The main scientific skills to be acquired are:

• a knowledge of nuclear reactions, radiation/matter interactions, nuclear physics
• a strong knowledge of the various major research facilities in terms of operating principles, experimental constraints/conditions, societal and research issues (reactors and tokamaks)
• a mastering of nuclear instrumentation and detection, diagnostics
• an expertise in experimental and measurement sciences (measurement chain, metrology, ergonomics, experimental design and feedback, signal processing and data analysis)
• a knowledge of numerical modeling

The main soft skills to be acquired are:

• be able to identify and use information sources on nuclear standards
• ensure a scientific and bibliographic watch and be able to write scientific documents
•  know the rules and practices of intellectual property and patents
• conduct and organize a scientific research project
• work in a multidisciplinary team and in autonomy
• use knowledge of interculturality in international nuclear projects
• master the English language
• communicate with scientific and international codes

The IMSci-Nu master, created in 2022, has the ISO 9001 Quality Certification.

The IMSci-Nu courses are realized by professors, lecturers, scientists and experts coming from Universities, Research institutions, Nuclear Centers, Companies from France and abroad.

This program is a comprehensive track including lectures, seminars performed by prestigious international scientists and experts, hands-on activities, remote experiments on nuclear facilities, research project, internship, visits of facilities, winter school,and a short mobility abroad.

The IMSci-Nu program is composed of 7 education units:

• Fundamentals in nuclear fission and fusion (6 ECTS)
• Major nuclear facilities and challenges (6 ECTS)
• Nuclear detection, instrumentation and fusion diagnostics (12 ECTS)
• Modeling and experimental work (6 ECTS)
• Interculturality, international communication and scientific seminars (6 ECTS)
• Research project (6 ECTS)
• Professionalization and Internship (18 ECTS)

The hands-on activities associated to the Education Unit “Modeling and Experimental Work” are carried out at Aix-Marseille University and thanks to online remote experiments on major nuclear facilities (Reactor of the MIT: MITR-USA, Reactor of the JSI TRIGA-Slovenia).

The “Research project” Unit involves several laboratories of Aix-Marseille University providing state-of-the-art topics in the fission and the fusion fields.

The IMSci-Nu program includes a 1-week winter school with several talks on various domains of the nuclear field (reactor, tokamak, NPP, SMR/AMR, Medical applications, Space) given by international partners (MIT-USA, JSI-Slovenia, University of Lancaster, University of Michigan, IPFN-Portugal, SCK-CEN-Belgium, CAEN -Italy, University of Pisa, …), with a 1-day visit of the CEA (Cadarache center) and with a poster session (posters realized by IMSci-Nu students on their work conducted in the education unit “Research Project”, with a best poster award). The students visits research centers and nuclear centers in France and abroad.