Continuing education

• Employees, job-seekers
• Self-employed professionals, craftsmen, etc.
• People planning to resume their studies or specialization
• Students under professionalization contract only

The aim of continuing education is to provide employees and job-seekers with training designed to certify, improve or acquire professional knowledge and skills. Resumption of studies, validation of prior experience (VAE), recognition of personal and professional achievements (VAPP) and professionalization contracts… Training programs allow employees to pursue lifelong learning, adapt to new technologies and work methods, specialize for career advancement, or transition to a new field.

The courses offered by Montpellier Management are available as continuing education courses (subject to eligibility requirements and the specific application procedures for each program).

Who can apply? Anyone with at least one year of paid, self-employed, or volunteer experience—whether continuous or not—that is relevant to the targeted certification.

How to apply? Applications are reviewed based on a written application and a mandatory interview. Applicants may submit only one application per calendar year for a given diploma, and at a single establishment (maximum three applications per calendar year, for three different diplomas). In their application, applicants must describe all their activities, and link their experience to the knowledge and skills required for the diploma in question.

Funding options VAE can be paid for by the candidate; by the employer, who can include the cost of VAE for his/her employees in the training plan (OPCA de branche, FONGECIF, DIF, VAE leave, etc.); by France Travail; or by regional authorities.

Differences between VAE and VAPP? VAE involves obtaining professional certification (diploma, professional title or certificate of professional qualification), while VAPP aims to validate professional and personal experience in order to gain access to higher education and continue one’s studies.

Who can apply? Anyone with professional and/or voluntary experience relevant to the certification in question.
Candidates who do not have a baccalaureate (or equivalent diploma) must be at least 20 years old on the date they intend to resume their studies, and have interrupted their initial studies for at least two years (except for top-level athletes). If a candidate fails a year of training, he or she may not apply for validation of that year for three years.

How to apply? Applications are examined on the basis of the candidate’s written application alone. Candidates may submit as many applications as they wish. Validation of professional and personal experience does not lead to automatic enrolment at the university. Candidates must also submit an application file and take part in the selection process in the same way as other candidates.

Funding options Fongécif and OPCAs do not finance VAPP. It does not require any leave or support.

Differences between VAE and VAPP? VAE involves obtaining professional certification (diploma, professional title or certificate of professional qualification), while VAPP aims to validate professional and personal experience in order to gain access to higher education and continue one’s studies.

Who can apply? Employees are eligible for the CIF. Their application must be accepted by the OPCA (organisme paritaire collecteur agrée), or by financial bodies such as the FONGECIF or OPACIF.

How to apply? Before applying, employees should contact the training organizations or the university’s continuing education department. The training project will then be studied, and the funding application will be processed. Employees can then be granted funding and start training.

Funding options Depending on each employee, the CIF can finance training costs and part of the employee’s remuneration.

Who can apply?

The Personal Training Account (CPF) is accessible to all employees, for a certain number of training courses. To see which courses are eligible for the CPF, please contact the Continuing Education Department.

How to apply?

After checking with the Continuing Education Department that the course is eligible for the CPF, you can submit your application on the e-candidat platform.

Funding options

The CPF can finance up to 120 hours of training. The remainder can be provided by a funding organization (France Travail, OPCA…).

To assess the feasibility of your project, please contact the Continuing Education Department.

To find answers to the most frequently asked questions by companies about work-study contracts (apprenticeship contracts, professionalization contracts), visit our dedicated page.