Why choose the IUT?

For more than 50 years, our goal has been to welcome our students and help them succeed in their two-year and three-year technological undergraduate degrees.

6 good reasons  + 1 for choosing the IUT Montpellier-Sète

Secure study programmes
  • The IUT is a core structure withinMontpellier University. Ranked the 6th university in France, with its 45 000 students, it was chosen as theI-SITE for the« Montpellier University of excellence » (MUSE)project
  • Outstanding programmes based on the national curriculum.
  • Work-oriented university diplomas integrated into the European framework of higher education (Bachelor’s, Master’s, Doctorate).
  • Ability to choose between further studies (Bachelor’s, Master’s, Graduate Schools of Engineering, Business Schools… ) or direct entry onto the labour market.
Easier entry to the job market
  • 75% of our young graduates who wish to go straight into the workforce find a job within 6 months of graduating.
  • 96% of company CEOs consider IUT education to be of good quality (according to a survey by IFOP).
Optimised teaching for better success
  • Continuous assessment, projects in small groups, closer contact with students.
  • Learning practical skills(tutorials, practicals, projects focused on professional practices)
  • Mixed teaching teams : research professors, professors and professionals.
  • Accompanying students with their personal and professional projects
  • We welcome and adapt our study programmes for students who are high level athletes
Close partnerships with businesses
  • 90 % of our courses are offered as work-study programmes
  • Projects and internships are integrated into the different courses.
  • Organising opportunities for students and companies to meet : Forum IUT Entreprises
  • Professionals take part in creating and teaching the course programmes.
  • Cutting edge technological platforms, including the ob.i Lab in particular, a space for creating and collaborating on projects for students, professors and businesses.
Opportunities for international mobility
  • Internationalpartnershipswith over 50 foreign universities.
  • 1 out of 10 students is studying or doing an internship abroad.
  • An International Office to assist our students with such projects.
A 7th reason to join our IUT : a pleasant campus, with good quality of life and… sunny weather.
  • Located at the heart of the university district, on around 25 acres of wooded land, our Montpellier campus provides an ideal environment for studying.
  • 30 kilometres from Montpellier, our Sète campus also provides a very pleasant work environment only 300 metres from the beach.
  • Montpellier is at the top of the list of cities with nice weather for studying, according to the ranking on theL’étudiantwebsite.