Council Newsline, September 11, 2019

Voting on agreements

The Council issued a favorable opinion:

=> the provision of premises between:

* the University of Montpellier, the Faculty of Sciences, and Biocampus,

* the University of Montpellier, the Faculty of Sciences, and the Montpellier Regional Education Office.

=> on loan for the exhibition “La Tête et les Mains” from:

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

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

* the University of Montpellier, 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 Agrarian Studies of Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), the Institute of Life and Environmental Sciences and Industries (AgroParisTech), Paul Valéry University Montpellier 3, and the University of Barcelona.

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

Assessment Procedures – MCC –

It was noted that the course catalog comprised 2,370 TU. All requests for corrections submitted by theTU coordinatorsTU been reviewed by the Faculty Administration and will be forwarded to the Department of Course Catalog and Information Systems, which will be responsible for incorporating them into Apogée.

The assembly unanimously approved the MCCs for the Faculty of Sciences for the 2019–2020 academic year.

Academic Calendar of the Faculty of Sciences – 2019–2020 Academic Year

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 light of the construction work underway on the Triolet Campus, the Council decided to wait for progress on the projects before making a decision regarding the second semester.

Following simulations conducted by the Faculty’s Examinations Office, the Council approved the schedule for the bachelor’s and master’s programs.

These calendars are available on the Faculty of Science website.

Parcoursup Update / Administrative Registration

Mr. Richard Arinéro, Academic Director of the Bachelor’s program, presented the audience with an overview of Parcoursup and administrative registration for the start of the 2019 academic year:

• Reminder regarding capacity: Curie Portal 390 and Monod Portal 680.
• Applications: approximately 4,800 applications (4,138 accepted, compared to 2,653 in 2018) through the Curie portal, and 5,000 applications (4,486 accepted, compared to 3,761 in 2018) through the Monod portal.
• The main admission phase began on May 15, 2019. The response period was 5 days until May 20, then 3 days thereafter (in 2018, the period was 7 days). This change, combined with a high rank for the last student admitted (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, 2018). Applicants were then asked to make a final choice. Capacity has been reached since that date.

At the end of the main phase, withdrawals were continuously filled by drawing from the waiting lists. These lists were exhausted by the end of August for Curie and in early September for Monod. Several dozen candidates were then admitted during the supplementary phase, which ended on September 14.

Among the offers accepted at Curie, there are about 200 students in the “YES IF” category; at Monod, however, due to a configuration error in Parcoursup, there are only about 30 students in the “YES IF” category.

Human Resources: Update on Supplementary Teaching Assignments (MCE) –

Mr. Alain Hoffmann provided an update on the number of Supplementary Teaching Assignments by academic department. It was noted that each Supplementary Teaching Assignment involves a 64-hour workload and that four such assignments will be allocated to the Science curriculum.

Your elected representatives and the department chairs serve as your points of contact within the Faculty of Sciences at Montpellier. Please feel free to reach out to them.