Inauguration of the restructuring and extension of the Nîmes site of the Montpellier-Nîmes Faculty of Medicine

Wednesday, February 8 from 10:45 a.m. - Campus Santé Nîmes, 186 Chemin du Carreau de Lanes, Nîmes

As part of its ^50th anniversary celebrations and to inaugurate the restructuring and extension of the Montpellier-Nîmes Faculty of Medicine's Nîmes site, Philippe AUGÉ, President of the University of Montpellier, and Carole DELGA, President of the Occitanie / Pyrénées-Méditerranée Region, will be visiting the Nîmes campus on Wednesday February 8 to tour the new premises and facilities, representing an investment of €9.62 million. The visit will also provide an opportunity to meet and exchange views with students from the Montpellier-Nîmes Faculty of Medicine.

Among the other personalities present: Isabelle LAFFONT, Dean of the UM Faculty of Medicine, Nicolas BEST, Managing Director of the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nîmes, Franck PROUST, President of Nîmes Métropole, Jean-Paul FOURNIER, Mayor of Nîmes, Sophie BÉJEAN, Rectrice de la région académique Occitanie et de l'Académie de Montpellier, and Marie-Françoise LECAILLON, Préfète du Gard, representing Pierre-André DURAND, Préfet de la région Occitanie, Préfet de la Haute-Garonne.

In order to breathe new life into the Nîmes site of the Faculty of Medicine, the University of Montpellier (project owner) and the Occitanie Region (^1st funder), together with their partners, have supported avast project to restructure and extend the Nîmes Campus, enabling it to go from 13 teaching rooms and 2 lecture theaters to 17 teaching rooms and 3 lecture theaters, the last of which seats 150. In addition, students now have access to a 200m2 student life area. The project has also enabled us to adapt the premises to new pedagogical developments , in particular by developing simulation training, giving professionals and students the opportunity to apprehend medical situations and procedures before they are performed on patients. 10 pre-equipped simulation rooms with equipment and high-fidelity mannequins are now available to students in medical and paramedical training (medicine, midwifery, nursing, nurse anesthetists, operating room nurse, etc.).

Program schedule

10:45 a.m.: Press welcome 

10.50am: Visit to the new simulation teaching center. Presentation by Dr. Laurent MATTATIA, anesthesiologist, and demonstration of the delivery room by students. 

11:10 a.m.: Inaugural ceremony, unveiling of plaque

11:15 am: VIP speeches in the amphitheatre 

12pm: Tense microphones / press exchange time 

50 years of the Nîmes site 

Created in 1972, the Nîmes site celebrated its ^50th anniversary last year. Professor Michel Dauzat, who was still a student at the time of its creation, is regarded as the site's "builder". Accompanied by professors Pierre Costa and Jean-Emmanuel de la Coussaye, he spearheaded the rehabilitation of the site, which was completed in the early 2000s. Today, the University of Montpellier is inaugurating the extension to the Nîmes site, following several years of work. Prof. Lumbroso, together with Barbara Mengual, Administrative Director, and Stephan Doladille, Deputy Administrative Director, have met three objectives: extension, development and diversification of the Nîmes site. A new building, amphitheatre, classrooms, living space: everything has been redesigned for the well-being of students and teachers alike.