The UM6P Industrial PhD Program (UIPP) connects doctoral research at University Mohammed VI Polytechnic with the strategic R&D priorities of leading industrial partners.
Each subject below is co-designed and co-supervised with an industrial partner. Selected candidates carry out their research across UM6P laboratories and the partner's own R&D environment, working on problems with direct industrial impact.
Explore the doctoral subjects offered in partnership with industry and apply to the one that matches your profile.
Deadline: September 25, 2026
The subjective assessment of car audio system engineering is a key factor in customer experience and perceived vehicle quality. It is technically complex, involving numerous components and tuning processes, and is expensive to conduct, often requiring physical jury evaluations gathered near the end of the project. Within that technically complex landscape, developing all the adequate audio tunings for each model reveals quite expensive to conduct, noticeably because jurys (consisting of already trained NVH engineers) have to be set up, work together and give subjective ratings that will apply to one given set of {vehicle, audio equipment, tuning}. Also, these steps are to be conducted at the end of projects, when representative prototypes are available to ear and work on, putting a high pressure on Leadtime. Today, each time one engineering iteration is needed (for each different audio tuning, or different physical influent part changed in the vehicle), one relatively long loop of subjective audio ratings is to be planned. Indeed, many steps remain “manual” and rely on expert knowledge. One major objective of this PhD work is then to improve car quality & Leadtime efficiency by leveraging on Machine learning new tools and approaches, that could replace a significant amount of physical jurys and help making quicker relevant engineering decisions, optimize tunings. To develop such innovative “virtual jurys”, new opportunities come with (i) AI-ML techniques that can now deal with fine details in audio signals, able to catch most of the features that make the quality of interior sounds. (ii) and the existence of internal consolidated Stellantis databases
Nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) are among the main limiting factors of wheat production in Africa. Nitrogen fertilisation is a well-established driver of nitrous oxide (N₂O) emissions. Yet, the role of phosphorus availability in regulating N2O emissions remains relatively understudied under field circumstances, despite evidence that P deficiency can enhance N losses as N2O. The objective of this PhD project is to explore the interactive influence of nitrogen management and phosphorus availability on soil N2O emissions in wheat cropping systems. The field experiments will be conducted at the UM6P experimental farm in Ben Guerir. The work is framed by the 4R nutrient stewardship concept (right source, right rate, right time, right place). The main objective is to quantify how nitrogen management practices interact with phosphorus availability to shape soil N₂O emission patterns in wheat cropping systems, and to identify the agronomic and environmental conditions under which emission risk is highest. The work will also examine the trade-off between agronomic performance and environmental cost, in order to identify management combinations that sustain productivity while limiting emissions. The project intends to produce locally anchored emission data for Moroccan wheat systems, filling a considerable gap in region-specific data. The expected output of this project include the production of improved regional emission factors, a reference dataset to enable national greenhouse gas accounting, and the development of evidence-based nutrient management guidelines that specifically include phosphorus in nitrogen fertilization schemes within the 4R framework.
Ce projet de thèse industrielle vise à développer des dispersants multifonctionnels biosourcés multifonctionnel permettant de conférer des propriétés de base aux encre et peinture comme la stabilité des dispersions, ajustement de la rhéologie, renfort mécanique, ainsi que des fonctions de spécialité comme l’anticorrosion, l’antimicrobienne, l’ignifuge, l’autonettoyante, ou encore l’anti-UV. Les objectifs étant d’ouvrir de nouvelles applications d’encre et peintures de spécialité tout en répondant aux défis d’obtenir des encres et peintures stables, performantes, durables, recyclables, non-toxiques, et à faible empreinte carbone. Contexte du poste : Le département Materials science, Energie and Nano-engineering (MSN) à l'Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique (UM6P) et la société Générale Industrielle des Encres Marocaines (GIEM) recrutent un doctorant pour participer au projet de thèse industrielle sur les matériaux biosourcés pour des applications dans les encres et peintures. Le candidat intégrera les laboratoires de recherche du département MSN et ceux de GIEM pour une durée de 4 ans pour développer des produits d’encres et peintures industrialisables. Prérequis : être titulaire d’un BAC+5 minimum à la date du 01/10/2026 dans le domaine de la science des matériaux ou similaire. De bonnes connaissances sur les polymères et la formulation sont recommandées. Avoir un bon sens de l'organisation et de communication sont également souhaitables.