Academic Programme

Molecular Material for Electronics and Photonics (LUMOMAT) - Master's level

Specialisations: Molecular Materials for Electronics & Photonics (LUMOMAT)
Diplôme national de master contrôlé par l'État

Résumé

The Lumomat (Light, Molecules, Matter) master's programme offers innovative training in close interaction with scientific research. It is part of the high-potential field of photoscience, particularly photochemistry. En savoir plus

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Détails

General information


This Master is accredited
as a Graduate Programme
 
- Entry: September 2025
- Duration: 2 years
- Place: Master 1 in Nantes, Master 2 in Angers
- Langue: Master 1 in French and English, Master 2 in English
 

More information

Webinar presentations :
  • Tuesday 25 February at 1pm
  • Wednesday 12 March at 5pm
To register, send an e-mail to: gp_lumomat@univ-nantes.fr

Présentation

The LUMOMAT Master's degree is part of the high-potential field of photoscience, and photochemistry in particular. Its aim is to train top-level engineers and researchers capable of meeting today's major challenges in the fields of energy, health, the environment and information storage.

The synergy of skills brought together in the Lumomat team gives you the opportunity to develop unique know-how in the field of molecules and molecular materials. Teaching is based on a balance of lectures, practical work, tutorials and immersion in research laboratories. Workshops and projects involving close interaction with academic and industrial players give you the opportunity to tailor your course to suit the direction of your career plans.

Workshops and practical work are supported by state-of-the-art equipment available in the partner laboratories and platforms of the LUMOMAT Ecole Universitaire de Recherche (EUR), to which this course belongs. The complementary skills of these teams enable us to master the entire chain of molecular architecture development: design, modeling, synthesis and application.
 

The Lumomat research ecosystem

 The Lumomat programme has been awarded the Graduate Programme label by Nantes Université. This label, supported by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR), certifies that the program draws on the research skills of internationally recognized laboratories, and trains students in both the scientific approach and cutting-edge technologies. The skills acquired within the accredited Masters programs enable successful professional integration as engineers, consultants or project managers in the R&D departments of major corporations or innovative SMEs. If you're interested in pursuing a doctorate, this Master's degree also offers you optimum preparation, since the teaching team is also in charge of coordinating doctoral programs in this field.


 

Why joining the Graduate Programme LUMOMAT?

   

Its affiliation with the EUR Lumomat and its accreditation as a Graduate program give you access to significant advantages :

The possibility of a work-study program (apprenticeship or professional training contract) or an engineering program (through a Master's degree in Engineering) gives access to additional and complementary knowledge and skills (management, communication, project management, entrepreneurship) that are essential for integrating into companies and taking up operational engineering positions, or for creating innovative start-ups.

Admission

Pré-requis

Formation(s) requise(s)

Academic requirements :

  • A level 6 (ISCED) diploma is required (Licence, BUT, Bachelor) in Chemistry or Physics-Chemistry: essential prerequisites in organic chemistry, spectroscopy, theoretical chemistry, electrochemistry.
  • Master 2 applicants: Level equivalent to a Master 1 in Chemistry or Physics-Chemistry.

Skills required :

  • Scientific: ability to analyze and reason in response to a problem, while mobilizing the knowledge required to solve it
  • Methodological and behavioral: know how to manage and organize personal and team work, ensuring it is done regularly and sustainably.

Language requirements:

  • Minimum B1 level recommended for entry into Master 1.
  • Level B2 required for entry into Master 2. To confirm this level (M2 application), candidates must meet one of the following requirements:
    • Level B2 certification (TOEIC or equivalent)
    • Graduation from a university in an English-speaking country.

Please note:

Students unable to meet one of the above conditions in English may also attend a direct interview in English (by videoconference) and undertake to take the TOIEC test.

 

Candidature

Modalités de candidature

Selection based on application and interview

Documents to be provided :

  • a CV in French or English
  • cover letter in French or English
  • transcript of marks for the diploma giving access to the Master's program
  • a letter of recommendation from a professor, highlighting the candidate's aptitude for research, if applicable.

Application procedure for the 2025-26 academic year:

If you are a French national or a citizen of the European Economic Area + Switzerland, Monaco and Andorra: to find out the opening and closing dates of the platform and submit your application, go to the Master's application page.

You are a citizen of a country outside the European Economic Area + Switzerland, Monaco and Andorra:

  • Your country is not concerned by the Campus France procedure:
    • To apply for M1, please use the Mon Master platform.
    • To apply for M2, please follow the application procedure for international students without access documents (SURF).

For further information, please visit our Admission to Nantes University page.

Programme

Syllabus Lumomat

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Niveau de sortie

Bac+5

Compétences visées

Target skills

By the end of the course, you will have:

  • Developed a knowledge of the business world and been made aware of the concept of entrepreneurship,
  • Experience of project management.

You will be able to:

  • Use molecular and supramolecular engineering techniques to synthesise functional materials,
  • Propose eco-compatible synthesis routes for these innovative materials,
  • Choose appropriate characterisation techniques and theoretical models to optimise the properties of functional materials,
  • Provide knowledge on organic materials, their markets and applications,
  • Supervise and lead R&D projects in the field of organic materials (molecular photonics and electronics),
  • Propose a series of characterisation strategies to establish the links between structure and the electronic and photonic properties of matter.

Career opportunities

  • Graduates of the LUMOMAT Master's in Chemistry will be able to work as engineers (synthesis, analysis, instrument management) and, in the longer term, as managers in companies involved in R&D and the management of innovative projects.
  • LUMOMAT graduates can also join the public research sector at engineer level through competitive examinations in the major public research bodies (University, CNRS, INRA, INSERM, etc.) or prepare a doctoral thesis in France or abroad by taking advantage of thesis funding (e.g. CIFRE - type grants in conjunction with a company, funding via the EUR LUMOMAT call for projects and its network).

Poursuites d'études

Further study

After two years of the Master's programme, you will have the choice of developing your own career or pursuing a research project at doctoral level.

People with a doctorate trained at EUR LUMOMAT will be able to work as researchers or research engineers in private organisations. In the short term, they will be able to occupy positions of responsibility (project and team management) and then compete for teaching-research positions in universities or as CNRS researchers.

Mis à jour le 26 février 2025.