Program Overview

Master Sciences du Bois

The Master Sciences du Bois is a program that focuses on the wood sciences, offering an innovative approach to learning through active pedagogy and professional immersion.

Interdisciplinarity and Problem-Based Learning

The program applies the Problem and Situation Method (Prosit) in all teaching units, which involves working on a formulated problem in a given situation. This approach consists of three steps:

1. The group reflects on the situation, sets learning objectives, and defines the research to be conducted.
2. Each individual gathers information autonomously.
3. The collected information is synthesized and verified in a group setting with the teacher.

Projects and Case Studies

In the first year (M1), students work on case studies that originate from companies or research laboratories. These projects last for five weeks and are conducted individually or in groups.

In the second year (M2), students develop their own entrepreneurship project over a period of six weeks.

The Triple Jump Exercise

This individual exercise aims to address an unknown and complex problem in the wood industry. It consists of three jumps:

1. The first jump involves a initial presentation after one hour of reflection based on acquired knowledge.
2. The second jump involves documenting the subject.
3. The third jump involves presenting the research on the transversal subject.

The Red Thread Project

This collective and multidisciplinary project spans the two years of the master's program, aiming to link knowledge from different teaching units.

• In M1, students describe a tree in a forest station, then after its felling and cutting, test its properties.
• In M2, innovative valorizations are proposed and tested.

Woodworking

The master's program has a wood processing workshop. The entire promotion is trained in woodworking and has access to the workshop for personal or associative projects.

Professional Immersion

The program includes several professional immersion activities, such as:

• A week-long stay at the ENSAM de Cluny to study wood processing techniques in the first and second transformation industries.
• Participation in the Groupement De Recherche en Sciences du Bois, which brings together actors in wood research at the national level.
• Weekly "wood chats" that aim to open students' minds to the diversity of wood science professions and create a network of competent professionals.

Weekly Debriefings

Each week, the master's program team exchanges collectively with students to discuss possibilities for improving the training in the short or medium term.