CESP
The Public Service Commitment Contract (CESP) for dental students.
Offer a monthly stipend to students starting in their fourth year and to medical residents; in exchange, recipients commit—for a number of years equal to the number of years they received the stipend, with a minimum of two years—to choose a specialty that is underrepresented or to set up practice in areas where continuous access to care is at risk.
The CESP is intended for graduate and postgraduate students in medicine or dentistry (Article R 631-24-3 – Education Code / Art. L632-6 of the Education Code).
WHAT IS CESP?
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THE PRINCIPLE
The CESP Principle
- The Public Service Commitment Contract (CESP) was established by the “Hospitals, Patients, Health, and Territories” (HPST) Act of July 21, 2009, and provides that medical and dental students may be granted a monthly stipend starting in their fourth year of medical school (beginning with their second cycle of studies).
- In exchange for a monthly gross stipend of 1,200€ paid to them, recipients commit to working for a number of years equal to the number of years they received the allowance (with a minimum of 2 years), starting at the end of their training, in specific locations characterized by insufficient healthcare services or difficulties in accessing care.
WHAT AUDIENCE
Who is affected?
This measure applies to:
- graduate students in medicine and dentistry,
- graduate students in medicine and dentistry,
- healthcare professionals with foreign degrees from outside the European Union who are authorized to pursue a program to consolidate their skills in medicine or dentistry.
Eligibility criteria:
To be:
- a medical or dental student, at any point in their program, from thefourth year of study through the final year of residency,
- a practitioner with a foreign degree from outside the European Union who is authorized to pursue a program to consolidate their skills in medicine or dentistry,
- selected by the CESP selection committee,
- to have been offered a contract following the publication of the ministerial order setting the number of CESP contracts that students may sign for the academic year.
I'M APPLYING
Apply to CESP
Starting with the 2025–2026 academic year, applications are entirely electronic.
Access portal: https://profil.asp-public.fr/Profil-public/public/cesp/accueil
The application period for the CESP program for the 2025–2026 academic year will open: starting October 15, 2025.
User Guide for the CESP Portal
Therefore, applications must be submitted no later than November 30, 2025
– Information session: October 28, 2025, at 12:30 p.m., Paul Parguel Lecture Hall
–Date of the CESP committee meeting: December 16, 2025
Once the application has been approved and the ministerial decree establishing the number and distribution of CESP positions available for the academic year has been published, the applicant receives the electronic contract.
The beneficiary must:
- sign their CESP employment contract within 30 days,
- continue to fulfill his training obligation.
More info: ARS Occitanie CESP Legislation and Regulations October 2025
Faculty Contact: odonto-scolarite@umontpellier.fr