Internationalization is a key point and is also a strong point in the engineering programs. Their programs offer the possibility to go abroad for one semester in numerous ways (internships, exchanges, projects, etc.) All of these long-term intercultural opportunities give a deeper linguistic, cultural and professional learning experience. This degree offers engineering students a program that is independent of their engineering program and allows them to reinforce their linguistic skills in addition to the communications tool English and to expand their international experiences.
Objectives
The specialization, which leads to a university degree in Mobility and Intercultural Experience in Engineering (MOI2), aims at offering student-engineers, after their 2nd year in the engineering program at the Collegium Lorraine‐InP, a program for intercultural experience by giving them the possibility, in two significantly long periods of one semester each, to study at a university, carry out internships, participate in research projects or develop a personal project in an international cultural context.
It involves implementing and developing knowledge and skills and, above all, interpersonal skills, in a pre-professional and intercultural context in relation with their initial education. This will prepare these degree-holders for a better and quicker integration into the international job market, where inter-culturality is an asset.
Target applicants
This degree is for students in their 2nd year of an engineering program, who have already acquired the essential scientific and technical knowledge needed before entering their 3rd and last year of engineering school, and to have them apply them to their projects and their end-of-studies internship.
Admissions
With a dossier as an independent candidate, allowing the student to describe the project, the educational articulation, the goals, the relationship with the professional project as well as his motivation.
The MOI2 commission will decide on the admissibility of the dossier for admission to DU MOI2. The final admission depends on the definitive agreement with the Director of the originating school.
Students admitted to DU MOI2 will enroll in the University of Lorraine as a student in an initial program. The administrative steps will be carried out with the originating school’s registrar’s office.
Program
The MOI2 program must be carried out for a full university year (from September to September). It is divided into two parts of significant length, between 5 and 6 months each. Awarding the degree DU MOI2 depends on validating 30 ECTS credits for each semester of this period.
The two semesters of MOI2 are based on the selection of two of the four following UE:
- An internship or working in a company
- A project in a laboratory or a research center
- A period of study at a university, receiving a degree or as an exchange student
- A personal project with an related context
At least one of these periods must take place abroad or in an international or intercultural context.
Validation of the course
At the end of each of the two periods of the MOI2 course, and in each case, no later than one month after the end of each period, the student must submit a report on the activities and the intercultural experience to his advisor.
At the end of the university year, (mid-September), the MOI2 jury will convene to validate the two periods of the course according to the information furnished by the advisors and the pedagogical team. At this time, the jury will attribute the related 2 x 30 ECTS credits.