Students with Special Status

Updated: September 15, 2025

student employees

Working student status is granted to students who are employed during the academic year. The eligibility requirements and application procedures are outlined in this document. You must apply for this status when you register using the student-worker status application form. It is granted by the Academic and Equivalency Committee after reviewing the student’s application and academic plan, and upon the student’s request submitted to the Registrar’s Office.

Students who are employed may be eligible for:

  • An exemption from attendance requirements for all courses. However, to the extent that their activities allow, they have the option of attending all classes as usual.
  • The option to replace Continuous Assessments (CA) with a Final Exam (FE) when students’ activities prevent them from attending all the classes that make up a course assessed through CA. The assessment procedures must be specified in an academic contract for the year or for each semester, no later than 7 days after receipt of the approval notice. If the student does not respond, he or she will be considered to be participating in the CC.

applications for employee status

Deadline for Submitting an Application for Employee StatusDeadline for returning the approved educational contract
For the yearOctober 17 days after approval
For odd semesters
October 1
7 days after approval
For even-numbered semestersFebruary 17 days after approval
Employee Status Requests

Contact: staps-inscriptions@umontpellier.fr

Educational Contracts for Student Employees

Available at a later date

professional training

licenses

masters


high-level student athletes

When enrolling at the University of Montpellier, athletes who wish to obtain high-level athlete status must, in order to benefit from the provisions described in the contract, submit an online application on the University of Montpellier’s SUAPS websiteand submit the required supporting documents, along with their responses to the high-level athlete status application questionnaire.

Once you are granted High-Level Athlete (SHN) status, the school office will send you an educational contract to complete and return within 15 days.

Without this signed and approved educational agreement, you will not be able to take advantage of the academic and/or exam accommodations offered to students with special needs.