeholders.

Contribution to sustainable development goals

International students can follow this option, taught in French, via:
 

• A double degree programme - Open to international students selected by our partner institutions. Selected students spend two years studying courses from the engineering programme at Centrale Nantes. This usually includes one year of the common-core engineering curriculum followed by one year of specialisation. Double degree students are typically accepted after successfully completing two or three years of higher education in their home institution.
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• The fast-track engineering programme: Open to students with a Bachelor's or equivalent degree in science. Our fast-track programme gives international students who are qualified to bachelor level the opportunity to gain the 'diplôme d'ingénieur' in just two years.
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Academic Year 2024/2025

Part 1 (48 hours): Engineering in the healthcare field

• Medicine (basic knowledge of medicine, population health and its political and societal organization),
• Hospital engineering (digital, biomedical, research, logistics, construction, quality)
• Engineering in healthcare companies (drugs, imaging, biomedical equipment, information systems, consulting, etc.),

Part 2 (48 hours): Engineering in the humanitarian field

• Missions (pre-crisis, crisis, post-crisis, ethics, vaccination, education, prevention, care, rehabilitation, autonomy)
• Organization (logistics engineering, mission management, recruitment, adaptation, quality)
• Design (reliability, simplicity, logistical and energy independence, etc.)

Part 3 (40 hours): Healthcare and humanitarian projects