• ECTS

    180 credits

  • Duration

    3 years

  • Training structure

    Faculty of Science

  • Language(s) of instruction

    French

Presentation

The CPES is a selective 3-year course leading to a Bachelor's degree, co-organized by a university and a high school. This training is multidisciplinary, of a very high scientific level, with an introduction to research from the first year.

The "Modeling and Numerics in the Life Sciences" pathway aims to train life science specialists with complementary skills in numerical methods (mathematics and computer science) to tackle the challenges of science in the era of massive data and complex systems. 

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Training benefits

- High-level scientific training close to research and multidisciplinary
- Supervision by teachers of preparatory classes and teacher-researchers of the university
- The vast majority of courses in small groups during the first two years
- Numerous project-based courses aimed at developing autonomy and critical thinking; research-related projects or internships from the first year.

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Objectives

At the end of the three years of training, students continue on to a Master's degree with a double skill sought. The aim of the training is to provide them with the skills necessary to aim for opportunities, at the end of the Master's degree or a doctoral thesis, in the professions of public research or business R&D departments.

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Know-how and skills

The CPES provides students with a complete undergraduate education in biology. This is complemented by training in mathematics and computer science, focusing on the modeling of natural phenomena, digital simulation, the analysis of large datasets, artificial intelligence and the programming of computer tools.

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Organization

Work-study arrangements

The CPES is not accessible in work-study training.

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Program

The CPES is the result of a partnership between the University of Montpellier (Faculty of Science) and the Lycée Joffre (teachers of preparatory classes). Students are supervised during the first two years by teachers from preparatory classes and teacher-researchers from the university, and divide their time between the two institutions (80% in high school and 20% at university in the first year, 50% on each side in the second year). In the third year, students are part of an existing Bachelor's degree in the Faculty of Science while maintaining a specific course allowing them to develop their complementary skills in mathematics and computer science.

Transversal courses in modern foreign language (English) and general culture, as well as an introduction to the major economic and geopolitical problems of the contemporary world (in the first year) are also offered.

Each year, a research discovery project or internship takes place at the end of the academic year. These courses allow students to discover the issues involved in the research professions, to participate in existing research projects and to implement the numerical and modeling methods taught throughout the training. In addition, part of the teaching is carried out in project-based learning and gives rise to independent or group work.

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Select a program

  • Chemistry S1 (Joffre)

    3 credits
  • Mathematics S1 (Joffre)

    5 credits
  • Modern Language S1 (Joffre)

    2 credits
  • From cells to organisms

    4 credits
  • Contemporary world issues S1 (Joffre)

    2 credits
  • Computing S1 (Joffre)

    4 credits
  • CPES Computer Science S1

    2 credits
  • CPES Mathematics S1

    2 credits
  • Biology S1 (Joffre)

    4 credits
  • General Culture S1 (Joffre)

    2 credits
  • Advanced CPES Mathematics S2

    2 credits
  • Contemporary world issues S2 (Joffre)

    1 credits
  • Mathematics S2 (Joffre)

    5 credits
  • CPES Sc vie S2 project

    2 credits
  • Computing S2 (Joffre)

    4 credits
  • Biology S2 (Joffre)

    6 credits
  • CPES Computer Science S2

    2 credits
  • General Culture S2 (Joffre)

    2 credits
  • Modern language S2 (Joffre)

    2 credits
  • Lifecycle 2

    4 credits
  • Your choice: 1 of 2

    • Profile BE CPES

      • Mathematics S3 (Joffre)

        2 credits
      • Basics of plant physiology

      • Fundamental ecology: concepts and methods

        3 credits
      • Complements to general mathematics CPES S3

        2 credits
      • Advanced CPES Mathematics S3

        2 credits
      • Computing S3 (Joffre)

        2 credits
      • CPES Computer Science S3

        2 credits
      • Fundamentals of Animal Physiology and Immunology

      • English CPES S3

        1 credits
      • Basic plant biology

        3 credits
      • Diversity and evolution of past and present metazoans N1

        3 credits0h
      • Biology S3 (Joffre)

