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#ESRH2138609AOrder of December 29, 2021, setting conditions for foreign nationals to participate in university professor-hospital practitioner competitions

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

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🇬🇧 English

This law allows foreign nationals to participate in competitions for hospital university lecturer positions in France. Candidates need to prove they have taught for three years and hold relevant medical, dental, or pharmacy degrees granted in their home country. The law aims to fill roles in healthcare or educational institutions abroad, and candidates must go through the French cultural services or cooperation mission for applications.

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Key Changes

  • Foreign nationals can participate in specific university-hospital practitioner competitions in France.
  • Candidates must have three years of teaching experience and relevant medical degrees from their home country.
  • Applications are processed through French cultural services or the cooperation mission.

Obligations

What this law requires

high

Foreign nationals must demonstrate three years of teaching experience attested by a French or foreign university in preparation of medical, dental, or pharmacy degrees to participate in competitions

Foreign national candidates for hospital university lecturer positions
licensing
high

Foreign nationals must hold a valid degree in medicine, dentistry, or pharmacy that permits practice in their country of origin or degree-granting country

Foreign national candidates for hospital university lecturer positions
licensing
high

Foreign nationals must submit application files to French cultural services at the embassy or cooperation mission, including completed registration notice, credentials, works, publications, and motivated opinion from local competent authorities

Foreign national candidates for hospital university lecturer positions
operational
high

Joint ministerial decision from ministers responsible for higher education and health is required to authorize foreign nationals to participate in competitions

Ministry of Higher Education and Ministry of Health
operational
high

Foreign nationals granted titles (maître de conférences or professeur at foreign university level) cannot exercise functions in French university hospital centers, even if they subsequently acquire French nationality

Foreign national holders of foreign university-hospital practitioner titles under this order
prohibition

Affected Parties

Foreign medical professionalsFrench universities and hospitals

Tags

foreign professionals,university hospitals,medical education