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Parcoursup: 10 courses to help you find your way in the sustainable transport sector.

Are you looking for a course for next year? Your Parcoursup wishes are not yet checked? In the current context of ecological and social transition, all sectors of activity are concerned. If you prefer to be in the action rather than on the sidelines watching others fight for the survival of humanity, then this article might interest you. As the agriculture or energy. The transportation sector must change from within to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. The challenges of the sector are numerous and there is a wide variety of training courses to access the professions to rethink transportation.

⚠️ Parcoursup registration

As of December 20, 2022, the Pacoursup platform, offering more than 21,000 state-recognized training courses, is open to collect and manage your assignment wishes. In this article, we present you 10 training courses accessible on Parcoursup to orient yourself towards a profession in sustainable transport. To apply for the courses you have chosen, you will have to register on Parcoursup.

Here is the Parcoursup calendar for 2023:

  • Register and add your wishes - from January 18 to March 9 inclusive
  • Complete your file and confirm your wishes - from March 9 to April 6 inclusive
  • The admission phase will then take place - from June 1st to July 13th

The challenges of the sustainable transport sector

The transportation sector is the largest contributor to France's greenhouse gas emissions, emitting 31% of GHGs due to fuel combustion. Within the sector, it is mainly road transport that generates the most emissions (94%), followed by road traffic (54%), private vehicles (24%) and heavy goods vehicles (20%). Emissions from rail transport, air transport, domestic and international transport attributed to France, represent 4.4% of total French GHG emissions.

What is at stake in this sector ? Rethinking the way goods are transported, supporting the creation of more sober vehicles (electric, choice of sustainable materials....), increasing access to soft mobility and facilitating their use in the territories, reinforcing the logistics network of public transport.

Are you interested in this sector ? Here are 10 training ideas that you can join!

10 training courses to move towards sustainable transport

In the Pays de La Loire

Cycle pluridisciplinaire d'Études Supérieures - Mobilités douces, développement durable et ouverture internationale.

Training leading to a national degree of licence.

  • Duration: 3 years
  • Where? Le Mans - Lycée Montesquieu
  • Prerequisites: general baccalaureate
  • Annual fee: 170€/year. No fee for students with scholarships.
  • Available places: 24 places
  • To continue your studies: the interest of this training is its interdisciplinarity which gives access to licenses in the second year and to masters in the third year.

In the East of France

BUT- Management de la Logistique et des Transports

Possibility to choose from the 2nd year, the course: Implementing a sustainable development approach, Sustainable Mobility and Supply Chain course (MSCD).

  • Duration: 3 years
  • Apprenticeship status possible for all or part of the years starting in the 2nd year
  • Where? in Moselle - IUT de Moselle Est Université de Lorraine
  • Prerequisites: general baccalaureate and other ?
  • Annual fee: 170€/year. No fee for scholarship students.
  • Available places: 45 places
  • To continue your studies: pursue a Master's degree, a business school, an engineering school.
  • Career opportunities: the BUT MLT is one of the few courses that allow you to obtain the three capacities of freight transport, freight forwarder and passenger transport. Other possible jobs include: supply-chain assistant, procurement officer, stock manager, reception/shipping department manager, operations manager, transport sales representative.

In Ile de France

FCIL - Mobilités Urbaines, maintenances des véhicules électriques légers (vélos électriques, trottinettes, hoverboards…)

  • Duration: 1 year
  • Where? in Nanterre - Lycée professionnel Claude Chappe
  • Prerequisites: candidates who hold or are preparing for a French baccalaureate or an equivalent qualification.
  • Annual fee: public institution, no fees.
  • Available places: 12 places
  • To continue your studies: BTS Mechanics - Metallurgy - Automotive
  • Professional opportunities: the certificate allows holders to work in the field of auto mechanics, and to work as an expert, technician, electronics technician, electrician in electric or hybrid vehicles

BUT- Management de la Logistique et des Transports

Possibility to choose from the 2nd year, the course: "Implementing a sustainable development approach" or the course "Sustainable Mobility and Supply Chain (MSCD)".

  • Duration: 3 years
  • Apprenticeship status possible for all or part of the years starting in the 2nd year
  • Where? Paris 8 - IUT de Tremblay-en-France
  • Prerequisites: general baccalaureate and other ?
  • Annual fee: 170€/year. No fee for scholarship students.
  • Available places: 45 places
  • To continue your studies: pursue a Master's degree, a business school, an engineering school.
  • Career opportunities: the BUT MLT is one of the few courses that allow you to obtain the three capacities of freight transport, freight forwarder and passenger transport. Other possible jobs include: supply-chain assistant, procurement officer, stock manager, reception/shipping department manager, operations manager, transport sales representative.

