A gap year is a period during which a student enrolled in an initial course of higher education temporarily suspends his or her university course in order to gain personal or professional experience in France or abroad.
It can also be taken to receive training in a field other than that of the student’s course of study.
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The Césure application procedure
To make your request you must :
Register the gap year application online via the Adullact platform by clicking on the “apply” link for the commission date selected in the calendar and provide all the required supporting documents:
- a letter explaining your motivations, objectives and project in as much detail as possible,
- a curriculum vitae,
- copy of identity card or passport,
- proof of admission to the University of Rouen Normandie,
- supporting documents* relating to the Césure project saved in your surname-first name file type and in pdf format (employment contract, civic service, VIE or VIA, certificate of commitment to volunteer work, registration at another institution, student entrepreneur and/or Maison de l’Entrepreneuriat, internship agreement),
- proof of enrolment for 2025/2026 at the University of Rouen Normandie*.
- the compulsory information appendix for any planned departure abroad*, filled in and signed electronically (one form per period).
* if you do not have supporting documents 4, 5, 6, 7 when you register on Adullact, you must send them by e-mail to cesure.baip@univ-rouen.fr no later than :
> 08/31/2025 for students whose gap year has been accepted by the1st commission on 08/07/2025,
> The day before the commission for which the student has applied, i.e.: September 7 for the commission of
September 8, 2025 or September 21 for the commission of September 22, 2025.
Calendar of commissions and application deadlines
> Apply for the 1st semester and/or the academic year 2025/2026 :
Commission 1 July 8, 2025
Registration by
on Monday June 30, 2025
> Apply from June 2, 2025
Commission 2 on September 08, 2025
File registration before
Monday, August 25, 2025
> Apply from July 10, 2025
Commission 3 on September 22, 2025
File registration before
Friday, September 12, 2025
> Apply from August 26, 2025
The Césure Commission
The gap-year project is studied and submitted to the gap-year committee for approval or rejection.
The committee’s opinion will be sent by e-mail within 2 to 3 days of the date on which the file was submitted.
If your gap year is accepted, the agreement will be sent to you for signature (via Esup signature) once we have received the supporting documents relating to your gap year project and proof of enrolment at the Université de Rouen Normandie.
The agreement, validated by the school’s signatories, will be sent to you as soon as possible, along with a certificate of continued CROUS scholarship, if you have requested one.
In the event of an unfavorable decision, the student may lodge an appeal by e-mail with the Chairman of the “Césure” working group via cesure.baip@univ-rouen.fr.
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Contact
Bureau d’Aide à l’Insertion Professionnelle (Job placement assistance office)
Linda Ferment – Césure Referent
Bâtiment 4 Michel Serres – 1er étage
Campus de Mont-Saint-Aignan