Enhance your education

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

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

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Caesura

A study break allows a student enrolled in an undergraduate program in higher education to temporarily suspend their studies in order to gain 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 one’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 warrant a request for a gap year:

• Take a course in a field other than your current major to explore new academic horizons;
• Participate in a civic service program or volunteer work, in France or abroad (traditional civic service, European Voluntary Service, etc.);
• Start your own business under the student-entrepreneur program;
• Undertake a meaningful personal project on your own;
• Gain professional experience through a fixed-term employment contract (CDD), volunteer work, or an internship agreement.

A few things to know before applying for a gap year

If your gap year plan includes an internship, please note: your application will only be accepted for a single internship, lasting no more than 6 months, as part of a gap year 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 final semester of the program, regardless of the program’s duration.

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, a gap-year agreement, and the necessary supporting documents.

TIMELINE FOR REQUESTING A LEAVE OF ABSENCE

• Annual break or first-semester break in France: no later than September 15
• Annual leave or study abroad in the first semester: by September 1 at the latest
• Application deadline for a gap year during the second semester in France or abroad: December 15 at the latest

Tutoring

Tutoring is a support 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 a true partnership between students and faculty, allowing students to apply their knowledge in practice through sessions organized by tutors.

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

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

• Subject-specific tutoring focuses on courses within the institution’s academic programs. Sessions take the form of practice exams, such as mock exams for PACES students, or writing legal analyses of court decisions or working through practical case studies for law tutoring.

• Information literacy instruction helps students develop skills in conducting research and using digital tools to access and make use of resources that are useful for their academic journey.
• The disability support program provides personalized assistance to PASS students with recognized disabilities by adapting teaching methods.
• Tutoring as part of the tailored academic tracks is available to students enrolled in the "Oui Si" academic success program. This form of tutoring focuses on study skills 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 regarding tutoring sessions at your faculty, school, or institute.

Are you interested in becoming a tutor?

If you are enrolled at the University of Montpellier in a degree program, you may apply to the relevant tutoring coordinator. To do so, you will need to 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” program, either as part of a course unit or as part of the “Training for Qualified Tutor” university diploma. 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

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Tutoring organizations

At the beginning of the year, student organizations hold a pre-semester orientation to introduce new students to university life and provide them with strategies for note-taking and studying.

• 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.

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 a non-profit organization under the French Law of 1901, whose members are institutions of higher education.

One of its missions is to make resources available to users based on criteria grounded in 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 learning programs. It promotes lifelong learning and cooperation among higher education institutions in all fields and forms of distance learning.

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

• promote teaching, distance learning, research on distance education, and new learning approaches;
• to promote exchanges and meetings on the topic of distance education and training;
• jointly develop training courses and modules and share educational materials;
• 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 learning and training programs.

Environment and Sustainable Development

Virtual University for 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 advance educational innovation in the fields of the environment and sustainable development (ESD).

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

Health & Sports

Digital University of 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, open-access educational resources, including both traditional materials (PDFs, multiple-choice quizzes, lectures, and recorded scientific conferences) and innovative resources (interactive quizzes, audio-enhanced and chaptered slideshows, 3D representations, serious games, and simulations) that have been validated by the specialized committees of its member institutions or sourced from French university websites, organized by field of study or academic year.

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 educational endorsement for all the courses it offers and certifies. The courses it develops are designed, created, and kept up to date by leading academic specialists with extensive experience and recognized expertise, most often evidenced by their reputation 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 standards.