The 1st year of the engineering course gives students the opportunity to acquire all the fundamental tools of the ICAM Arts & Métiers general engineer. The three major fields of mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and industrial engineering are complemented by essential skills in computer science and materials science. In addition to acquiring scientific and technical skills, the human and managerial course teaches students to be analytical, enterprising and creative, to be positively involved in relationships with others, and to be open to the corporate world and the international market.

Subjects

• Scientific tools for engineers: probability and statistics, combinatorial and sequential logic
• Computer science and information technology: algorithmics and programming language, Java object-oriented programming, computer project management
  
• Electrical and Automation Engineering: analogue electronics, automation, motors and generators, power, installation and electrical transformers
• Materials science and engineering: physical chemistry of materials – metallic materials, strength of materials and mechanics of continuous media
• Mechanical engineering: general mechanics, mechanical design, systems mechanics, mechanical design – CAD – PLM
• Industrial engineering: introduction to business, Lean and quality, industrial processes, Lean Six Sigma, intellectual property, stocks and methods
• Human and managerial training: personal and professional project, communication, cultural support and engineering ethics
• Language course: English and German culture, language and intercultural communication
• Expertise: two modules chosen from the following list of eight modules: Renewable Energies, Machining Processes, Management in a Constrained Environment, Brainstorming, 3D Printing, Advanced CAD, AI for Image Processing, IoT – test bench

  

Commitment project

Each first-year engineering student is involved in a civic, community or professional project for 25 hours per semester.

Internship

The 6-week operator internship is to be completed from June to August.

The 2nd year deals with the advanced industrial techniques needed now and in the future. A large part of the year is devoted to learning about energy and digital technology to be in a position to respond to environmental and societal challenges. At the same time, students are encouraged to define their professional project to determine the profile of their final year of study.

Subjects

• Computer science and information technology: databases, network architecture and security
• Electrical and Automation Engineering: embedded systems, power electronics, programmable components, control and regulation, instrumentation
• Materials science and engineering: polymeric and ceramic materials, heat treatment and corrosion
• Mechanical engineering: vibrations, the finite element method, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, thermodynamics and thermal machines
• Industrial engineering: innovation and design, eco-design, forecasting and planning
• Human and managerial training: project management, personal and professional project, cultural and ethical support for engineers
• Language training: German and English culture, language and intercultural communication

Project

Each week, 2nd year engineering students devote half a day to a technical project in teams of 2 to 6 people. The technical project is a multidisciplinary project submitted by the school’ s teachers. It is the ideal opportunity to put into practice the techniques learned during the previous years.

Internship

A 16-week technical internship brings this 2nd year to a close, with a report and a presentation. This internship is generally done abroad.

For their final year, future graduates personalise their course of study by choosing one of the following two options:

1/ Taking an advanced course: Materials and Sustainable Development, Lean Management, Innovation and Intellectual Property, Industrial Information Systems Management or an advanced course in one of the schools within the ICAM group. In parallel with the advanced course, students complete a Research and Development Project.

2/ Completing a professionalisation contract: the first semester is spent alternating between the company and the courses at Icam, site de Strasbourg-Europe, and the second semester is spent full time with the company.

3/ Studying abroad for a semester or a year as part of an exchange or double degree programme.

Subjects

• Economic and legal science: labour law and corporate law, accounting management, marketing – market research, entrepreneurship, procurement techniques, negotiation
• Human and managerial training: management for engineers, personal and professional projects, cultural and ethical support for engineers
• Language training: German and English culture, language and intercultural communication

Project

3rd year general engineering students work in teams 1 ½ days a week on a Research & Development Project during the 1st semester. This project, supervised by a teacher-researcher, aims to mobilise the various skills acquired during the course on subjects requiring a high level of expertise. These projects are commissioned by a company, and are the subject of an actual order to which the students must respond.

Internship

The ICAM Arts & Métiers course ends with a 21-week engineering internship in France or abroad. Engineering students are asked to detail their professional experience in the form of an internship report and an oral presentation. Most students are offered a job following their end of study internship.

