Specialty - Agro-food industries (GPI-AI)
The specialty GPI-AI aims at training generalist engineers capable of also understanding industrial processes and those that depend on biological sourced products.
Programme
The programme covers all essential aspects of agro-food processes:
- transformation of agricultural products including non-food valorisation
- production and product management
- operational biotechnological industries
- QA, safety of bio products and bioprocesses
Academic staff
The GPI-AI lecturers are personnel in Bio Engineering for the micro-biological and molecular physico-chemical analyses aspects and from Process Engineering for the matter transformation aspects. They are backed up by the UTC-TIMR (Integrated transformations of renewable matter) research laboratory.
Equipment
GPI-AI students can access:
- large volume sterilisers
- a pasteurisation pilot station
- a crystallization station (by cooling band vacuum evaporation)
- pulsed air deep-freezers
- as well as various presses, membrane filter modules, diffusion units, extruders ...
International
Some 50% of the GP-AI students, over and above the placements overseas spend a full semester in University exchange programme (in Germany, the UK, Canada, Brazil ...). There is also a shared specialty with the Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal.
Professional Openings
GPI-AI graduates usually are recruited in the major agro-food industries (such as Danone, Nestlé, Unilever, Cagill ...) and some 90% secure their first position in the 6 months after their graduation.
Secteurs d'activité
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Further Education
UTC also proposes to GPI-AI graduates:
- a Master's degree in "Transformation and Valorisation of Natural Resources" in two specialties: "Processes and Valorisation Technologies for Renewable Resources) (PTV2R) and "Product formulation engineering" (GPF)
- a PhD
› The above courses and other, shorter modules whether leading to a diploma award or not, can be obtained in the UTC Continuous Education scheme or via the Professional experience validation scheme (VAE).
To learn more
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Olivier Bals
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Coordinatrice des stages
Martine Yvinec
Phone : 03 44 23 43 28
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