Program outline

The EUREkA UBGrad program, which is fully customizable, focuses on general scientific objectives that favor an interdisciplinary and rational research approach. These scientific objectives are based on the function-through-structure materials design, which includes:

• the control of complexity,
• the rational design and
• the instrumental control over (nano) structures of tailored-made materials.

This approach is implemented via three specific educational and research axes which are:

• Advanced Functional Polymer Materials
• Advanced Functional Inorganic Materials
• Advanced Functional Hybrid & Colloidal Materials

Strengths

• Students develop skills based on the large range of materials topics studied in the University of Bordeaux campus laboratory: inorganic materials, colloids and polymers.
• Students work within campus laboratories for two internships during the 2 years (4 and 6 months full time). In addition to the campus laboratories, other academic (collaborations with more than 10 international universities) and industrial (more than 15 partners) laboratories are proposed.
• The customizable program favors optimum personal development for each student.
• A mentoring procedure provides strong academic and professional guidance over the 2 years.
• Students participate in a summer school where they may meet professors and students from abroad.
• Each semester, some courses (15 to 30%) are taught by international professors.
• The University of Bordeaux has been identified as a Campus of Excellence within the field of Materials.

Careers

The ultimate goal of the EUREkA UBGrad program is to educate top-level, next-generational academic and industrial leaders who bring a strong innovational approach to the fields of Functional Polymers, Inorganic and Hybrid & Colloidal materials. Graduates may pursue an academic career as PhD students or an industrial career as engineers.