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 the Gaston Bonheur Middle School in Trèbes (11),

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

=>interuniversity cooperation betweenthe University of Montpellier, the Faculty of Sciences, the National Institute of Advanced Agronomic 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.

=>interuniversity cooperation betweenthe University of Montpellier and National Central University (Taiwan).

Examination Procedures – MCC –

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

The assembly issued a unanimous recommendation to the MCCs of the Faculty of Sciences for the 2019–2020 academic year.

The 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 taking place on the Triolet Campus, the Council decided to wait for progress on the construction projects before making a decision regarding the second semester.

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

These calendars are available on the Faculty of Sciences website.

Parcoursup Update/Administrative Registration

Mr. Richard Arinéro, Academic Director of the Bachelor’s degree program, presented the audience with an overview of Parcoursup and the administrative registration process for 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) submitted through the Curie portal, and 5,000 applications (4,486 accepted, compared to 3,761 in 2018) submitted through the Monod portal.
• The main admission phase began on May 15, 2019. The response deadline was 5 days until May 20, then 3 days thereafter (in 2018, the deadline was 7 days). This change, combined with a high rank for the last student admitted (1,900th for Curie and 2,500th for Monod), led to a 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 recruited during the supplementary phase, which ended on September 14.

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

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

Mr. Alain Hoffmann provided an update on the number of Supplementary Teaching Assignments (MCE) by academic department. It was noted that MCEs are assigned 64 hours of service and that four MCEs will be assigned to the Scientific Culture program.

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