In the South West

FCIL - Maintenance des mobilités douces.

  • Duration: 1 year
  • Where? in Soyaux - Lycée Jean Albert Grégoire
  • Prerequisites: candidates who hold or are preparing for a French baccalaureate or an equivalent qualification.
  • Annual fee: public institution, no fees.
  • Available places: 12 places
  • Career opportunities: cycle mechanic, bicycle mechanic and/or electric scooter mechanic.

In the Eastern Region

C.M.I - Cursus Master en Ingénierie Hydrogène Énergie et Efficacité énergétique (H3E)

The CMI is a five-year, reinforced Bachelor's/Master's program.

  • Duration: 5 years
  • Where? Belfort - University of Franche-Comté
  • Prerequisites: scientific baccalaureate, relevant specialties: biology-ecology, physics-chemistry, life and earth sciences
  • Annual fee: 170€/year. No fee for scholarship students.
  • Available places: 18 places
  • To continue your studies: doctorate at the end of the Master's program
  • Professional opportunities: the Master's degree allows you to work in the energy, hydrogen energy and transport sectors (rail, automotive and aeronautics).

In New Aquitaine

Bachelor Ingénierie du transport ferroviaire

2 options sont possibles en 3ème année : “systèmes de propulsion” ou “maintenance et sécurisation des systèmes et infrastructures numériques”.

  • Duration: 3 years
  • Apprenticeship status possible for all or part of the years starting in the 2nd year
  • Where? in La Rochelle - at EIGSI
  • Prerequisites: general, technological and professional baccalaureate.
  • Annual fee: 5900€/year.
  • Available places: 20 places
  • To continue your studies: at the end of the 3-year Bachelor's degree and under the condition of level, graduates will have the possibility to join the EIGSI engineer program.
  • Professional opportunities :
    for the "propulsion systems" option: electrical maintenance technician, electrical repair technician, senior methods technician
    for the "maintenance and securing of digital systems and infrastructures" option: cyber attack technician, data analyst technician, computer development technician, senior electrical signaling technician.

C.M.I - Cursus Master en Ingénierie - Physique, chimie - Durabilité des matériaux et des structures

  • Duration: 5 years
  • Where? In La Rochelle - at La Rochelle University
  • Prerequisites: holders of a scientific baccalaureate with honors and a good level in language
  • Annual fee: 170€/year. No fee for students with scholarships.
  • Available places: 10 places
  • To continue your studies: doctorate
  • Career opportunities: several sectors are accessible, including the transport/logistics sector where you can work in the following professions: quality engineer, maintenance and prevention engineer, R&D engineer, process engineer, expertise and maintenance, materials and corrosion engineer, senior technician, process, production, development, control

And to open the horizons by working on the subject of transport and not only...

In the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region

Bachelor “Transition Écologique des Territoires”

After a first year designed to understand the functioning and uses of a territory, in the second and third years, you can specialize in: building, infrastructure or transportation systems and networks.

  • Duration: 3 years
  • Apprenticeship status possible for all or part of the years starting in the 2nd year
  • Where? in Vaulx-en-Velin - at the ENTPE
  • Prerequisites: general, technological and professional baccalaureate.
  • Annual fee: 170€/year. No fee for students with scholarships.
  • Available places: 20 places
  • To continue your studies: in a professional license, in engineering schools, in maritime training: Ecole nationale supérieure maritime.
  • Professional opportunities: immediate employment in the professional world within different structures such as commercial and fishing shipping companies, technical and commercial maritime companies, shipbuilding and repair, specialized design offices..

In Normandy

BUT - Carrières sociales parcours villes et territoires durables 

The Sustainable Cities and Territories program trains managers, supervisors, and project leaders in the management and development of territories on the themes of ecological and energy transition, housing, culture, mobility, etc., in mediation and awareness-raising actions, consultation, and project management.

  • Duration: 3 years
  • Where? in Alençon - at the IUT Grand Ouest Normandie
  • Prerequisites: general and technological baccalaureate: STMG, ST2S, STAV
  • Annual fee: 170€/year. No fee for scholarship students.
  • Available places: 42 places
  • To continue your studies: in master.
  • Professional opportunities: graduates are integrated into the public sector, operators working for or with them in the field of development and urban planning, such as: associations and local authorities as project managers, in public establishments of inter-communal cooperation, in development actors, in design offices and other companies...

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