Target level of study
Master's degree
ECTS
300 credits
Duration
5 years
Training structure
School of Medicine
Language(s) of instruction
French
Presentation
For more information, please visit this link:
https://facmedecine.umontpellier.fr/etudes-et-formations/paramedical/formation-orthophonie/
Objectives
Speech therapy is a healthcare profession that involves preventing, assessing, and treating difficulties or disorders in oral and written language and communication, oromyo-facial functions, and other cognitive activities, including those related to phonation, speech, oral and written language, and mathematical cognition.
Speech therapists provide care to patients of all ages with congenital, developmental, or acquired disorders, regardless of gender, age, culture, socioeconomic status, or type of pathology.
As part of their role as healthcare professionals, they also work with patients, their caregivers, healthcare and education professionals, and the general public in the context of prevention and screening activities, therapeutic patient education, expert assessment and advice, and care coordination. Speech-language pathologists may also participate in research activities as part of multidisciplinary teams.
Speech therapy studies last five years, are divided into two cycles, and lead to a master's degree.
Organization
Knowledge assessment
Knowledge Assessment Methods
In each Teaching Unit (UE), skills and knowledge may vary. This may involve a final exam, and/or continuous assessment, and/or validation of attendance at certain classes. The assessment methods chosen for each UE are published definitively no later than one month after the start of the academic year.
There are two exam sessions per year:
- a first session at the end of each semester.
- a second session in early July, during which each student will take exams for the course units not validated during the first session.
The validation of a course unit is decided by the jury after deliberation when the student has obtained a grade greater than or equal to 10/20.
Program
Courses are organized into semesters, with each semester corresponding to 30 ECTS (European credits), or 60 ECTS per year.
Classes are taught in the following formats:
- lectures (either in person or delivered digitally via digital media),
- tutorials (supervised teaching).
During the five years of training, internships are organized in hospitals, private facilities, and private practices.
Admission
Admission requirements
Since 2020, access to higher education has been via the PARCOURSUP platform .
Selection is based on the application, followed by an interview for successful candidates.
They must provide proof of a high school diploma or DAEU or French diploma (or foreign diploma exempting them from the high school diploma requirement) or qualification/experience deemed sufficient in accordance with the provisions of Article L613-5 of the Education Code.
Registration procedures
Details of the procedure and schedule are available on Parcoursup.