#SFHN2612945A2026-2027 timetable for France’s national digital matching process for medical residency access
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This order sets the key deadlines for France’s national digital matching process for entry into the third cycle of medical studies for the 2026-2027 academic year. It tells medical faculties what student data they must send to the National Management Centre, including pathway points, students who have not validated their second cycle, and derogation files. It also sets a July 20, 2026 deadline for certain candidates trained in the EU, EEA, Switzerland, or Andorra to submit proof of basic medical training, with French-language or certified translated documents. For candidates without a public service commitment contract, the simulation phase runs from August 17 to August 21, 2026, with daily choice entry windows and results published the following day.
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Key Changes
- Sets the 2026 deadlines for medical faculties to send student data to the National Management Centre
- Requires certain EU, EEA, Swiss, and Andorran-trained candidates to submit basic medical training certificates by July 20, 2026
- Schedules the simulation phase for non-public-service-commitment candidates from August 17 to August 21, 2026
Obligations
What this law requires
Medical training and research units or components providing medical education must send the National Management Centre the pathway points awarded to students registered for the 2026 national examinations, using the files provided by the Centre.
Medical training and research units or components providing medical education must send the National Management Centre the list of students who, as of 2 July 2026, have not validated their second cycle of medical studies.
Medical training and research units or components providing medical education must send the National Management Centre the files of students who obtained a derogation from the relevant commission.
Eligible students trained in the EU, EEA, Switzerland, or Andorra must submit their certificate validating basic medical training to the National Management Centre electronically at [email protected].
The basic medical training certificate submitted by eligible students must be drafted in French or accompanied in the same submission by a translation made by an approved or authorized translator.