Faculty of Science

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You have been conditionally admitted to the first year at the Faculty of Sciences in Montpellier (“Yes, if”).

This response to your application is not a sanction. This page explains why you have received this response and how the Faculty of Science will take steps to give you the means to succeed in your year.

The admissions committee that reviewed your ParcourSup application determined that your profile indicated potential weaknesses. These weaknesses may include the subjects you chose in your junior and senior years**, low grades in science during your junior and senior years, a break in your studies, a *non-traditional* educational background, etc.

In certain programs (Mathematics and its Applications, Computer Science), TU will be offered to you from the first semester onwards. In other programs, you are free to choose your courses: no options are closed to you because of your "yes, if" status. You will be in groups mixing "yes" and "yes, if" students and will take the same exams and tests.

This classification is not a punishment, let alone a stigma. On the contrary, being "yes, if" gives you privileged access to certain support mechanisms, including mentoring by master's or third-year undergraduate students and individual interviews during the first semester with teacher advisors from your portal.

Semester 1

Specific and early guidance on "yes, if" statements:

  • Individual meetings withthe director of studies and the teaching team's reference teachers,
  • Student mentoring formethodological or disciplinary assistance,
  • In some portals,remediation TU .

Choosing your major in semester 2

Towards the end of semester 1, it will be time to take stock and think about what to do next in this first year.

  • If you don't have any particular difficulties, you can continue on to a standard L1,
  • If you are experiencing difficulties but completing your first year in two years is a reasonable possibility, some portals offer lighter second semesters, in which TU are replaced byremedial TU . This choice means you will not be able to complete your first year in one year, but it will allow you to strengthen your skills so that you can succeed at a more suitable pace. Of course, you will retain the TU during the first year.

The three portals offering this option are Maths and its Applications, PCSI, and SVSE (see the second-semester syllabus for each portal by clicking the links below).
=> Maths Portal
=> PCSI Portal
=> SVSE Portal

  • If you feel that your initial choice of track was not the right one, in some cases you can arrangeto switch tracks forthe following year by following the internal TU as part of a lighter second-semester course load. At the end of your first year of the Bachelor’s program, you will repeat your first year in your chosen track to complete your Bachelor’s degree in two years.
  • If you are facing significant challenges that lead you to believe the School of Science is not the right program for you,the course offerings designed to help you explore other optionswill allow you to make the most of your second semester and prepare your ParcourSup application under the best possible conditions. These courses are held during the first 7 weeks of the second semester so that your grades can be included in your application.

The teaching team will be there to advise you on the best course of study for you.

The specific features of each portal are detailed in the documents below.