DIU Urgences traumatologiques at Université Sorbonne Paris Nord

The DIU Urgences traumatologiques is an inter-university diploma with Paris-Saclay, Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Rennes 1 and Strasbourg, in association with Sorbonne Université, the Collège des urgentistes and the Service de Santé des Armées. It provides theoretical and practical teaching on the medical, surgical, social and administrative management of bone and non-bone trauma emergencies.

Faculty: UFR de santé, médecine et biologie humaine (SMBH)  |  Duration: 1 year  |  Intake: November to June; applications 25 May to 30 September 2026  |  Study mode: Continuing education; taught in French  |  Location: Villetaneuse, Île-de-France, France

What you will study

125 hours (100 theory, 25 practical) in five 3-day seminars: upper limb; skull and spine; lower limb; non-bone trauma, polytrauma and paediatric trauma; radio-clinical seminar with practical workshops (immobilisation, suturing, clinical examination, locoregional anaesthesia). Includes a dissertation with oral defence. Sites in Paris region include Bobigny, Kremlin-Bicêtre, Hôtel-Dieu, École de Chirurgie and the Percy military hospital.

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