Multidisciplinary Cycle of Higher Studies in Economics and Sciences for Engineering (CPES)

This CPES is based on a partnership between the Lislet Geoffroy high school and the University of La Réunion. It creates a three-year interdisciplinary course conferring a Bachelor's degree and allowing access to a Master's degree. It is open to holders of a general or technological baccalaureate, the specialty Sciences and Technologies of Industry and Sustainable Development (STI2D) being favored for the latter. This is a training oriented towards social diversity which aims to recruit 50% of scholarship holders based on social criteria and to achieve parity between girls and boys. It combines the complementary fields of engineering sciences and economy and aims to contribute to a solid transversal culture in the field of humanities. After a common semester which takes place at high school, students choose between economics and sciences for engineering. The entire promotion continues to develop its general knowledge in the field of humanities and to increase its skills in written and oral argumentation during the three years.

The CPES economics and sciences for engineers is a specific three-year course associating the University of La Réunion and the Lislet Geoffroy high school. Selective, this training is aimed at motivated high school students wishing to acquire ambitious training due to the diversity of the disciplines studied and their in-depth knowledge. At the end of the 3 years, students are intended to join selective Masters offered by universities or schools. The first year, the majority of classes take place in high school. Throughout the three years, students benefit from individualized monitoring and tutoring.

The high school provides lessons with a strong transfer of knowledge and methodological skills as well as individualized monitoring. The university provides support for research through specialist university courses and the attachment of research laboratories. At the educational level, the objective is to encourage regular work and maintain group dynamics. Individual and group tutoring is provided over the three years, as well as coaching and individualized support. To maintain team spirit and group cohesion, common courses continue to take place during the three years of the course, regardless of the course chosen. Apart from disciplinary skills, the targeted skills relate to attention to concentration, altruism and intention of action, non-verbal communication, stress management, collaborative work in project mode.

• Mobilize the main concepts of economics: micro-economics, macro-economics, money and finance, economic policy, international economics, within the framework of the analysis and interpretation of economic documents


• Mobilize concepts from the human and social sciences in order to better understand societal issues


• Implement algorithmic and programming techniques to develop simple data processing and analysis applications using software and statistical methods


• Infer links between variables in a population from hypothesis tests carried out on samples


• Mobilize the mathematical tools necessary for modeling
  Communicate orally and in writing, clearly in at least one foreign language


• Develop an argument critically


• Easily use different registers of written and oral expression

This selective training combines the advantages of the preparatory class and the License. It combines the complementary fields of engineering sciences and economics and aims to contribute to a solid transversal culture in the field of humanities. After a common core at the start of the course, students choose between economics and sciences for engineering. Whatever the course, the entire promotion continues to expand its general knowledge in the field of humanities and to increase its skills in written and oral arguments, real assets in professional selection. The training is completed by an intensive English course in the first year and by a business or research initiation internship in the third year. The first year, the majority of classes take place in high school. Throughout the three years, students benefit from individualized monitoring and tutoring. Holders of the CPES economics and sciences for engineering will mainly continue their studies in Masters, in specialized schools or in grandes écoles.

The course offers an intensive English course in the first year. Students have the opportunity to go on an internship in the second or third year. If the third year internship is compulsory, the second year is optional.

To enable CPES students to succeed in the best conditions, individual and group tutoring is put in place over the three years, as well as coaching and individualized support.

On file, baccalaureate or equivalent

• Master of Economics


• Master of Physics


• engineering schools


• business schools

The CPES does not confer professional status in itself but can open up certain professional opportunities depending on the chosen path:

• Collaborator of study manager


• Assistant economic project manager


• Investigation manager


• Responsible for economic monitoring


• Senior methods or research technician (study)


• Assistant engineer (control, quality)


• Scientific facilitator


• Laboratory technician


• Maintenance Technician