Health Gateways

These gateways allow direct access:
- to 2nd^thyear to holders of a Master's degree, IEP graduates and students in their 3rd year (minimum) of a health curriculum requesting a reorientation

- in the 3^thyear to graduates of PhD, Diplôme d'État or Ingénieurs whose title is recognized by the decree of January 13, 2014.

Bridging admissions are only open to students currently studying in France or the European Union (Master's degree, PhD) and to graduates of French or European institutions.

Diplomas issued by all other countries are not eligible for this procedure, even on presentation of a certificate of eligibility issued by the ENIC-NARIC Centre.

In return for a monthly allowance of €1,200, beneficiaries undertake - for a number of years equal to that during which they will have received the allowance and for a minimum of 2 years - to carry out their duties, from the end of their training, in specific practice locations in an area characterized by an insufficient supply of care or difficulties in access to care.

Any candidate holding a diploma giving access to the 3^th year cannot be authorized to compete in the 2^th year on the basis of this diploma. It is forbidden to apply in the same year to more than one establishment belonging to the same examining center, or to more than one examining center in France and/or to more than one stream. The right to take part in a "passerelle" admission is limited: no-one may be admitted for more than two attempts, or even just one if two PACES/PCEM1/PCEP1 registrations have been made.

Candidates for the "passerelles" are admitted to one of the four branches of the health curriculum (medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, maieutics) via a regional competitive examination, without having to pass the PACES (Première Année Commune aux Études de Santé, formerly PCEM1 and PCEP1).
This competitive examination consists of a file review and an interview for eligible candidates.

France is divided into examination centers, designated by the Ministry, each covering several university towns. The Montpellier center covers the South-East region, and includes the Faculties of Medicine, Pharmacy, Odontology and Midwifery of Nice, Aix-Marseille and Montpellier-Nîmes.

Each examining center sets up a commission made up of 12 lecturers representing the regional universities concerned, distributed as follows: 3 doctors, 3 pharmacists, 3 dental surgeons and 3 midwives.

Between the end of January and the end of March: applicants submit an application to the faculty where they wish to study. They are not allowed to apply to more than one institution in the same year.
The application file is made up of documents listed in a ministerial order.

Applications received by post or hand-delivered after this deadline will not be presented to the committee. It is therefore up to applicants to check postal delivery times to ensure that their application is submitted within the statutory deadline.
Early April :Admissible applications are forwarded to the examining center, which again checks applications and ensures that there are no multiple applications at national level.
May/June :these applications are forwarded to the bridging commission, which examines them in an eligibility phase.

Following this first phase, the examining center sends an e-mail and a letter to the candidates selected to take part in the 10-minute admission oral(the exact procedure for the oral is specified to eligible candidates in the invitation letter).