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#ESRH2138617AOrder of December 29, 2021, regarding equivalence or exemption of required diplomas and functions for entry competition in the teaching and hospital staff corps of university hospitals

🇫🇷France··Other·Medium Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

This law outlines the equivalency and exemption criteria for certain diplomas required to enter competitions for teaching and hospital staff positions at university hospitals in France. It accepts various doctoral degrees and recognizes foreign qualifications as equivalent, allowing for broader eligibility. Candidates must provide evidence of relevant teaching or research roles from foreign institutions.

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Key Changes

  • Recognizes certain doctoral degrees as equivalent for entering teaching and hospital staff competitions
  • Allows foreign qualifications to be considered equivalent for these positions
  • Mandates submission of attestation from foreign institutions verifying relevant experience

Obligations

What this law requires

high

Accept the specified list of doctoral degrees as equivalent to a French doctorate for recruitment of university hospital lecturers: État doctorates in sciences and pharmaceutical sciences, State doctorate in dental surgery, third-cycle doctorate, engineer-doctor diploma, and habilitation to conduct research (HDR).

University hospitals and recruitment committees for teaching and hospital staff positions
operational
high

Recognize foreign diplomas and qualifications that provide access to equivalent academic-researcher functions in the candidate's country of origin as equivalent or exempt from French diploma requirements for lecturer and professor positions.

Recruitment committees and the National Council of Universities for health disciplines
operational
high

Grant diploma equivalencies or exemptions through the competent section, subsection, or intersection of the National Council of Universities for health disciplines sitting as a jury panel.

The National Council of Universities for health disciplines
operational
high

Require candidates for university hospital professor positions with foreign teaching or research experience to provide written certification from the foreign institution's head explicitly confirming their teaching or research functions are equivalent to those of French lecturers.

Candidates applying for professor positions based on foreign institutional experience
disclosure
high

Declare applications incomplete and non-receivable if they lack the required institutional certification attesting equivalent level of foreign teaching or research functions.

Recruitment committees and admissions authorities
operational

Affected Parties

University hospitalsTeaching hospital staff candidates

Tags

diploma equivalency,education,university hospitals