Ecole Graduée - Graduate School

The Graduate School is a structuring mechanism that strengthens the link between training and research at the University of Montpellier. It is supported by collegiums, research research clusters and doctoral schoolsto create a coherent continuum from master's to doctorate.

Born of the momentum of the I-Site excellence program, and implemented in 2022 when the university became an experimental EPSCP, this initiative aims to internationalize, decompartmentalize and energize our educational offering, by focusing on research and innovation.

The objectives

Ensuring continuity between the master's and doctorate levels for smooth, coherent career paths.
Promote training through research and strengthen the company's image.
Stimulate pedagogical innovation and interdisciplinarity through new modules and projects.
Increase the international appeal of our courses and partnerships.
Experiment with innovative recruitment processes for master's, engineering and doctoral students.

How it works

The graduate school at the University of Montpellier is structured around :

5 Research Centers :

Intermediary structures created to organize and coordinate research activities within the institution, they play a key role in structuring research at the University of Montpellier, fostering interdisciplinary collaboration, international visibility and adaptation to societal challenges.

8 Collegiums

Collegiums are pedagogical coordination structures grouping together different UFRs, Schools and Institutes around a specific disciplinary field, to reinforce the cross-disciplinary nature of training and research.

Agriculture and food
Law, political science and administration
Economics and management
Education
Technology courses
Engineering
Health
Sciences

9 doctoral schools

Doctoral schools are academic structures dedicated to training doctoral students, supervising thesis preparation and ensuring the scientific quality of the doctoral program, while promoting the professional integration of new doctors.

The 9 doctoral schools that make up the doctoral college:

The impetus provided by the creation of the Graduate School has led to the creation of the IDIL program, supported by the ANR as part of the SFRI project (Structuration de la Formation par la Research dans les initiatives d'excellence).

The IDIL program

IDIL is a program that complements the training offered by the University of Montpellier by offering immersive, interdisciplinary courses.

The IDIL Graduate School program aims to transform the educational experience of Master's and PhD students by offering an interdisciplinary, international, research-focused curriculum.

It is aimed at French and international students wishing to train in an environment of scientific excellence, directly linked to the major societal challenges to which the University of Montpellier is committed: feeding, caring and protecting.

Graduated school courses

The University of Montpellier's Graduate School offers two types of Master's courses, both backed by research and leading to a doctorate.

RG Tracks - Research Graduate Tracks

The RG Tracks are the University of Montpellier's historic masters programs, which provide training for and through research.

They combine high-level scientific training with a research-based approach, in French or English depending on the specialization.

Consult the list of master's degrees offered by the University of Montpellier with a strong research dimension.

View the list of Master 2 RG Tracks at the University of Montpellier - XLSX 22 Ko Download

IRG Tracks - Intensive Research Graduate Tracks (IDIL)

IRG Tracks are masters courses taught entirely in English, combining academic training with laboratory immersion.

Nearly 50% of ECTS credits are earned in the laboratory ("in lab"), through long internships, interdisciplinary courses and group projects.

These courses embody the interdisciplinary, in-lab and international model promoted by the IDIL (Inter-Disciplinary & In-Lab Graduate Program) since 2022.