Post-Master Degree Motorsport Engineering and Performance
ESTACA
Key Information
Campus location
Laval, France
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
1 semester
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
EUR 16,000 *
Application deadline
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* reduced fees: 14 000€ for students graduating in the year of enrollment
Introduction
Competitive motorsports need qualified engineers specially trained to work in this sector. The Motorsport Engineering Performance Post-master’s degree answers this need with a course that builds high-level skills and expertise in the Motorsport sector.
Developed jointly with the French company and team ORECA, a specialist in the design and production of racing cars, this MS® provides training in design, optimization, and organization of all the technical solutions in the Motorsport sector, but also mastery of special production and manufacturing methods.
Admissions
Curriculum
Syllabus
- 480 hours of academic coursework (September to February).
- 6 months minimum of in-company operational training followed by a professional thesis defense (march to august).
Program Outcome
AIM of the Post-Master Degree Motorsport Engineering and performance
Acquire the skills to:
- Design, optimize and organize all the technical solutions.
- Master and implement product manufacturing methods.
- Take account of the productivity and quality imperatives of the Motorsport sector.
Skills acquired during this post-master degree
- Identify the different categories, race tracks, and regulations in motorsport.
- Use sensors, analyze signals, video imaging, use chassis or engine data acquisition analysis methods, adjust a chassis or engine, and make recommendations.
- Identify race vehicle architecture, make and analyze dimensioning calculations, pilot and analyze mechanical tests, propose new solutions, optimize a structure, and get to know “new” materials.
- Define aerodynamic principles, identify aerodynamic phenomena, conduct and analyze wind tunnel tests, use CFD for analysis, and organize track trials.
- Identify the architecture of a combustion engine, an electric, a hybrid, and a hydrogen engine.
- Analyze gearbox technology.
- Identify the materials used in tires, analyze tire behavior, and analyze the impact of tires on performance.
- Analyze pilot behavior, and identify track safety.
- Manage projects, write reports, communicate, and speak in public.
Career Opportunities
- Engineering: chief designer, engineer, structural engineer.
- Aerodynamics: CFD engineer, wind tunnel engineer, aerodynamic track engineer, design of (new) models.
- Engines: chief engineer, engine support engineer.
- Track operations: operating engineer, data engineer, performance engineer, track support engineer.
- R&D: department manager/R&D activity, R&D engineer.
- Management: technical director, technical project manager.