VAPP stages

Step 1: Define your project

Take a look at our academics offer or the component websites and identify the academics for which you would like to submit a VAPP application. Then attend one of our VAPP information meetings organized at the Annecy, Chambéry and Annemasse university sites. You must attend before submitting your application.

Free of charge and open to all, these VAPP information meetings are essential to help you understand precisely the conditions, procedures, support, financing and timetables specific to the VAPP scheme.

Step 2: Administrative file and commitment

Contact us for an administrative file and a quote: vapp@univ-smb.fr

Return this file, together with your cover letter, curriculum vitae and signed quotation, at least three months before the VAPP commission.

This step marks your commitment to the process.

On receipt, the VAPP department will examine the administrative feasibility of your request.

Stage 3: Educational feasibility study

Once you have obtained a positive administrative feasibility opinion, the VAPP department will request a study of the pedagogical feasibility of your VAPP.

This study is carried out by the teacher in charge of academics , based on your CV and cover letter.

He or she will examine your application to resume your studies.

You can be contacted directly by him or her to discuss your academics project by e-mail, telephone or in person.

Step 4: Presentation of your project to the VAPP committee

Once the educational feasibility of your project has been validated, the VAPP commission will meet to study it. Your attendance is optional.

This commission determines whether you have acquired the skills and knowledge required to enroll in the relevant academics .

The commission pronounces :

  • Either a positive decision: you are authorized to enroll in the targeted academics at the continuing professional academics rate.
  • Or an unfavorable opinion: access to academics is refused. New orientations towards other training courses may be suggested.

Please note: VAPP does not exempt you from completing the academics application form. In parallel with the VAPP, you must therefore complete the application form in accordance with the procedures indicated on the academics website, and within the deadline.

Financing your VAPP atUniversité Savoie Mont Blanc

Cost of a VAPP: €200, including :

  • 100 € : Commitment and feasibility
  • 100 € : Commission fee

The cost of the VAPP does not include academics entry fees (at the academics continuing professional education rate). These fees must be paid when you register for the relevant academics after your VAPP has been accepted.

Depending on your status, your VAPP can be partially or fully funded.
Contact us for more information. FOR MORE INFORMATION: vapp@univ-smb.fr

Useful VAPP documents and links