Licence Sciences de la Vie et de la Terre (SVT) at Université de Perpignan Via Domitia

The Licence SVT shares a common first year with the Licence Sciences de la Vie (Darwin portal) and offers two pathways from L2: Géosciences, on geo-environments with regional fieldwork in the Pyrenees, the Corbières and the Roussillon coast and sea trips, and Enseignement, preparing future secondary-school teachers of life and earth sciences (CAPES and agrégation).

Faculty: Faculté des Sciences Exactes et Expérimentales (SEE)  |  Duration: 3 years (180 ECTS); 4-year arrangement available  |  Study mode: full-time; taught in French  |  Intake: September  |  Location: Perpignan, Occitanie, France

What you will study

Géosciences pathway: 1,553 hours (20% practical work) plus a 3-week placement (105 h) in L3. Enseignement pathway: 1,598 hours plus a 2-week placement in L3. 90 hours of English. Teaching combines lectures, tutorials, practicals, field and sea trips. Success rates 2021-2023: L1 Darwin 40.60%, L2 and L3 Géosciences about 93%. Four-year arrangement possible (L1 in two years).

Career pathways

Further study at UPVD in the Master Sciences de la Mer or in geoscience engineering schools; civil-service competitions (categories A and B); technician posts in geotechnologies (R&D, industry, quality, forensic science, environmental management, land planning); science journalism; technical sales and consulting.

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