Funding

Continuing Professional Development(CPD) is a training program initiated by the Hospitals, Patients, Health, and Territories Act (HPST) in 2009 and adapted by the Health System Modernization Act in 2016.

Dedicated to healthcare professionals in France(as defined in Chapter IV of the Public Health Code), CPD is a regulated training program.

Every healthcare professional must complete a CPD program to fulfill their three-year obligation.

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The professions concerned are as follows:

• Care assistant,
• Hearing aid specialist,
• Medical biologist,
• Dental surgeon,
• Childcare assistant,
• Dietitian,
• Epithesist,
• Occupational therapist,
• State-registered nurse,
• Medical radiology technician,
• Massage therapist, physical therapist,
• Doctor,
• Ocularist,
• Optician,
• Orthopedist-orthotist,
• Speech therapist,
• Orthopedic technician,
• Orthoptist,
• Podiatrist,
• Pharmacist,
• Podiatrists,
• Pharmacy technician,
• Hospital pharmacy technician,
• Psychomotor therapist,
• Midwife,
• Medical laboratory technician.

Objectives

It allows:

• the healthcare professional to take an active role in their training,
• to promote interprofessional cooperation and break down barriers between different modes of practice (city, hospital).

The objectives of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) are:

• evaluation and improvement of professional practices and risk management,
• maintaining and updating knowledge and skills,
• taking public health priorities into account (example: PAERPA).

Contact

For more information about this program,please contact us at: sfc@umontpellier.fr.

The Public Service Commitment Contract – CESP

In return for a monthly allowance of €1,200 paid to them, beneficiariescommitto workingfor a number of years equal to the number of years during which they received the allowance,and for a minimum of two years,in specific locations in areas characterized by insufficient healthcare provision or difficulties in accessing healthcare, startingfrom the end of their training.

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GATWAYS

PASSERELLES admission applications are for individuals who hold certain degrees and wish to gain direct access to the second or third year of one of the four health-related degree programs in France (medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, midwifery) without completing the first year (LAS, PASS, PACES, PCEM1, and PCEP1).
For more information, please click on PASSERELLES above.

REORIENTATION

REORIENTATION requests concern students currently enrolled at the University of Montpellier who wish to change their course or program and transfer to another faculty, school, or institute within the University of Montpellier.
For more information, please click on REORIENTATION above.

TRANSFER

TRANSFER requests concern students currently studying medicine at a French university who wish to continue their studies at the Montpellier-Nîmes Faculty of Medicine. Student file transfers are only possible between French universities.
For more information, please click on TRANSFERS above.

MMOP APPLICATION OUTSIDE THE EEA

The MMOP application outside the EEA is for individuals who hold a health degree (medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, midwifery) or are currently studying one of these four courses outside Europe and wish to benefit from direct access to the second year, with their course replacing a year of PASS or LAS.

Once accepted into the second year of one of the health programs, a request for exemption from studies may be made in order to enter a more advanced year of study.

Selection process

• Between February 1 and March 15 each year: applicants submit their electronic application via the University of Montpellier's eCandidat bleue application portal.
• The application file consists of documents listed in detail in the amended decree of March 24, 2017. (see the "file contents" tab)
• Early April: The faculties of medicine, dentistry, and pharmacy, as well as the midwifery department at the University of Montpellier, send their eligible applications to the central office, which double-checks the applications and ensures that there are no multiple applications at the national level.
• April/May: Eligible applications are forwarded to the Passerelles Committee, which reviews them during the eligibility phase.
  Eligibility Committee 2026 for the 2026-2027 academic year: Monday, April 13, 2026.
• May/June: Eligible candidates are invited to attend an oral interview lasting a maximum of 10 minutes (5 minutes for the presentation + 5 minutes for questions) during the admission phase. Oral interviews are conducted in person only (no remote interviews). In accordance with the principle of equal treatment of applications, no exceptions can be made.
  – Eligible candidates will be invited to the oral interview by email by the central office.
  – Admitted candidates will be notified by email by the central office.
  – Ineligible candidates and candidates who have not been admitted will be notified by email by the faculty/department to which they applied.
  – The list of eligible candidates and the list of admitted candidates (minutes) are posted on this page under the "results" tab.
  2026 Admissions Committee for the 2026-2027 academic year: Monday, May 18, and Tuesday, May 19, 2026.

Application

• Bridge admissions allow holders of certain qualifications or diplomasto gain direct access to the second or third year of one of the four health programs in France (medicine, midwifery, dentistry, pharmacy) without having to complete the first year of health studies or take the MMOP entrance exams.
• Candidates may indicate whether they wish to be admitted to the second or third year, but only the selection committee has the final say and will assign candidates who have been admitted to one of the two years.
• It is prohibited to applyto multiple institutionsand/orprograms inthe same year.
• The right to apply for a transfer admission is limited: no one may make more than twoattempts.

All necessary information can be found in the documents available for download below. Please read them very CAREFULLY.

Help with compiling the file:

• Recommendations for preparing the application file
• List of documents required for the application file
• Statutory declaration (guide to electronic signatures)
• Details on the acceptance of degrees

Regulatory texts:

• Amended order of March 24, 2017
• List of acceptable medical assistant degrees
• Help counting the number of possible applications
• Note on the gateway procedure

I am applying:

• via eCandidat blue
• Title of the program: Health Gateway – direct access to the 2nd or 3rd year of health studies, decree of March 24, 2017, amended
• Select the desired field of study (Medicine, Midwifery, Dentistry, or Pharmacy)