Electrical Engineering for Smart Grids and Buildings (SGB)
Université Grenoble Alpes offers this 20-month English-taught master's in Saint-Martin-d'Hères, ranked #351 by Times Higher Education.
DURATION
20 mo
ECTS
120
LANGUAGE
English
TUITION FROM
€5,171
Non-EU / yr
What it costs
Plan for a normal Saint-Martin-d'Hères student life on top of any tuition fees.
Which fee applies to you?
TUITION EU
—
TUITION NON-EU
€5,171
/ yr
ROOM / MO
—
OTHER / MO
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€5,171/yr−56.9%vs field median (58 programmes) (€12,000)
Living in Saint-Martin-d'Hères
Rankings
- Times Higher Education 2026#351
- QS World 2025#334
- Times Higher Education 2025#351
- THE — Engineering 2026#201
- QS_ENGINEERING_2025 — Engineering 2025#175
Visa & life in France
The practical stuff — what's allowed, what's funded, what to expect after you graduate.
- Student visa
- VLS-TS Étudiant (Long-Stay Visa Valid as Residence Permit). Fee €99 · 2-4 wks processing · ~€615/month proof of funds. Must be validated on ANEF portal within 3 months of arrival. EU students need no visa.
- Post-study work
- APS — Autorisation Provisoire de Séjour Recherche d'Emploi — 12 months. No employer sponsorship required during the search window. Masters and PhD graduates can apply once; allows job search or business creation.
- Scholarships
- France Excellence Eiffel (€1,200/month, master/phd) · Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters (varies) · Campus France bourses gouvernementales
- English-taught master's
- ~1,500 English-taught master's; concentrated at Grandes Écoles and Paris-Saclay/Sorbonne. Source: Campus France 2026.
About Université Grenoble Alpes
Saint-Martin-d'Hères, FranceAll Université Grenoble Alpes programmes →
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