Continuing education department

Validation of Professional and Personal Experience (VAPP)

VAPP (Validation des Acquis Personnels et Professionnels) is a system created in 1985, which enables you to enroll in a training course leading to a diploma even though you do not have the required diploma, but your experience is related to the diploma.

general framework of the VAPP

VAPP regulations
PUBLIC

Anyone with professional and/or volunteer experience relevant to the certification concerned.

You need :

  • Have interrupted their studies for at least two years
  • Be at least 20 years old if you don't have a baccalauréat (except for elite athletes)
CERTIFICATIONS ACCESSIBLE THROUGH VAPP

All our national diplomas (BUT, licence, licence professionnelle, master's, doctorate) are accessible via the VAPP.

Please note that :

  • does not exempt from admission and/or selection procedures
  • is valid for the chosen degree and academic year

To help you in your initial search, you can contact the SCUIO IP, where training specialists will be happy to advise you.

You can also search for the UM diploma that matches your experience.

VAPP STAGES

VAPP application form

Would you like to take a course for which you don't have the required diploma? Send your detailed CV (tasks and skills) and cover letter to sfc-vapvae@umontpellier.fr

You will receive information about the VAPP scheme, access to the VAPP application form (Jotform) and the name of your manager.

4 commissions meet in: April, May, June and September.
The commissions study the requests and you will receive the approval or refusal within 1 month.

Application form

Application formalities for the diploma applied for must be carried out in parallel with the VAPP application to the faculty, institute or school concerned.

If you have any questions about financing or registering for continuing training, please contact the SFC: sfc@umontpellier.fr

If a candidate fails a year of training, he or she must wait 3 years before being able to apply for validation of his or her training.

Rate

50 € administration fee, non-refundable regardless of the outcome of your application.

Funding is generally provided on an individual basis. However, for employees, their employer may cover the cost as part of the overall training project.

Ask your VAPP manager for a quote.