Licence Professionnelle Guide-Conférencier at Université de Perpignan Via Domitia

Programme overview

The professional licence Guide-Conférencier trains trilingual lecturer-guides in art history, guiding, tourism engineering and two foreign languages, to work across the EU and especially around the Mediterranean arc. The diploma is required to obtain the professional guide-lecturer card from the Préfecture.

Duration: 1 year (60 ECTS), 1 September to 30 September of the following year | Study mode: full-time; taught in French | Intake: September | Location: Perpignan, Occitanie, France

What you will study

458 hours per student around three axes: scientific (art history, archaeology, heritage, civilisations), methodological (dynamic presentation of works and sites, communication techniques) and professional (guiding strategies, analysis of audiences, valorisation of heritage). Two foreign languages chosen from German, English, Chinese, Spanish and Italian. Compulsory 3-month placement (June to August), possibly abroad. Supervised projects with museums, local authorities and companies.

Career pathways

Lecturer-guide for cultural excursions and circuits; skills in cultural knowledge, languages, tourism engineering (law, travel organisation, group management) and heritage communication.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Holder of a bac+2 (DEUG, DUT, BTS or equivalent diploma judged equivalent by the pedagogical committee). Apply via eCandidat. Access routes: BTS Tourisme, Licence Histoire de l'art et Archéologie, Licence Histoire, Licence LLCER (English, Spanish, Catalan cross-border studies), Licence LEA, continuing education, validation of experience. International students need French at level C1 (or a good B2).

Intake: September

Duration: 1 year (60 ECTS), 1 September to 30 September of the following year

Apply through the official page: https://formations.univ-perp.fr/candidature

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