        6 credits
      • General Culture S3 (Joffre)

        1 credits
    • BIO-MV CPES profile

      • Mathematics S3 (Joffre)

        2 credits
      • Basics of plant physiology

      • Fundamental ecology: concepts and methods

        3 credits
      • Complements to general mathematics CPES S3

        2 credits
      • Advanced CPES Mathematics S3

        2 credits
      • Computing S3 (Joffre)

        2 credits
      • CPES Computer Science S3

        2 credits
      • Fundamentals of Animal Physiology and Immunology

      • Biochemistry and microbiology TD TP CPES S3

        2 credits
      • English CPES S3

        1 credits
      • Biology S3 (Joffre)

        6 credits
      • General Culture S3 (Joffre)

        1 credits
  • Biology S4 (Joffre)

    6 credits
  • General Culture S4 (Joffre)

    1 credits
  • CPES Computer Science S4

    2 credits
  • Physiology of major functions CPES

    2 credits
  • Mathematics S4 (Joffre)

    2 credits
  • Choice CPES SV S4

    3 credits
    • Your choice: 1 of 2

      • Advanced cellular and molecular biology

      • Microbiology 2

  • Advanced CPES Mathematics S4

    2 credits
  • Introduction to evolution

    2 credits
  • IT S4 (Joffre)

    2 credits
  • English CPES S4

    1 credits
  • Metabolic biochemistry

  • Genetics 1

  • CPES Sc vie S4 project

    2 credits
  • Deepening CPES Computer Science S5

    3 credits
  • Project CPES Sc vie S5

    2 credits
  • Choice Profile SV S5

    • Your choice: 1 of 5

      • CPES SV S5 profile Microbiology

        • A practical approach to bacterial biodiversity

          6 credits
        • Communication techniques and scientific English

          4 credits
        • Immunology (from response to infect° to autoim diseases)

          4 credits
        • Molecular Biology

          5 credits
        • Microbiology 3

          5 credits
      • CPES SV S5 profile Plant biology

        • Plant development

          7 credits
        • Communication techniques and scientific English

          4 credits
        • BioInformatics applied to plant biology

          3 credits
        • Molecular Biology

          5 credits
        • Functional genetics

          5 credits
      • CPES SV S5 profile Cell biology biochemistry

        • Structural Biochemistry

          4 credits
        • Enzymology

          5 credits
        • Communication techniques and scientific English

          4 credits
        • Molecular Biology

          5 credits
        • Functional genetics

          5 credits
        • Integrated Cellular Metabolism

          5 credits
      • CPES SV S5 profile Biology and ecology

        • Tutored projects S5

          4 credits
        • Evolutionary ecology

          4 credits
        • Genetic bases of evolution

          4 credits
        • Microorganisms

          4 credits
        • Diversity and evolution of past and present metazoans N3

          4 credits
        • Modeling biological data

          4 credits
        • English S5

          2 credits
      • CPES SV S5 profile Physiology neurosciences

        • Communication techniques and scientific English

          4 credits
        • Practical work in animal physiology

          4 credits
        • Immunology (from response to infect° to autoim diseases)

