Industrial Master Thesis

What is an Industrial master Thesis?

The Master’s Industrial Semester (MSI) is a 5-month company-driven engineering project  carried out in close collaboration with industrial partners.  Students work in multidisciplinary teams on real-world challenges defined by the company, under the supervision of Icam project managers and in continuous interactions with the company’s representatives, with defined objectives, milestones and final deliverables. Each year, MSI projects are carried out in the following areas:

• Product and process innovation
• Industrial methods and organization
• Information systems
• Management and human sciences
• Carbon footprint and life cycle assessment
• Etc.

Why choose this program?

You benefit from an essential experience linked to, and recognized by, the economic world.

• Icam launched it’s R&D – Services to Business – in 1980. Since then, Icam has been working on real-life problem situations raised by its industry partners on a wide range of technological or organizational fields. 
• You will be part of a project team tasked to perform technological transfers and R&D for industry partners during your 5-month (18-week) thesis period. This experiential learning is a very powerful and effective tool to prepare you for the future.
• The topics are normally for master-level thesis work, but can be adapted for students working on their bachelor-level thesis.

You shift from student scholar to junior consultant

• Given that the problem situations arise from real-life company issues and are funded by the industry partner, the project teams are held accountable to results and professional quality of work.
• The project teams are in direct interaction with a company representative. This is an excellent springboard to prepare you for your professional career and professional life.

You benefit from the rich expertise within the “Services to Businesses Unit Pole” 

• Icam experts supervise each project team and provide the expertise that students may need in terms of technical, scientific, engineering or project management topics.

TIP: Make the most of your time in France and stay for 2 years and get an Icam general engineering diploma! Invest a whole year at Icam with the first semester taught in English of French, and a second Master’s level concentration semester at one of the 4 possible locations. Top this off with a second year of R&D and an internship. It will let you truly experience French culture, gain valuable foreign language skills and be exposed to French companies.