Do you know about Validation des Acquis?

At all universities, graduation is not exclusively synonymous with time spent in the classroom.

Individual experience and career pathsare largely taken into account when it comes to entering a training program or validating a certification.

In higher education, there are 3 ways to enhance your career path:

1- LaVAE(Validation des Acquis et de l'expérience)

Under this scheme, students can obtainall or part of a diplomawithout taking thecourse, but by presenting their skills and experience to a jury of teachers and professionals.

2- LaVAPP(Validation of prior learning and personal and professional development)

It gives access touniversity training withoutthe diploma normally required.

3- Finally, for those who have been able to follow higher education courses abroad, theVES(Validation des Etudes Supérieures) also enables you to validate all or part of a French diploma in front of a jury of teachers.

The best-known of these schemes, VAE (Validation des Acquis et de l'Expérience) is enshrined in the French Employment Code and is a genuine individual right, regardless of status (salaried or not).

At the University of Montpellier, this system goes beyond the individual and is widely used by companies and their employees. Every year, nearly a hundred companies support their employees in the VAE process.

As an HR management tool, companies are combining VAE with mandatory individual interviews, and using it as part of their skills development strategy (GPEC) and to develop certain jobs.

Here are just a few examples of what can be achieved through the validation of prior learning:

• Set up a specific support system for a group of employees (COLLECTIVE VAE) to validate a diploma (distance or face-to-face).
• Help you choose the right degree (UM offers a wide range of more than 600 degrees)
• Combining VAE and short training courses (taking a Toeic in evening classes and support for the jury interview)

Validation of prior learning portal