          4 credits
        • Integrated Neurobiology and Cognition

          4 credits
        • Neurobiology and Cellular Neurophysiology

          4 credits
        • Cardiac Physiology

          4 credits
  • Deepening CPES Computer Science S6

    3 credits
  • Choice Profile SV S6

    • Your choice: 1 of 5

      • CPES SV S6 profile Cell biology biochemistry

        • Structural Biology and Interactions

          5 credits
        • Mathematics for biology

          4 credits
        • Practical work in biochemistry

          6 credits
        • Molecular Engineering

        • Systems biology

          3 credits
      • CPES SV S6 profile Plant biology

        • Basics of agroecology

          3 credits
        • Autotrophy

          8 credits
        • Green course

          10 credits
      • CPES SV S6 profile Microbiology

        • Infection & Immunity

          3 credits
        • Practical work in molecular biology

          6 credits
        • Microbial ecology

          4 credits
        • Molecular Engineering

        • Virology

          4 credits
      • CPES SV S6 profile Biology and ecology

        • Angiosperm diversity and phylogeny

          4 credits
        • Evolutionary Ecology and its applications

          1 credits
        • Species assemblages from local to global

          4 credits
        • CPES SV S6 PBE Cx 2

          • Your choice: 1 of 4

            • Science communication

              4 credits
            • Science and society: history, ethics, critical thinking

              4 credits
            • Setting up an educational project with UniverlaCité

              4 credits
            • Health, environment and global change

              4 credits
        • Evolutionary ecology and its applications

          5 credits
        • CPES SV S6 profile Biology Ecology CHOICE 1

          • Your choice: 1 of 6

            • Aquatic ecology

              4 credits
            • Introduction to molecular ecology

              4 credits
            • Tools and methods for reconstructing paleoenvironments

              4 credits
            • Adaptations to parasitism

              4 credits
            • Mammalian phylogeny

              4 credits
            • Architecture and morphogenesis of the whole plant

              4 credits
      • CPES SV S6 profile Physiology neuroscience

        • Cellular Communication and Pharmacology

          4 credits
        • Neuropathology

          5 credits
        • Muscular and cardiac pathologies

          5 credits
        • Sensory and motor neurophysiology

          4 credits
        • Endocrine physiology

          5 credits
  • CPES Sc vie S6 project

    5 credits

Admission

Access conditions

For entry into the first year of the course:
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• Minimum B2 level of French
• For French baccalaureate holders or future baccalaureate holders or from the European Union, the European Economic Area (EEA), the Swiss Confederation, Monaco or Andorra: application via the Parcoursup platform
• For candidates of foreign nationality, who do not hold or are not preparing for a French baccalaureate or a European baccalaureate and who are not nationals of the European Union, the European Economic Area (EEA), the Swiss Confederation, Monaco or Andorra and who reside in one of the countries with a Campus France area: apply on the Campus France website of your country of residence.
• For other candidates who do not meet the criteria described in the two previous points: application via Parcoursup.

Applications for entry into L2 or L3 CPES for external students are made via the e-candidate platform.

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How to register

First-year enrolments are accepted via the Parcoursup procedure or Campus France's Etudes en France platform, depending on the target group. External students must be accepted for L2 or L3 via the e-candidat procedure.

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Target audience

The course is aimed at motivated baccalaureate holders, interested in the applications of mathematics and computer science to experimental sciences, ready to invest in a training close to research and original. The program is looking for a variety of profiles, and pays particular attention to social and geographical diversity, especially scholarship holders.

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Tuition fees

Tuition fees include a contribution to student and campus life (CVEC) and registration fees, at the same level as those charged for enrolling in a Bachelor's degree in a public university. French higher education scholarship holders are exempt from the tuition fee part.

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Necessary prerequisites

The CPES is aimed at baccalaureate holders with a scientific background from secondary school. Specialization in mathematics and life sciences (SVT or biology-ecology) is strongly recommended. However, it is not necessary to have taken computer science courses.

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And then

Further studies

The objective of the CPES is to lead students to pursue a research-oriented Master's degree (a degree that can then be followed by a doctoral thesis), with a multidisciplinary component.

Within the University of Montpellier, CPES graduates can naturally turn to multi-disciplinary Masters programs or those with a strong digital component, such as the Biology-Health, Biology-Ecology-Environment, Eco-Epidemiology, Environmental Management, Bioinformatics, etc. (non-exhaustive list). Many other Masters programs outside Montpellier or abroad are looking for multi-disciplinary profiles like those of CPES graduates.

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Bridges and reorientation

It is always possible to join the Life Sciences Bachelor's degree during the course (end of first semester of L1, end of L1, end of L2). 

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Professional integration

As an undergraduate course, the CPES is not designed to offer professional integration after 3 years of training, which must take place after a further two years (Master's years), i.e. at Bac +5.

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