SVT Track

  • Brest
  • Nantes
  • Caen
  • Foundation Track
  • Général
  • After or during Year 1

Are you interested in biology, healthcare and the environment, and do you enjoy science? The Life and Earth Sciences (SVT) Cycle at ISEN Ouest allows you to enter an engineering school straight after high school, exploring science and technology through the major challenges facing living systems.

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Admission
Cycle post-bac SVT ISEN Ouest

Program overview

In Years 1 and 2, you follow a science-based curriculum that includes life sciences while maintaining the essential foundations of engineering education: mathematics, physics, engineering sciences and digital technologies.

To tailor your studies to your interests, the SVT Cycle offers two options: Biology & Health or Environment. Both share a common scientific and technological foundation and allow you to discover how engineering sciences, digital technologies and Artificial Intelligence (AI) can help address challenges in healthcare and the environment.

In Year 3, you join the common core of the ISEN Ouest Engineering Cycle. You deepen your knowledge of engineering sciences and digital technologies before freely choosing your professional field in Year 4.

Curriculum

Répartition des enseignements du cycle SVT

 

Biology & Health option

Are you passionate about biology and its applications in healthcare? The Biology & Health option allows you to develop a strong foundation in life sciences while exploring the growing role of technology in disease prevention, diagnosis and treatment.

What subjects are covered in greater depth in the Biology & Health option?

This option provides in-depth knowledge of life and health sciences, including cell biology, genetics, physiology and neuroscience. These subjects are combined with an introduction to technologies transforming healthcare, such as medical imaging, bio-nanotechnology, embedded systems and Artificial Intelligence.

Why choose the Biology & Health option?

This option bridges biology, healthcare, engineering sciences and digital technologies while maintaining the fundamental scientific knowledge required to continue your engineering studies.

Subjects specific to the Biology & Health option
Subjects Hours
Structural biochemistry 15 h
Chemistry 30 h
Metabolic biochemistry 30 h
Human genetics 30 h
Cell biology 60 h
Histology 15 h
Microbiology 30 h
Human anatomy 30 h
Human physiology 90 h
Pharmacology and toxicology 30 h

Environment option

Do you enjoy science and want to gain a deeper understanding of environmental challenges and sustainable development? The Environment option allows you to explore the interactions between living organisms, human activities and the environment while discovering technologies used to address climate change.

What subjects are covered in greater depth in the Environment option?

You study life and environmental sciences alongside digital tools, observation techniques and emerging economic models that can help develop more sustainable and innovative solutions.

Why choose the Environment option?

This multidisciplinary approach provides a comprehensive understanding of environmental challenges, from observing and analysing ecosystems to designing technological solutions. Applications are wide-ranging, including smart cities, connected agriculture, resource management, environmental monitoring and climate change adaptation.

Subjects specific to the Environment option
Subjects Hours
Climate change: physical causes 15 h
General ecology 30 h
Cell biology 15 h
Applied ecology 30 h
Chemistry 60 h
Natural resources 30 h
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) 30 h
Ecotoxicology 15 h
Climate change and society 30 h
Environment and society 30 h
Environmental technologies 30 h
Digital technologies and sustainable development 15 h
Environmental project 45 h

A 3+2 pathway

A 3+2 pathway

At ISEN Ouest, you shape your own path through a 5-year engineering program. The SVT Cycle covers the first two years of your engineering studies. After completing the common third year, you can choose from a wide range of professional fields offered by ISEN Ouest across western France, without selection based on academic ranking.
From Year 4 onwards, you can specialize in one of the professional fields offered at ISEN Ouest that complement your initial cycle, such as:

However, all specialization options remain open to you.

Niveau d’admission

After a general baccalauréate

Mode d'inscription

followed by the Puissance Alpha entrance exam
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Localisation

Campus ISEN Brest

20 rue du Cuirassé Bretagne, Brest

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Campus ISEN Caen – MoHo

16bis Quai Amiral Hamelin

14000 Caen

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Campus ISEN Nantes

33Q avenue du Champ de Manoeuvres

44470 Carquefou

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