Newsline from the September 11, 2019 Council meeting

Voting on agreements

The Council gave a favorable opinion:

=> the provision of premises between:

* Montpellier University, Faculty of Science and Biocampus,

* Montpellier University, the Faculty of Sciences, and the Montpellier Board of Education.

=> on loan for the exhibition "La Tête et les Mains" (The Head and the Hands) between:

* Montpellier University, the Faculty of Sciences, and the Midi-Maths association,

* Montpellier University, the Faculty of Sciences, and Gaston Bonheur College in Trèbes (11),

* Montpellier University, the Faculty of Sciences, and Champollion High School in Lattes (34).

=>inter-university cooperation betweenthe University of Montpellier, the Faculty of Sciences, the National Institute of Higher Agricultural Studies of Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), the Institute of Life and Environmental Sciences and Industries (AgroParis Tech), Paul Valéry Montpellier 3 University, and the University of Barcelona.

=>inter-university cooperation betweenthe University of Montpellier and National Central University (Taiwan).

Knowledge Assessment Methods – KAM –

It was noted that the training program comprised 2,370 TU. All requests for corrections submitted by theTU managersTU taken into account by the Faculty Management and will be forwarded to the Training Program and Information System Department, which will be responsible for integrating them into Apogée.

The assembly unanimously approved the MCCs for the Faculty of Science for the 2019-2020 academic year.

The Academic Calendar of the Faculty of Science – 2019–2020

Reminder: The first semester of the FdS academic calendar for the 2019-2020 academic year was approved by the Council on March 22, 2019. In view of the work being carried out on the Triolet Campus, the Council decided to wait for progress on the construction sites before making a decision on the second semester.

Following simulations carried out by the Faculty's examination department, the Council gave a favorable opinion on the calendar for bachelor's and master's degrees.

These calendars are available on the Faculty of Science website.

Parcoursup/Administrative Enrollment Point

Mr. Richard Arinéro, Academic Director of the Bachelor's program, presented the audience with a review of Parcoursup and administrative registrations for the 2019 academic year:

• Reminder regarding capacity: Curie 390 gate and Monod 680 gate.
• Applications: approximately 4,800 applications (4,138 ranked, compared to 2,653 in 2018) in the Curie portal, and 5,000 applications (4,486 ranked, compared to 3,761 in 2018) in the Monod portal.
• The main admission phase began on May 15, 2019. The response deadline was five days until May 20, then three days beyond that (in 2018, the deadline was seven days). This change, combined with a high ranking for the last student called (1,900th place for Curie and 2,500th for Monod), allowed for rapid convergence in the first few weeks.
• The main phase ended on July 19, 2019(September 4 in 2018). Candidates were then invited to make a final choice. Capacity has been reached since that date.

At the end of the main phase, withdrawals were continuously compensated for by drawing on the waiting lists. These lists were exhausted at the end of August for Curie and at the beginning of September for Monod. Several dozen candidates were then recruited during the supplementary phase, which ended on September 14.

Among the proposals accepted by the Curia, there are around 200 "YES IF" students. As for Monod, following a configuration error in Parcoursup, there are only around 30 "YES IF" students.

Human Resources: update on Additional Teaching Assignments (MCE)

Mr. Alain Hoffmann provided an update on the number of Additional Teaching Assignments (MCE) per teaching department. It was noted that MCEs are required to work 64 hours and that four MCEs will be involved in scientific culture.

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