Master 2 EEET

M2 – Prospective Modeling: Economy, Environment, Energy

Presentation of the course

This course is primarily aimed at students who are interested in modeling issues relating to energy, climate and natural resources, particularly from the perspective of climate, energy and environmental forecasting.

The objective of the “Prospective Modeling: Economics, Environment, Energy” course is to offer, in addition to a foundation of teaching in environmental economics, training covering the tools and methods of integrated modeling of energy, climate and natural resource issues, in particular from a prospective perspective to respond to the challenges of energy, climate and ecological transition.

The disciplinary fields taught include:

  • economic theory and its applications to decision-making (cost-benefit analyses, decision-making under uncertainty, etc.);
  • integrated modeling tools, statistical and econometric methods, and the necessary computer resources.

“Prospective Modeling: Economy, Environment, Energy” course

Responsible for training

Julien LEFEVRE
julien.lefevre @agroparistech.fr

 

Pedagogical secretariat

Mon – Fri 9:00 – 17:00
Josette Kalombo
josette.kalombo@agroparistech.fr

Admission
Skills
Opportunities
Learning

Who can apply for the M2 course?

  • Students who have validated the M1 of the EEET specialization or an M1 in economics with a quantitative, finance or applied mathematics dimension
  • Students with a bac +4 level acquired in an Ecole Normale Supérieure, an Engineering School, a Business School or any French or foreign training deemed equivalent by the jury are also admitted

M1 candidates are admitted to one of the M2 courses, but not necessarily to their first choice, in particular if the maximum number thresholds for the “Prospective Modeling: Economics, Environment, Energy” course are reached.

Admitted candidates from a scientific or engineering background are offered reinforcement in economics while other candidates are offered reinforcement in statistics and mathematics according to their needs.

An admission interview to assess motivation for issues of ecological, energy, climate and environmental transition could be offered to candidates pre-selected on file.

What skills are developed during the course?

  • Be able to carry out prospective modeling work and impact studies using integrated energy-environment-economics models.
  • Be able to assess prospective modeling work in the energy-environment-economics field.
  • Master the tools and methods necessary for research in environmental and energy economics with the aim of preparing a thesis.
  • Contribute, using scientific tools and economic instruments, to the resolution of environmental and sustainable development problems for rational management of resources.
  • Design tools enabling analyses quantitative economic and environmental aspects and new economic models integrating social and environmental criteria in a company or administration.
  • Participate in multidisciplinary work to evaluate climate scenarios and energy transition.

What are the career prospects for the course?

The “Prospective Modeling: Economics, Environment, Energy” course has a more pronounced “research/studies” orientation than the other courses in the specialization. It is particularly aimed at career prospects in thesis and in the “studies and research” departments of large companies, the civil service and international organizations. It is also intended for service and consulting professions – and targets career prospects in the studies and research departments of large companies and decision-making centers (civil service, international organizations) as well as academic research (major integrated international research programs on climate, land use, energy transition, etc.). It focuses on quantitative methods for prospective approaches on energy/climate/environment aspects.

In terms of employment, graduates occupy the following positions:

  • research and development officer;
  • business economist;
  • technico-economic studies officer;
  • engineer/economist in a design office, consulting firm, local authority, or international organization; researcher (if pursuing a thesis).

Students have joined the Corps of Engineers of Bridges, Water and Forests, and that of the Corps of Meteorology.

How does the apprenticeship work for this course?

If the course is open to work-study programs, it is only for a (very) small number of students (1 or 2 students) wishing to integrate into the “research” and studies departments of large companies or into research institute laboratories in order to integrate into these structures from the M2. The orientation of the course is very clearly oriented towards research, whether public or private.

UEs list

Semester 1

Harmonization - 0 ECTS credits

FUNDAMENTALS - 8 ECTS CREDITS TO CHOOSE FROM

Prospective modeling - 8 ECTS CREDITS TO CHOOSE FROM

METHODS - 6 ECTS CREDITS TO CHOOSE FROM

Themes - 4 ECTS CREDITS TO CHOOSE FROM

Training through research - 4 ECTS CREDITS TO CHOOSE FROM

Semester 2

Modern language - 3 ECTS CREDITS

INTERNSHIP AND DISSERTATION - 24 ECTS CREDITS

“OPENING” GROUP OF UEs - 3 ECTS CREDITS TO CHOOSE FROM