Enhance Your Education

Would you like to learn a language, improve your computer skills, or have access to more educational resources?

The University of Montpellier invites you to take advantage of its various services to supplement or expand your education.

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Caesura

A study break allows a student enrolled in an initial higher education program to temporarily suspend their studies in order to pursue an enriching personal or professional experience. This break may be taken independently or through a host organization, either in France or abroad.

It can be undertaken at various points during a student’s academic career, from the first year of undergraduate studies through the final year of graduate studies. It lasts at least one semester and can extend up to a full academic year.

Several types of projects may justify a request for a gap year:

• Take a course in a field other than your current major to explore other academic avenues;
• Participate in a civic service or volunteer program, in France or abroad (traditional civic service, European volunteer program, etc.);
• Start your own business under the student-entrepreneur status;
• Undertake a meaningful personal project on one's own;
• Gain professional experience, as documented by an employment contract (fixed-term contract), volunteer work, or an internship agreement.

A Few Rules to Know Before Applying for a Gap Year

If your gap year plan includes an internship, please note: your application will be accepted for only one internship, lasting no more than 6 months, as part of a gap semester.

In addition, the gap year must align with the academic calendar:

• It cannot begin before September 1 (the official start of the academic year) and cannot extend beyond August 31 (the end of the academic year),
• You must be enrolled in a university program before submitting your application.
• The break must end no later than the last semester of this program, regardless of the duration of the program.

Are you thinking about taking a gap year?

Submit a request to the office where you are enrolled. You will be asked to provide a form, along with a gap-year agreement and the appropriate supporting documents.

TIMELINE FOR REQUESTING A GAP YEAR

• Annual or first-semester break in France: no later than September 15
• Annual leave or first-semester study abroad: no later than September 1
• Mid-semester break in the second semester in France or abroad: no later than December 15

Tutoring

Tutoring is a program designed to help students succeed, established by the University of Montpellier.

Free of charge, the tutoring program provides academic and personal support to students throughout the year. It fosters genuine collaboration between students and faculty, allowing students to apply their knowledge in practice through sessions organized by the tutors.

Tutors are upperclassmen who are either currently in training (trainee tutors) or have completed a specific “Tutor Certification” program (certified tutors).

For students, by students, and supervised by teachers, tutoring takes several forms:

• Subject-specific tutoring focuses on courses within the institution’s areas of study. Sessions take the form of practice exams—such as mock exams for PACES students, writing case commentaries, or working through practical cases for law tutoring.

• Information literacy instruction helps students develop skills in conducting information searches and using digital tools to access and make use of resources that are useful for their academic journey.
• Disability tutoring consists of personalized support for PASS students with recognized disabilities through the adaptation of teaching methods.
• Tutoring as part of the adapted academic tracks is intended for students enrolled in the “oui si” success program. This type of tutoring focuses on study methods and academic support.

Would you like to participate in the tutoring sessions?

To do so, you must be enrolled in an undergraduate program at the University of Montpellier. You can find all the information about tutoring sessions at your college, school, or institute.

Would you like to become a tutor?

If you are enrolled at the University of Montpellier in a national degree program, you may apply to the relevant tutoring coordinator. To do so, you must submit a cover letter, a resume, and specify the type of tutoring you wish to provide. You may be asked to attend an interview.

If your application is approved, you will need to enroll as a trainee tutor in the “Training for Qualified Tutor Roles” track, either as part of the requirements for a course unit or for the University Diploma in “Training for Qualified Tutor Roles.” You will then receive training and complete an internship.

Contact:
Department of Training and Education
Triolet Campus
Place Eugène Bataillon
Building 7
34095 Montpellier Cedex 5

Email

Tutoring Organizations

At the beginning of the year, student mentor organizations hold a pre-semester orientation to introduce new students to the academic world and provide them with strategies for taking notes and studying for classes.

• Health Tutoring in Nîmes
• ATM
• ATP
• Association of Law Tutors

Thematic Digital Universities

The University of Montpellier has partnered with several Thematic Digital Universities (UNT) to develop online educational resources for students.

The Thematic Digital Universities share educational content on a national scale.

The UNTs are tasked with:

• identify existing digital educational resources in schools;
• generate new resources;
• to promote, index, and disseminate these resources;
• ensure the scientific, educational, and technical validation of the resources produced.

The UNTs with which the University of Montpellier has partnered cover the following fields:

Economics and Management

Association of Universities for Digital Education in Economics and Management (AUNEGE)

http://www.aunege.org/

AUNEGE, founded in 2005, is organized as a nonprofit association under the French Law of 1901, with higher education institutions as its members.

One of its missions is to make resources available to users according to criteria based on quality principles and in accordance with a policy of equitable distribution and dissemination.

FIED (Interuniversity Federation for Distance Education)

The FIED (Interuniversity Federation for Distance Education) was established on October 27, 1987, following a proposal made in April 1987 by the Directorate of Higher Education (DES) of the Ministry of National Education and Higher Education.

It brings together universities that have developed distance and online education programs into a network. It promotes the development of lifelong learning and cooperation among institutions of higher education in all fields and forms of distance education.

In addition to its core missions, its purpose is to:

• promote teaching, distance learning, research on distance education, and new learning methods;
• to promote exchanges and meetings on the topic of distance education and training;
• jointly develop training courses and modules and share instructional materials;
• to promote and monitor developments in the field of Information and Communication Technologies in Education in order to produce educational resources, with a view to sharing, disseminating, and collaborating on them;
• pool information and expertise on distance education and training programs.

Environment and Sustainable Development

Virtual University for the Environment and Sustainable Development (UVED)

http://www.uved.fr/

Founded in June 2005, UVED’s mission is to promote the use of digital technology to foster educational innovation in the fields of the environment and sustainable development (ESD).

UVED promotes access to knowledge, education, and training for all stakeholders in the field of ESD.

Health & Sports

Digital University for Health and Sports (UNESS)

https://www.uness.fr/

UNESS covers the fields of medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, and sports science.

Through its websites, UNESS offers, free of charge and with open access, both traditional educational resources (PDFs, multiple-choice quizzes, lectures, and recorded scientific conferences) and innovative ones (interactive multiple-choice quizzes, audio-enhanced and chapter-organized slide shows, 3D representations, serious games, and simulations) that have been approved by the specialty committees of its member institutions or sourced from French university websites, organized by specialty or year of study.

Law and Political Science

Francophone Digital Law University (UNJF)

http://www.unjf.fr/

Established as a Public Interest Group in 2009, the UNJF aims to pool the digital resources of its member institutions to support legal education.

The UNJF provides the University’s scientific and pedagogical endorsement for all the training programs it offers and accredits. The courses it develops are designed, created, and kept up to date by leading university specialists with extensive experience and recognized expertise, most often evidenced by the reputation they enjoy in their respective fields.

Science

The University of Online Sciences (UNISCIEL)

http://www.unisciel.fr/

UNISCIEL focuses on the basic sciences and covers the following fields: mathematics, computer science, physics, chemistry, life sciences, and earth and space sciences.

In particular, Unisciel offers high-quality digital resources that have been validated in terms of content, pedagogy, and technical aspects.