The advanced courses that apply to the internship and the last year Research & Development project are the final step in the professionalisation of the engineering student’s academic journey. Students can choose to do advanced studies in 4 areas of expertise, on the Icam, site de Strasbourg-Europe campus or in other areas on the campuses of the ICAM Group schools.

Engineering students are given the opportunity to complete their final year by alternating between work and study. The first semester is spent alternating between the school and the company, then full-time with the company from the second semester. This professionalisation contract replaces the 6-month internship in the final year. This professional experience immerses students in the business world. Their involvement and autonomy develop rapidly. This allows them to get acquainted with corporate culture during their studies, and therefore refine their business project.

Tuition fees and student remuneration are fully covered by the company.

Yearly internship is compulsory throughout the duration of the engineering course; that is 43 weeks of internship over the entire course. Internships are completed in France and abroad.

The Management and Careers department assists students in their search for an internship and in developing their professional network. Various tools are put at their disposal:

# A platform for advertising internship opportunities

# Access to the online directory of ICAM Arts & Métiers graduates

# Coaching

# Personal / individual coaching in writing professional projects provided by our career centre

# Preparation for recruitment interviews

# Conferences

During this internship, engineering students discover the corporate world, perform the tasks of an operator within an organisation, and observe how the team functions to understand the managerial skills they need to acquire.

6 weeks from June to August

The students’ objective is to carry out technician-level assignments in a company related to one of the scientific or technical aspects of the programme. Student becomes part of a team and takes on responsibilities within the organisation by mobilising the skills and knowledge acquired during the course of their training. They acquire a corporate culture and implement professional communication skills. The internship ends with the submission of an internship report and an oral presentation.

16 weeks from May to August

Compulsory remuneration for internships lasting more than 2 months

The 6-month engineering internship brings the ICAM Arts & Métiers course to a close. Students carry out engineering-level assignments within an organisation and manage one or several scientific and technical projects in their entirety. They apply the knowledge and skills acquired during their previous professional experience and gain an understanding of management and teamwork. They then detail their experience through an internship report and an oral presentation.

21 weeks, from February to July

Compulsory remuneration for internships lasting more than 2 months

The first-year Commitment Project introduces students to project management. They develop their capacity to undertake and innovate within the scope of a project of their own choosing: associative, entrepreneurial, humanitarian, technical…

Examples: creating a microbrewery through an entrepreneurial approach, representing the school in an inter-school go-kart race, estimating the school’s carbon footprint and compensating for it by planting trees, carrying out tutoring activities to help students stay on course during their higher education studies, designing a CanSat (mini satellite) with Planète Sciences in order to carry out scientific tests, and enjoy a unique aerospace experience, etc.

The Technical Project is multidisciplinary and carried out for the benefit of the school’s research laboratories and platforms or a partner company. It combines various skills: mechanical, electronic, digital, materials, etc. Students work and train in a specific technological field to meet the needs of a client: a school teacher or company. They draw up the technical specifications to define the client’s needs, and work on their team skills while applying a project management method. The team presents and shares the results of the project through a report and an oral presentation.

Examples: the Cube Sat project, realisation of a robotic arm, solar panel characterisation equipment, rocket telemetry system, etc.

For 6 months, a team of engineering students provides concrete solutions to a company’s problem within the scope of the R&D Project (PRD). This project is a technological or applied research service, at engineer level, carried out for a client company or a school laboratory. Its objective is to obtain results through a rigorous approach to a scientific and technical research project in relation to the chosen field of advanced study. The team of engineering students work together to meet the previously established specifications, autonomously managing a full-scale project together. They consolidate their project management and general managerial skills. The PRD results in a deliverable and gives rise to the writing of a thesis and an oral presentation before a jury consisting of the client company, among others. This professional experience establishes a strong relationship between the companies, the engineering students and the teachers, thus allowing the students to consolidate their network.

Examples: digital modelling of mechanical systems, industrial reorganisation, feasibility studies, software development, urbanisation of an information system, etc.