The curriculum includes three years of study: admissions, the organisation of studies, assessments, placements and vivas, graduation and international exchanges are all explained in the current school rules (pdf).

First and second year courses

• General modules: mechanics, geology, mathematics, IT, digital analysis, signal processing, inverse methods.
• Geophysical methods: physics of the Earth, seismology, seismic modelling and imaging, geodesy, gravimetry, potential methods, geomagnetism, electromagnetism, rock physics and fracture, hydrology.
• Practical work: geophysical measurements in the field (photo) and in the laboratory, geology field placements in the Alps.
• Languages and economic and social sciences: English, modern language 2, economics, industrial property, management, sustainable development, ethics, quality, company health and safety
• IT and research projects, shared with the first year of the master’s degree
• Summer placements at a laboratory or company, with numerous opportunities abroad (international placement contact: Mike Heap)

Students have a choice of 3 specialisations in the third year:

• Geophysics applied to the exploration and production of raw materials: seismic and hydrodynamic characterisation of reservoirs, seismic processing and interpretation, potential methods.
• Geophysics applied to geotechnics: geotechnics and the resistance of materials applied in civil engineering, geomechanics, hydrogeophysics, electromagnetic methods, earthquake.
• Hydrogeology, hydrogeochemistry, hydrogeophysics (HydroG3).

Additional teaching:

• Languages and economic and social sciences: English, energy economy, company strategy and structure.
• Geophysics field camp in Alsace (photo).  Here are images of a normal fault in the Rhine Graben taken by students.
• 6-month industry placement culminating in the writing of a dissertation and a viva before a jury in order to obtain the engineering degree. The placements are carried out all over the world.

You can read the viva and dissertation procedures at the following link:

Viva and dissertation procedures