File N°1 can be downloaded, from mid-October to January 15 of each year, on the website of the University of Medicine of Strasbourg , which is responsible for checking all the files for France.

You will find by clicking here the list of documents to provide and the address to send the file.

The file must be sent by post to this address:

Faculté de Médecine - Bureau des DFMS/A

4 rue Kirschleger

67085 STRASBOURG cedex

If application No.1 has been accepted, you will need to compile application No.2 and send it directly before 15 April to the universities preparing you for your speciality and to which you wish to apply. You need to send one application for each university. Click here for the list of documents to be provided for application form No. 2.

If you have ever obtained before April 15 the agreement of a hospital which will receive you:

• You must send a copy of Appendix 1B in file No. 2 to Strasbourg.
• After validation by Strasbourg, you will only have to compile a single file intended for the faculty to which you belong to this hospital and will therefore benefit from the so-called “cooperation” procedure (see step 3).
• At the same time, you must send a simplified file containing pages 1 and 2 of file N°2 and the proof of B2 level in French language by e-mail to the address: med-dossier2-2023-2024@unistra.fr before April 05, 2023.
• You will find by clicking here the list of documents to be sent.

Applications are examined by the university officials responsible for the speciality to which you have applied. Your application will be ranked by the universities to distinguish you from the other applicants. Based on these rankings and your order of preference, you will be assigned to a faculty, subject to availability.

However, the files of candidates who benefit from the so-called “cooperation” procedure will be assigned directly to the hospital which has accepted to receive them.

Congratulations ! You can now start your training. You will have to register at the host faculty before October 31 and take up your duties by November 1.

You will have the status of student acting as an intern (FFI) allowing you to work full time in a hospital on a paid basis.

To practise your profession in France, you need to begin the process of taking the knowledge check tests (EVC) prior to applying for authorisation to practise.

You will find all the steps to follow in this Refugees.info sheet: "Work as a doctor, dentist, pharmacist or midwife" .