2023-12-16 18:21:21
The LMD reform – the abbreviation of the 3 diplomas concerned: License Master Doctorate – was implemented in 2004, its aim is to harmonize higher education diplomas in Europe.
No more Franco-French diplomas, long live the simplification of diplomas and the internationalization of studies! The LMD reform leads to a reorganization of training offers around 3 main principles (attention, concentration!!):
1. A redesigned diploma architecture.
Exit the DEUG, Masters, DESS and DEA! The three diploma levels are now: The License which lasts 3 years (L1, L2, L3 – i.e. a bac+3 level diploma), the Master in 2 years (M1, M2 – bac+5 diploma) and the Doctorate (bac+5). +8).
The DEUG, DESS, DEA and Maîtrise disappear with the implementation of the new European system, however, they remain national diplomas: you can always apply for your Deug or Maîtrise diploma but be careful, the salary scales risk changing. be revised and these national diplomas will no longer interest companies for very long…
Please note, after a Bachelor’s degree, the transition to a Master’s degree (M1) is not automatic… Since the start of the 2017 school year, the selection is made at the entrance to the M1 whereas before the start of the 2017 school year the selection was made in M2 (at at the time the selection was made in DESS DEA).
Since the start of the 2017 school year, entry to the Master’s degree has been done in M1.
The LMD and professional diplomas?
The professional license (third year of the license – L3) will always exist (different from the general license) this prepares you for a profession in a specific sector of activity. The choice of professional license or not will be made at the end of L2.
The BUT (ex DUT), DU or DEUST remain unchanged and still exist alongside the reform.
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2. Implementation of study credits – ECTS (European Credit Transfer System)”.
The LMD reform also allows the establishment of the European system of capitalizable and transferable units, known as the European credit system – ECTS (European Credit Transfer System).
Before, we were talking about UV. We will now have to talk about ECTS. At university, we no longer talk about “subjects” but about EU! Each UE corresponds to a subject and has a defined value in European credits (30 credits per semester). For each validated EU, you receive these capitalizable European credits called ECTS (European Credits Transfer System). So, if you wish to reorient yourself, study elsewhere or interrupt your studies, you do not lose these points you have already obtained.
So to summarize: the UEs are your disciplines and the credits your score at the end of the year! For each semester there is an associated level of credits / 30 credits per semester or 60 credits per year to be validated.
License: 3 years = 180 credits
Master: 2 years = 120 credits
Doctorate: 3 years = 180 credits
Good news: the credits offset each other during the academic year, like our old and now obsolete UVs, since they add up. Small difference however: ECTS credits accumulate from one year to the next. Thus, to validate a License, you will need to accumulate 180 credits in six semesters. Finally, the intermediate DEUG titles can be delivered after validation of the first 120 credits of the license and for the Master’s degree after validation of the first 60 credits of the Master.
3. A new organization of the academic year
It is now organized into Semesters and Teaching Units (UE)
EUs are divided into 3 categories:
– The fundamental EU,
– Complementary EUs
– and EUs with free choice.
A fundamental unit is compulsory and must be followed by all students in the course concerned. The student must therefore enroll, during their studies, in all the courses listed in the fundamental teaching units.
The complementary courses logically complement the fundamental courses chosen by the student and must be taken in order to validate the student’s course. The latter is obliged to choose a certain number of these teaching units from a list imposed by the teaching team according to their personal and professional training project.
Finally, in addition to the lessons grouped within the fundamental and complementary teaching units, the courses include a determined number of credits allocated to courses or activities of your choice: these are free teaching units whose list is proposed by the university.
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