One Health-Emerge Master

Your M1 will be carried out through immersion and pooling of resources in the veterinary and agri-food engineering courses at Oniris and the biology and health courses at Nantes University.

Following this first year, which will provide you with a foundation of knowledge and methods, you will be joined in M2 by students from health, veterinary and engineering courses. Through practical scenarios, you will learn to work in multidisciplinary teams and develop skills to assess and make decisions to anticipate, prevent and manage biological or chemical health situations according to the ‘One Health’ approach.

First-year Master's courses are taught in French. Working documents in English will be used.

In M2, the majority of classes will be taught in English.

The One Health-Emerge Master's programme aims to develop learners' skills by following our integrated ‘One Health’ approach to health.
You will thus be able to:

• Conduct assessments of current and emerging health risks tailored to the types of exposure.
• Propose measures to control health risks and estimate their effectiveness.
• Work in multidisciplinary teams and networks.
• Make decisions based on risk-benefit analyses.
• Communicate effectively with different audiences.

To develop these skills, our teaching focuses on :

• Zoonotic infectious diseases
• Food-related biological risks
• Chemical risks
• Organisations, economics and health policies
• Prevention and management of health crises
• Data science
• Management and communication with a systemic approach to health and decision-making for its prevention and management

Assessment is organised into continuous assessment and final examinations. Various assessment methods are used: written assignments, presentations, supervised projects and internship reports.

A compulsory internship of 2 months is required in M1 and 4 to 6 months in M2.

Classes are held at Oniris (Food Science Campus and Veterinary Campus) as well as at the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Medicine at Nantes University in Nantes. 

Focus on the programme 

The main employers of Master's graduates are :

• National and international public and semi-public public health organisations
• Pharmaceutical and agri-food companies
• Research organisations
• Health research and consultancy firms
• Organisations working in the fields of the environment, agriculture and livestock farming.

The professions pursued by our graduates are :

• Public health project manager
• Health prevention and promotion project manager
• Regulatory affairs manager
• Risk assessment officer
• Veterinary public health manager
• Health risk assessment and management manager
• Researcher or lecturer-researcher in the fields of health, nutrition or risk management

Expected to be admitted

• Have a bachelor's degree in life sciences or health.
• Have a solid grasp of the fundamentals of general biology.
• Be able to apply scientific knowledge to analyse complex, multidisciplinary situations - define a problem and develop a line of reasoning.
• Have sufficient English language skills to understand the course content: be able to communicate orally and in writing.
• Be interested in global health issues, the One Health concept and careers at the interface of animal health, human health and the environment.
• Be able to work independently and as part of a team.
• Be able to summarise information in writing and communicate orally in front of an audience.

M1 Application procedure for the year 2026-2027

Admissions: You can submit your applications between 17 February and 16 March 2026 via the national application platform for first-year Master’s programmes: MonMaster.gouv.fr

Review of your application: Your application will be reviewed by the institution between 23 March and 29 May 2026.

Response to applications: The admission phase (sending out offers of admission to applicants and applicants’ responses to these offers) will take place from 3 June to 16 June 2026.

M2 Application procedure for the year 2026-2027

For French or European students: 

Applications for the M2 OHE are open from 9 March 2026 to 12 April 2026.

Download the application form

For non-European students covered by the ‘Etudes en France’ procedure:

Complete your application via the platform Etudes en France.

Application period: procedure Etudes en France.

Décision des établissements : 30 avril 2026.

For non-European students from a country not covered by the ‘Etudes en France’ scheme: 

Applications for the M2 OHE are open from 9 March 2026 to 12 April 2026.

Download the application form