DU Médecine légale et sociale at Université Sorbonne Paris Nord

Programme overview

The DU Médecine légale et sociale gives theoretical and practical grounding in forensic medicine and the medicine of violent situations, covering victims of all ages and genders and perpetrators. It opens forensic training to doctors, other specialties' trainees and non-medical health professionals who are excluded from the DES in forensic medicine.

Faculty: UFR de santé, médecine et biologie humaine | Intake: October | Study mode: Continuing and initial education; taught in French | Location: Villetaneuse, Île-de-France, France

What you will study

120 hours in four teaching units: forensic medicine, information, consent and professional secrecy; criminal law and the law of violent situations, and the perpetrator; violent situations, support for victims and psychotraumatology; and persons deprived of liberty and addictive behaviours. Includes a dissertation and an optional 20-hour observation placement in a forensic unit.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Open in continuing education to doctors, midwives, psychologists, social workers, sociologists, anthropologists, jurists, lawyers and magistrates; in initial education to medical interns and students. Applications on eCandidat between 11 May and 15 September 2026.

EUR 390 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: October

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

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