Monmaster.gouv.fr

monmaster.gouv.fr
Type of site
Academic portal
Available inFrench
Country of originFrance
OwnerMinister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation (France)
URLmonmaster.gouv.fr
Advertisingno
Commercialno
RegistrationOptional
Launched1 February 2017; 7 years ago (2017-02-01)
Current statusactive

monmaster.gouv.fr (formerly trouvermonmaster.gouv.fr) is a Web portal that lists all national master's degrees in France, as well as the procedures for applying for them, the number of places available, the selection criteria and the timetable.

Launched in 2017, the site only provided a list of all master's degrees, and students had to send their applications to the relevant institutions. Since 2023, the site directly collects applications, in a national annual procedure which takes place between March and September.

The search for a Master's degree is carried out using several criteria: by discipline ("mention"), by sub-discipline ("parcours"), keyword, name of the institution, its location. The results include the number of places available as well as a direct weblink to the institutions and the full description of the courses. The results can be sorted and saved using bookmarks ("favoris").

Not all graduate programmes are listed, only those accredited by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research.

Copy of a French diploma of master (2010)

Facts

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Launched on 1 February 2017, the portal lists 4,883 Masters degrees in its first year,[1] 4,826 in 2018,[2] 3,571 in 2020,[3] 3,735 in 2020.[4]

Number of masters by region, according to Trouvermonmaster.gouv.fr
Region 2018[2] 2020[3] 2022[4]
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 458 472 501
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté 122 129 129
Bretagne 239 234 251
Centre-Val de Loire 185 92 92
Corse 28 24 24
Grand Est 551 264 260
Guadeloupe 33 28 27
Guyane 13 9 11
Hauts-de-France 275 294 296
Ile-de-France 1290 815 872
La Réunion 35 36 37
Normandie 148 148 157
Nouvelle-Calédonie 8 9 10
Nouvelle-Aquitaine 296 262 277
Occitanie 323 347 373
Pays de la Loire 161 189 200
Polynésie française 10 9 9
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur 651 210 109
Total 4826 3571 3735

From the outset,[5] the possibility of transforming the trouvermonmaster.gouv.fr website into a registration website, like Parcoursup for undergraduate programmes, was raised. In 2022, the launch of the new site was cancelled at the last minute due to opposition from both academics and student associations.[6]

Selection of applications

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Since 2016, universities have been allowed to select their master's students. The « Je suis accompagné » ("I am accompanied") service offers students who have not received a positive response to their application the possibility to receive support from the Ministry in order to obtain a place in a Master's programme. This procedure has given rise to some uncertainty[7] and criticism.[8] 3300 students were able to use this procedure at the start of the 2017 academic year, of whom 735 found a place.[9]

Prices and cost of education in France

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The French education system is dual: most masters are free (or very limited fees: about 400 €/year for nationals, or 3000 €/year for foreigners), but some private schools are as expensive as their equivalent in the Anglo-Saxon world.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne: Grand lancement de la plateforme 'trouvermonmaster.gouv.fr'". www.pantheonsorbonne.fr (in French). Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  2. ^ a b "Trouvermonmaster.gouv.fr". Trouvermonmaster.gouv.fr. 2018-02-20.
  3. ^ a b "Recherche - Trouver Mon Master". www.trouvermonmaster.gouv.fr. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
  4. ^ a b "Recherche - Trouver Mon Master". www.trouvermonmaster.gouv.fr. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
  5. ^ "La sélection à l'entrée du master adoptée définitivement par les députés". www.letudiant.fr (in French). 2016-12-19.
  6. ^ "Sous pression, le gouvernement reporte le Parcoursup des masters". Les Echos (in French). 2021-12-22. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  7. ^ Aurore Abdoul-Maninroudine. "Sélection en master : Paul, recalé à l'entrée de deux masters, a testé la saisine du recteur". www.letudiant.fr. Retrieved 2018-12-25.
  8. ^ Menal, Helene (2018-10-04). "Toulouse: Un vent de révolte souffle chez les "sans-fac"".
  9. ^ "Sélection en master : le droit à la poursuite d'études bientôt revu et corrigé". www.letudiant.fr (in French). Retrieved 2021-09-18.