DIU Acupuncture obstétricale at Université Sorbonne Paris Nord

Programme overview

The DIU Acupuncture obstétricale is the second year of acupuncture training, recognised as qualifying by the Conseil de l'Ordre des Sages-femmes, authorising midwives to practise acupuncture clinically. It is run in partnership with the universities of Lille, Nantes, Rouen, Nîmes-Montpellier and Strasbourg and shares year 1 teaching with the Capacité d'acupuncture médicale.

Faculty: UFR de santé, médecine et biologie humaine | Duration: 1 year | Intake: September | Study mode: Continuing education; taught in French | Location: Villetaneuse, Île-de-France, France

What you will study

150 hours: 120 of theory (including 30 hours of directed teaching with clinical cases and needle practice) and a compulsory placement of 5 half-days, with a dissertation. Modules: diagnostic theory and acupuncture therapeutics in Chinese medicine; physiology of pregnancy; pathologies of pregnancy; pathologies of childbirth and delivery; post-partum pathologies and medical gynaecology.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Continuing education: state-registered midwives (or in their final year) and obstetrician-gynaecologists; initial education: interns of medical specialities. Applications on eCandidat between 15 March and 30 July 2026.

EUR 540 a year (2026/2027). Training fee (frais de formation). Students in initial education this year and graduates of under 2 years (preferential rate). University user fee (droits d'usagers) of 254 EUR is charged in addition and is not included. Source

Intake: September

Duration: 1 year

Apply through the official page: https://ecandidat.univ-paris13.fr/ecandidat

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