4 sections: Materials, mechanics, design: Chemical properties - Steel - Glass and refractory materials - Mechanical applications - Advanced computer-aided design - Structural materials Chemistry, environment, energy: Organic chemistry - Petroleum engineering - Nuclear engineering - Nuclear chemistry - System optimization Electrical engineering, electronics, automation: Electricity & environment - Automation - Numerical signal processing - Matlab/Simulink - Programming of sequential functions Computer engineering and mathematics: Cryptography and secret codes - Complex analysis - Advanced Excel - Numerical analysis - Data analysis - Web programming - Introduction to Action Script - Embedded software development The first year is equivalent to a bachelor's degree in general engineering: students have general knowledge about several engineering topics. Second year The second year is the first master year. Students are required to select a minor and a major. This couple of courses gives them a very personalized educational path. There are 13 minors and 8 majors. Some minors cannot be selected with some majors. The 8 majors offered are: Environment and industry Civil Engineering Energy Engineering Mechanical Engineering Quality Engineering Computer Engineering Industrial Engineering and Industrial Automation Technology of Polymers and Composites Third year During the third year, in order to complete their technical knowledge students are required to study courses linked to professional positions. They have to select one group of courses among the following ones: Strategic Management Entrepreneurship Business and Sales International Research and Development Law expertise Logistics Purchasing Academic partnerships of Mines Douai Mines Douai has a various range of academic partnerships with French and foreign universities. French students can go to a foreign university during the second year and/or the third year. They can also earn a double degree with some of the universities below. Foreign students can also come to Mines Douai. Partnerships in France for an academic exchange The other Écoles des Mines: Albi, Alès, Nancy, Nantes, Paris and Saint-Étienne. L’École Spéciale des Travaux Publics (Paris). L’Institut national des sciences et techniques nucléaires (INSTN) (Saclay ou Cadarache). University of Lille Partnerships in France for a double degree University of Lille Audencia (Nantes) Télécom École de Management (Évry) IFP School (Rueil-Malmaison) Sciences Po Paris Sciences Po Lille University of Marne-la-Vallée Foreign partnerships for an academic exchange Austria: Vienna University of Technology Bulgaria: Technical University, Sofia Canada: Université de Sherbrooke Chile: University of Santiago, Chile China: Zhejiang University Czech Republic: Technical University of Ostrava Germany : Technical University of Berlin, Braunschweig