Overview
Three-year DIU (80 h teaching per year) for non-psychiatrist physicians employed full-time in public psychiatry services (general assistants, associate trainees/practitioners, PAC); trainees continue full-time clinical work in psychiatry throughout. Does not confer equivalence to practise as a psychiatrist.
The programme
- Training type
- Specialist training programme
- Duration
- 3 years (80 h per year) alongside full-time psychiatric practice
- Start
- 2 November 2026 (indicative)
- Positions
- 70
- Accreditation
- Inter-university diploma (Paris-Saclay, Paris Cité, UVSQ)
- Department
- Not stated on official page
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Non-psychiatrist physicians working full-time in a French public psychiatry service (general assistants, associate trainees/practitioners, attached physicians, PAC)
- International applicants
- Open to foreign-trained physicians employed in French psychiatry services (refugee-status documents optional); DIU gives no psychiatry practice equivalence
- Visa support
- Not stated on official page
- Licence requirement
- Must be employed in a French public psychiatry service
How to apply
- Deadline
- Not stated on official page
- Application method
- Application with medical diplomas, employer letter, CV and motivation letter
Funding
- Funding
- Not stated on official page
Official sources
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