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 carried out with a view to receiving training in a field other than that of the student’s course of study.
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Application procedure for a Césure in the first year of a Master’s programme
To apply for a gap year at the start of M1, you must have completed the main phase of the Mon Master platform: 02 to 16 June 2025.
To make your request you must :
Discuss your gap-year project in advance with the Pedagogical Manager of the program in which you are enrolled,
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 M1 between June 02 and 16, 2025 at the Université de 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 August 31, 2025.
Calendar of commissions and application deadlines
> Apply for the 1st semester and/or the academic year 2025/2026 :
Commission on July 8, 2025
Register before Monday June 23, 2025
> Apply from June 2, 2025
> Apply for the 2nd half of 2025/2026 or the 2nd and 1st half of 2026/2027:
Commission on November 24, 2025
Register before Friday, November 14, 2025
> Apply from October 13, 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