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Health Studies Reform: What Will Change Starting in the 2027 Academic Year Published on April 29, 2026 - Service Public / Direction de l'information légale et administrative (Premier ministre)

Following the national consultation launched on October 20, 2025, the Government has announced a major reform of the first year of access to health studies. It will apply from the 2027 academic year. This new system replaces the PASS/LAS system with a nationally harmonized model. The reform aims to simplify study paths and ensure greater fairness among students. Service Public provides the details.

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The current PASS (specific health access pathway) and LAS (health access bachelor's degree) system will be replaced by a single health studies curriculum from the 2027 academic year. All health fields - medicine, midwifery, dentistry, pharmacy, physiotherapy (MMOPK) - are covered by the reform. It is being introduced to make access to health studies clearer and to harmonize programs while maintaining scientific rigor among students.

What the health studies reform provides for

In practical terms, the reform provides for the end of PASS and LAS, which students and their families found difficult to understand because the system lacked clarity.

This reform will establish a single pathway for access to health studies. All students will follow the same first year (a clearer and better-balanced program), harmonized nationally.

This first year will be divided into 3 teaching blocks:

• health block (24-30 ECTS*): fundamental scientific knowledge common to the 5 MMOPK fields. A lighter program, refocused on the essentials;

• disciplinary block (24-30 ECTS*): courses from a contributing bachelor's degree subject area (biology, law, humanities, nursing, etc.);

• cross-disciplinary block (6-12 ECTS*): psychosocial skills, communication, ethics, humanities and social sciences.

• ECTS: European Credit Transfer System. Studies (bachelor's, master's, doctorate) are organized into common units of measurement in higher education in Europe, which, once completed, lead to the award of points called ECTS. Each validated semester gives entitlement to 30 ECTS. Credits earned are permanent and recognized at all European universities. It is therefore possible to continue one's course at another French university or a European institution.

New selection procedures

To access MMOPK fields, the new reform introduces the following procedures:

• the possibility to apply twice: at the end of the first year and at the end of the second year of the bachelor's degree;

• students will be required to validate both the "health" and "disciplinary" blocks (≥ 10/20 each);

• ranking will be based on the entire academic record (performance throughout the course) and not on a single exam or final competitive examination;

• oral examinations will be encouraged according to each university's organization;

• repeating a year will be authorized once;

• programs adapted to streamline learning.

For students beginning their health studies in September 2026, a transition to the new program will take place the following academic year.

New pathways into health studies

In addition to access via Parcoursup, there will now be new ways to access health studies, particularly through bridging pathways:

• expanded bridging pathway for holders of a full bachelor's degree to encourage later career callings;

• strengthening of paramedical bridging pathways: for professionals who have completed 3 years of study.

An experiment for access to pharmacy studies is being introduced. Reserved places will be available under an optional, limited and experimental framework for students wishing to focus exclusively on this field.

Legal texts and references

• The first-year reform: toward simpler access to health studies - Press kit

• First-year reform: toward simpler access to health studies

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