Welcome back to the Faculty! Our doors are finally open again for our students. Below you'll find the dates and procedures for the start of the new academic year in our various fields of study.
Coronavirus-related provisions
In view of the health crisis, we would like to remind you that wearing a mask is compulsory on all faculty premises. We also invite our students and visitors to respect the barrier gestures. Hydroalcoholic gel is available at the entrance to all our sites.
PASS and PACES
PASS
- Welcome meeting on September 4 at 9:00 am on all campuses (ADV, Flahault, Nîmes)
- Classes start on September 7th from 8:00 am
PACES (doubles)
- Welcome meeting on September 1 at 1:00 pm on all campuses (ADV, Flahault, Nîmes).
- TDs start on September 7
Medicine - Montpellier
1st cycle
- DFGSM2: start on August 24
- DFGSM3: start on August 25
2nd cycle
- DFASM1: start on August 31 at 10 a.m., UPM amphitheatre
- DFASM2: September 3, 10:30 a.m., UPM amphitheatre
- DFASM3: September 3, 2:00 p.m., UPM amphitheatre
Medicine - Nîmes
1st cycle
- DFGSM2: start on August 24, 9 a.m. in lecture halls 1 and 2
- DFGSM3: start on August 25, 2 p.m. in lecture halls 1 and 2
>> AFGSU from August 31 to September 10, 2020.
2nd cycle
- DFASM1 : back to school on September 1st at 9 a.m. in amphi 1,
- choice of courses at 10:30 am in amphitheatre 1
- DFASM2 : back to school on September 1 at 2 p.m. in amphi 1,
- choice of courses at 3:30 p.m. at Le Châlet
- DFASM3 : back to school on September 1 at 4 p.m. in amphi 1,
- choice of courses at 5:30 p.m. in amphitheatre 1
>> Start of hospital internships: September 7, 2020
Maieutics program - Montpellier
1st cycle
- DFGSMa2: start on August 24
- DFGSMa3 : back to school on August 24
2nd cycle
- DFASMa1: start on August 24
- DFASMa2 : back to school on October 12
Maieutics stream - Nîmes
1st cycle
- DFGSMa2: start on August 24, 9 a.m. in lecture halls 1 and 2
- DFGSMa3: start on August 25, 2 p.m. in lecture halls 1 and 2
>> Nursing internship from August 31 to September 17, 2020.
2nd cycle
- DFASMa1: start August 31, 9 a.m. in room 434 A
- DFASMa2 : startAugust 31 , 8 a.m. in room 434 A
Paramedical fields
Speech Therapy
- Back-to-school meeting September 1, courses start September 3
- Grade 5: Start date September 1
Orthoptics
- Back-to-school meeting on September 11
- 3rd year: back to school on September 11
Health Masters
Gerontology
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Master of Gerontology Management and coordination of services and structures: start of classes on Monday September 21, 2020 at 9:00 am in the Macabies room (BH).
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Master's degree in gerontology: Monday, October 05, 2020 at 9:00 am in the Macabies room (BH)
SHS
- Master SHS: start of classes Tuesday September 22, 2020 at 2:00 pm in the Bonaventure-Laurens room (BH)
On Monday August 17, 2020, the Faculty officially blew out its 800 candles! Here's a look back at an event marked by sharing and conviviality.
800 years of history, tradition and excellence
The ceremony begins at the top of the Cour d'Honneur steps. Teachers and students, decked out in their finest ceremonial attire, enter this historic venue alongside :
- Philippe Augé, President of the University of Montpellier;
- from the Dean of the Faculty, Michel Mondain ;
- the Chairman of the Steering Committee, Thierry Lavabre-Bertrand.
We were of course able to count on the presence and participation of representatives of local and regional authorities:
- Mr Christian Assaf for the Occitanie Region,
- Mr Renaud Calvat for the Hérault department,
- Mr Michaël Delafosse for the Metropole and the City of Montpellier
- and Sophie Béjean, Rectrice of the Montpellier Academy and the Occitanie Region.
To get the ceremony off to an auspicious start, Prof. Chanques and Bailiff Eddy Lamou presented the audience with our Ceremonial Mace, a symbolic object of the Faculty. Representing a staff of Aesculapius, this mace represents the threat that awaits doctors who fail to respect the Hippocratic oath.
The Dean's Usher, E. Lamou and Pr G. Chanques present the Faculty's Ceremonial Mace, a historic symbol pic.twitter.com/y9YyCA8g2H
- Faculté de Médecine Montpellier-Nîmes (@FacultemedMPL) August 17, 2020
It was then the turn of Prof. Valérie Rigau, the youngest member of the Board of Management, and Allan Guilley, a medical student and president of ACHEMM (the student association dedicated to the Faculty's 800th anniversary), to read a translation of the Faculty's original statutes, recalling their historical and symbolic value.
These statutes were enacted on August 12, 1220 by the legate of Pope Honorius III, Cardinal Conrad d'Urach. Since then, the teaching of medicine has never ceased to exist in Montpellier, creating strong links with the city, as President Augé and Dean Mondain recalled in their speeches.
Dean Mondain highlights the plurality of medical skills from the Arab, Jewish and Christian communities that fostered the emergence of medical education in @montpellier_ #800yearsMontpellierMedecine pic.twitter.com/OJz1ob9Fii
- Faculté de Médecine Montpellier-Nîmes (@FacultemedMPL) August 17, 2020
A faculty proud of its past, looking to the future
800 years later, the Faculty and its community are proud to blow out this new candle. To mark the occasion, a commemorative plaque was unveiled. A way of honouring the illustrious figures who have shaped our faculty, while continuing to write our history.
A history which, as current events demonstrate, will undoubtedly be full of challenges! Challenges that will in no way change the Faculty's mission: we'll be there to support and train tomorrow's healthcare professionals.
Relive the ceremony
Below are photos of the ceremony taken by E. Perra. You can also re-watch the entire ceremony by following the link below.
And to find out more about the events that await you over the coming months to celebrate this anniversary in style, visit the official 800ans.fr website!
The year-long celebration of 800 years of our Faculty continues with a new fun event! Join the Manoir du Crime team on Saturday August 29 for an unforgettable evening of thrills and chills...
A full-scale survey
The historic building will be the setting for a life-size game. Fans of Cluedo and detective series, don your best investigator's costume to unravel the mysteries of the Troupe du Manoir!
1935. The press reports the body of the famous surgeon discovered dead in the office of his home, locked from the inside. But it was not suicide. The police investigate, and their inquiries soon lead our two investigators to the Faculty of Medicine in Montpellier. What lies behind this cleverly disguised murder? What will our two investigators discover? Will they dare to delve into the mysteries of the history of the Faculty of Medicine?
Join us for a new-format Crime Night in the heart of our Faculty's impressive anatomical collection!
On this special day, the challenge is on. The longest plot ever written by the Troupe du Manoir will have to be solved. To achieve this, it will be divided into 2 chapters.
A first series of teams can solve Chapter I from 4 pm to 6:30 pm. These same teams will have to pass on everything they have discovered to the teams who have come to solve Chapter II, over a meal (under cover of a police inspector). Armed with this information, the new investigators will have to uncover all the mysteries of Montpellier's Faculty of Medicine.
A registered event
Two sessions are proposed, including a buffet lunch:
The first will run from 4pm to 6:30pm. The second will be from 8pm to 10:30pm. Lunch from 18h45 to 19h45.
Rates :
Session 1 OR Session 2 with meal: €40
Session 1 AND Session 2 with meal: €60
For more information on the Faculty's 800th anniversary and the events organized to mark the occasion, visit 800ans.fr!
