Continuing education and work-study programmes

The Continuing Education and Apprenticeship Department is available to employees, jobseekers, individuals and private and public companies. We can help you develop and enhance your skills.

Resumption of studies and validation of prior learning

The Continuing Education and Apprenticeship Department welcomes individuals, employees, job-seekers and the self-employed who wish to resume their studies in order to acquire a diploma, or to obtain all or part of a diploma through the validation of prior learning.

Work-linked training

A work-study program gives you the opportunity to rapidly develop your skills, thanks to the back-and-forth between theory at university and practical experience on the job. This training allows you to prepare for a diploma, study while being paid, build your career plan and acquire valuable professional experience.

To find out more about work-study contracts, visit the Portail de l'alternance website of the French Ministry of Labor, Employment, Vocational Training and Social Dialogue.

The diplomas available through sandwich courses are :

Find out more aboutwork-study programs onthe UGA website

Resumption of studies / Continuing education

All UFR LLASIC diplomas are open to repeat students.

University diplomas

Unlike bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees, which are national diplomas, i.e. "state diplomas", a university diploma (DU) corresponds to a restricted field of study. temporary or professional vocation.

Short courses leading to qualifications

Qualifying courses for acquire, perfect or consolidate skillsto address new knowledges, open up to other cultures or take a step back from professional practices.
From language courses can be waived (22 languages are offered), and training courses in the fields of Literature and Performing Arts, Communication and Expressive Techniques, Journalism.

Preparing for the agrégation

The Department of Letters at Grenoble-Alpes University prepares students for all the written and oral exams for the agrégation de Lettres modernes et Classiques. In addition to preparation courses for the written and oral exams, individual interviews with professors, mock exams, individual questioning...
Please note

All UGA courses are open to students returning to school: consult the catalog

Published on January 26, 2016
Updated on March 17, 2025