Master Course of Engineering (CMI) La Rochelle Université > Training > Our Syllabus > Master Course of Engineering (CMI) Published on 22 April 2020 - updated on 2 July 2025 Find out more about La Rochelle Université’s Master Course of Engineering (CMI), and train for a career in engineering! The CMI is an intensive, selective 5-year course, based on a Bachelor’s degree (3 years) and a Master’s degree (2 years) in a specific discipline, reinforced by 20% additional theoretical and practical teaching leading to a CMI University Diploma (DU CMI). On completion of this course, you will be awarded a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in a specific discipline, as well as a DU recognised by the Figure network and based on the international ‘Masters of Engineering’ model. What is CMI training? An intensive, selective programme (20% additional courses) A privileged partnership with research bodies and companies A university degree recognised by the Figure network label, based on the international Masters of Engineering model Find out about all the University's CMI courses in our training catalogue La Rochelle Université, a member of the FIGURE national cooperative network since 2012, now offers a CMI DU in 7 specialities: Building engineering (Civil engineering) Durability of materials and structures (Materials science and engineering) Territorial engineering of environments (Geography) Coastal geosciences and geophysics (Geosciences) Digital content engineering (Computer science) Mathematics and applications (Mathematics) Biotechnological engineering A word from the head of the department“The CMI is a new opportunity offered by universities to train you for careers in engineering. At La Rochelle, you’ll benefit from personalised supervision to help you build an original and coherent pathway, based on personal and small group work, projects and placements in internationally recognised laboratories and contact with the research and innovation sectors. Our network of partner universities in France and abroad offers national and international mobility at all levels of the curriculum. Immersion in a company can be envisaged from the 1st year onwards as part of a sandwich course. This five-year programme can be combined with a master’s degree and a doctorate at La Rochelle Université. After completing this multi-disciplinary course, in an increasingly complex world, students from the DU CMI bring their capacity for innovation and their rigour to the public and private sectors, as researchers or managers. The DU CMI in La Rochelle has a number of specific features that make it a real opportunity: disciplinary research projects, business creation, art, culture, dynamic associations… so many opportunities that we can offer you. If you’re motivated, serious and committed, don’t hesitate to join the adventure!” Hélène Thomas
