Training

The ACTION specialized master's degree in “Life Cycle Assessment and Industrial Emission Reduction Trajectories” at ESPCI Paris - PSL trains engineers capable of independently carrying out a complete life cycle assessment (environmental, economic, social), drawing on their scientific and technical skills, to propose trajectories for decarbonizing industry.

an in-depth understanding of the Anthropocene

mastery and implementation of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), covering environmental, economic and social aspects

mastery of the low-carbon technologies essential to defining sustainable trajectories.

These three areas enable students to acquire comprehensive expertise and practical skills, preparing them to meet current and future environmental challenges and propose solutions adapted to the issues at stake in the energy and ecological transition.

On completion of the course, students will be able to draw up a comprehensive LCA covering environmental, economic and social aspects, enabling them to measure the environmental impacts of products and technical systems. Equipped with practical skills and mastery of the methodologies and tools required to carry out an LCA, they will be able to critically analyze LCAs produced by others. Familiar with the most frequent uses of LCA by industry and government, they will be able to identify the main strengths and weaknesses of LCA, and propose improvements.

They will also be trained in technologies for decarbonizing industry: digital twins, process electrification, waste heat recovery, new renewable energies, hydrogen, low-tech technologies,CO2 capture, utilization and recovery, polymer and metal recycling, eco-design. Mastery of these technologies will enable them to propose solid trajectories for decarbonizing industry.

The course comprises lectures, tutorials and practical work for the first 6 months. This theoretical part includes a series of conferences led by industrialists, enabling participants to build up a professional network. This is followed by a 6-month in-company assignment, leading to the writing of a professional thesis.

This master's program is the fruit of collaboration between ESPCI-Paris-PSL, ChimieParis tech-PSL and Dauphine University. It is supported by a number of industrial partners, including Saint Gobain, Arkema, Syensqo, Bostik and Solvay. Some of the Master's courses are offered as continuing education.

This master's degree is part of the MERCASTO environmental transition training project, which is a Compétences Métiers d'avenir France 2030 project in the field of industrial decarbonization, financed in June 2024. It is an institutional diploma.

The Mastère Spécialisé label awarded by the Conférence des Grandes Ecoles is currently being assessed.