Scientific Instrumentation and Applied Business (ITEC)



Keywords : Engineering and Business in Advanced Technologies
Analog and digital electronics, Microwave measurements, Signal processing, Optics and lasers, Chemistry, Spectroscopy, physico-chemical analysis and Measurement systems, Marketing, Telecommunications, Project management


Description and objectives

In sept. 2010, ITEC will be renamed as "IC2M", for Engineering and business in Measurement systeMs.

The ITEC department trains scientific engineers specialized in the marketing of scientific measurement systems.

The acquisition of a dual competence (scientific and business) enables them to have a sound grasp of the issues linked to technological progress and market evolution. The wide-ranging scientific courses allows future engineers to adapt quickly to new experimental techniques. The knowledge and skills that they also acquire in areas such as the economic and social environment, sales techniques, management control, finance, tax, business law, international commerce, marketing and project management allow them to operate in a complex environment and adapt to a whole range of situations.

Similarly, the mastering of presentation skills develops their abiltity to relate to others and their awareness of their future human and social responsibilities. They also learn two languages, which means that they will be comfortable working in a European and international environment and also offers them a wider career potential. ITEC students may spend all or part of their 5th year of study abroad.

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Sectors of activity and career prospects

Bearing in mind the profile of ITEC engineers, they tend to take up a wide variety of jobs, e.g. sales manager/director, product manager, company director, consultant engineer, marketing manager, sales engineer, etc. The companies that recruit them operate mainly in areas such as electrical and electronic measurement, production control, telecommunications, physical and chemical analysis and biomedical equipment. ITEC engineers are also recruited by service and IT consultancy companies.

Companies:

AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, AIR LIQUIDE, ALSTOM, ALTEN, ALTRAN, BRITISH TELECOM, BRUKER, CAP GEMINI, CEGELEC, EADS, EQUIPEMENTS SCIENTIFIQUES, HORIBA JOBIN YVON, IBM, INEO SUEZ, LASER2000, MICROSOFT, NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS (LABVIEW), OLDHAM, PHILIPS, PSA, RENAULT, SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC, SIEMENS, THALES, UNILOG, VALEO, VEOLIA, VINCI...

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Links with industry

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Research

The faculty members carry out their research work in the various laboratories of the University of Science and Technology (USTL)

puce Institut d'Electronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie (IEMN)

puce Laboratoire de Spectrochimie Infrarouge et Raman (LASIR)

puce Lille Economie et Management (LEM)

During their 5th year, some students also prepare for a research master's degree in one of the following specialities :

puce Microsystems, microelectronics

puce Advanced instrumentation

puce Marketing


Projects and placements

PLACEMENT

puce 3rd year : 1 to 2-month "professional immersion" placement

puce 4th year : assistant-engineer placement (2 to 3 months from May)

puce 5th year : 4 to 6-month engineer placement (from mid-March)

PROJECT

2 months during the 5th year (January and February) The project must be connected with the technical aspects of instrumentation. It may be carried out in a company followed by the placement. The project has a technical content whereas the placement is more commerce oriented and builds on the work carried out for the project.

Placements and projects may be carried out in France or abroad.