MSc MARRES - Blue Managers

Redirect your career towards blue growth

This one-year master program offers a unique opportunity to reorient a career towards ocean and marine resources.

  • Duration: 1 year (intake in September) - flexibility from onsite to fully online, part-time or full time
  • Main objectives: to redirect a career toward blue growth, in conservation & human impact management, or marine resource valorization
  • Prerequesite: master or equivalent diploma in any discipline, or a 4-year bachelor. 


THE PROGRAM

SCHEDULE

The 1-year program starts in September and the class period ends in March. Then, students complete their professional project thanks to the skills and knowledge they have acquired. The teachings are online with a combination of video-capsules, practical activities and remote face-to-face. Most of the face-to-face take place in the French afternoons.

 


COMMON CORE MODULES

Introduction to General & Marine Ecology

Ecology of Conservation for Blue Managers
These modules provide a comprehensive foundation in marine environments for those with minimal life science backgrounds, introducing oceanography, geological, and physico-chemical principles, and ecological concepts. They progress to biological oceanography, marine biodiversity with a focus on plankton, and marine ecology, examining ecosystem processes and global impacts.
 
 

Blue Sustainable Development
explores how science, environment and socio-economics combine at sea for community development and marine ecosystem conservation. It introduces the economics of the ocean and provides a foundation in environmental economics and ecosystem services with recent case studies.
    

Marine Resource & Environmental Law

presents the law of the sea and marine resources through the dimension of international law and its application at the national and regional regulatory levels. This module aims at understanding how the different actors can combine their actions at sea, and what can and cannot be done with regard to marine resources.
     

Transferable skills
 

equips students with a set of tools in Information Systems (R, GIS), Personal Development (project management, career development, presentation coaching) and Social Science (citizen science, social surveys, indigenous & local knowledge, public communication, ethics).



 

ELECTIVE

Environmental Quality & Impact Assessment
OR
Ocean Remote Sensing & Artificial Intelligence
 

Students select one module to acquire professional skills in environmental monitoring. They can explore environmental consultancy, covering marine ecological quality, EIA from various perspectives, and consulting practices. Or they can explore remote sensing and AI's role in ocean management, fisheries, aquaculture, and planning.


   
 
    
  MORE ABOUT THE BLUE MANAGERS' COURSE CATALOGUE                
   

THE SPECIALIZATIONS

Conservation & Human impact management

Learn how to manage and protect a marine area by combining scientific and socio-economic perspective

Modules: Fisheries for Blue Managers + Implementation of marine conservation

Students explore the biology and ecology of exploited marine species, fishing technologies, fisheries monitoring, and the ecological and socio-economic impacts of fisheries, including the significance of aquaculture and aquariology for food and research. Additionally, they engage in designing marine protected areas under real-world conditions, learning practical aspects of marine conservation management, planning, and financing. This includes leading a project to establish a protected area, supported by feasibility, management, and financing plans, with professional input.

 

Marine Resource Innovation

Join the Blue Economy to value (and protect) one of the unexpected potentials of marine resources from tourism to cosmetics & pharmaceutics

Modules: Marine Resource Valorization & Bioinspiration + Entrepreneurship & Innovation for Blue Managers

Students explore marine biotechnology, discovering how organisms’ natural defenses can benefit pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and neutraceutical sectors, and investigate algal biomass and biopolymers for resource valorization. Theyembrace bioinspiration for innovative solutions, culminating in outreach projects. Furthermore, they learn to convert scientific discoveries into market-ready innovations, receiving coaching to amplify their projects’ effectiveness and drive practical innovation.

   



OUR HYBRID TEACHING STRATEGY

Our teaching modules are generally designed following a blended-learning approach articulated in learning blocks allowing students to prepare for their face-to-face interactions with instructors through prior asynchronous work.

Preparatory work
generally composed of short video capsules, self-paced preparatory activities, and checkpoints for students to assess their learning progress.
Face-to-face interactions
reinforced and enriched by constructive exchanges in the form of recitation, workshops and discussions.
 

MORE ABOUT THE LEARNING STRATEGY   instructors, campus tour, online tools...

 
Because Blue Managers students can have a busy schedule, the program offers a large flexibility.
In semester 1, most of the classes are together with the students of the Science & Society track. Blue Managers students can participate to the face-to-face sessions online or onsite, synchronously or by watching the recording of the session after with office hours.

In semester 2, classes are generally held in very small groups, with timetables adapted to the students' schedules.

   
 


YOUR PROFESSIONAL PROJECT

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In order to design your (new) career in blue growth, you will be accompanied by a coach specialized in your target field.
  • The first semester will allow you to prepare your new project with a coach.
  • You should apply it in the second semester within the framework of an internship, a work placement or a feasibility study for the creation of a new start-up [12 ECTS].
You are invited to think about your career plan before you apply. You can contact us at any time to help you (we invite you to make an appointment on our facebook page). It is preferable that you have cleared your semester 2 work experience before the start of the program.



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