Creation of international agreements

Creating an agreement for international cooperation with University of Montpellier Paul-Valéry (UMPV)

The UMPV has signed a series of agreements with partner universities throughout Europe, and worldwide.
Those agreements enhance educational and cultural opportunities for the students. They allow student exchanges, involve research projects and exchange of researchers"
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Consult the UMPV’s international policy  resulting from a synergy between the specific approaches of our teacher-researchers and the thematic and geostrategic priorities of our institution.

You are an official representative or a teacher/researcher of a Higher Education Institution and you wish to set up an interuniversity cooperation agreement with UMPV ?

You can get in contact with UMPV International Office , providing  general information about your institution and the areas of interest of yourcooperation proposal .

UMPV International Office will provide you the contact at UPVM3 most able to respond to your request and  will also be your contact for administrative follow-up.

*If it is a project solely related to Research (joint research project, colloquium or seminar, co-supervision of a thesis, etc.), we invite you to contact directly the  Support service for research and phd study.

International interuniversity cooperation agreement can have different forms:

• ERASMUS bilateral agreements  : Enable two partner universities within the European Union to exchange students (study mobility).
• Memorandum of understanding - MOU : Establish the partnership between the institutions, defines the foundations and the main outlines of the collaborationthen. Each activity is defined in a specific agreement.
• Specific agreement: A specific agreement is a more precise and detailed agreement that focuses on a particular subject or situation. It often stems from a MOU and addresses a specific aspect of the collaboration, such as particular conditions, specific commitments, or targeted actions.
• Inter-university partnership agreement : is a formal agreement between two or more universities to collaborate on various academic, research, or operational initiatives. It outlines the objectives, terms, and conditions (rules and guidelines as well as  financial procedure for example) of cooperation, which can include student and staff exchange programs, Double degrees, Off-campus diplomas, shared resources, joint research projects, or collaborative academic programs.

Each international agreement is signed by the legal representative of the institution and is managed in both side by a teacher/researcher who brings it to life and coordinate the specific activities.