Master aire: life sciences (AIRE-LiSc)
Language(s) of instruction: English
Length of study: 2 years, full time
Course Location: Learning Planet Institute (LPI), Paris, France
Degrees awarded: Master AIRE – Interdisciplinary Approaches in research and Education (AIRE-LiSc)
Entry Requirements: Students can apply with a bachelor degree or equivalent. Students may enter directly the 2nd year of the program under the condition they successfully graduated from their 1st year of Master’s degree or equivalent. Students are coming from all over the world and from very different backgrounds (Educational Science, Computer Science, Psychology, Economy, Design, Medicine, Humanities, Biology, Cognitive Sciences, etc.). The selection is based on proven interest in interdisciplinary, motivation and previous record, as well as an interview with the pedagogical team.
Students should check the Master’s website and Campus France website to determine if they are eligible to follow this training.
Language pre-requisites: B2 level in English is required (ideally C1)
Course overview
The AIRE Life Sciences Master (AIRE-LiSc) is an interdisciplinary two-year program tackling quantitative approaches of different interfaces in Life Sciences. Its goal is to study Life Sciences through an innovative, interdisciplinary approach based on the convergence of Biology, Physics, Computer Sciences, and many other disciplines. Students following this program can build their own unique course portfolio, and gain substantial, meaningful research experience thanks to the CRI internship-rich program. Students also work in an international environment that promotes teamwork and collaborations, and thus build long-lasting ties with researchers and fellow students from all over the world.
The AIRE-LiSc program employs a learning-through-research pedagogy approach and comprises several research internships and collaborative projects. It also aims at training creative and talented students to develop their curriculum and research in an enriching environment that fares up to the best graduate programs in the world.
Skills and competencies developed
- Analyze, represent and share complex systems data related to living beings, human society or machines
- Develop experimental and theoretical approaches to serve the need for innovation in organization on an international scale
- Master concepts and ties of open science
- Implement open source and open access tools and practices
- Mobilize interdisciplinary experimental research techniques and methods
- Develop critical thinking and a critical approach to knowledge, both inside a domain and at the interfaces of different domains
- Tackle issues to advance knowledge, methods and procedures by integrating know-how from different domains
Contact
Master AIRE team :
master-aire@learningplanetinstitute.org