Human Resources

The university community is made up of many different professions involved in teaching, research and administration. Access to these professions is subject to variable selection criteria depending on the hierarchical level and status.

It should also be noted that staff in charge of teaching and research are recruited differently from those in charge of the administration of the University.

The university community is made up of numerous professions responsible for teaching, research and administration. Access to these professions is subject to variable selection criteria depending on the hierarchical level and status.

It should also be noted that staff in charge of teaching and research are recruited differently from those in charge of the administration of the University.

The following presentations are taken from ministerial texts (Journal Officiel, Bulletin Officiel de l'Éducation Nationale, etc.) defining the functions of the University's personnel; they can serve as a reference throughout the year.

Tenured professors and teacher-researchers

Teacher-researchers

University professors and lecturers have the dual mission of ensuring the development of fundamental and applied research and of transmitting the resulting knowledge to students.
• University Professors are appointed by decree of the President of the Republic to a position in a Public Institution of Higher Education and Research. They have defended an Accreditation to Supervise Research (HDR) in addition to a doctoral thesis, have been registered on a national list of qualifications and have been chosen by the Board of Directors in restricted formation on the proposal of the Selection Committee.

• Lecturers are appointed by order of the Minister of Higher Education in a public institution of Higher Education and Research. They have defended a doctoral thesis, have been registered on a national qualification list and have been chosen by the Board of Directors in restricted formation on the proposal of the selection committee.
Required level: Doctorate / PhD.

Secondary school teachers

They participate in educational activities, mainly by teaching their discipline in secondary schools, in higher education institutions and in training institutions of the Ministry of National Education, Higher Education and Research.
Level required: University diploma of second cycle + Agrégation (Professeur Agrégé) or CAPES (Professeur Certifié).

Contractual teachers and teacher-researchers

Hired for a fixed term, these staff are present at the University to assist the permanent teachers. They may be recruited to assist in a joint professional activity (Associate Professors, Lecturers) or to prepare for their accession to full professor status (ATER, contractual doctoral student).

Associate professors (PAST)

They provide teaching activities in initial training. These teachers must have a main professional activity other than teaching and professional experience directly related to the speciality taught. They may be recruited as full-time or part-time university professors or associate lecturers.
Level required: professional experience.

Temporary Teaching and Research Assistants (ATER)

They participate in the various obligations involved in their teaching activity: student supervision, knowledge control and examinations. Being a Temporary Teaching and Research Associate allows you to prepare a thesis or to take the competitive examination for higher education while teaching, as a non-tenured government employee.
Level required: University postgraduate diploma.

Contractual doctoral students

Students registered for a PhD and receiving a research allowance can benefit from a single contract called a "doctoral contract". The service of the contractual doctoral student can be exclusively devoted to research activities related to the preparation of the PhD or include activities such as teaching within the framework of a teaching team.
Level required: University postgraduate diploma.

Lecturers

Based on their professional experience or post-graduate training, they are responsible for teaching in addition to the statutory staff.
Required level: Post-graduate university degree and/or professional experience.

List of sections of the National Council of Universities (CNU)

The National Council of Universities (CNU) is the national body responsible for the recruitment and monitoring of the careers of teacher-researchers. Each section of the CNU is called upon for certain recruitment operations (notably qualifications) and for the management of the careers of lecturers and professors (promotion, reclassification). The members who sit in the CNU sections are elected by their peers for 2/3 of the seats and appointed by the Ministry for 1/3.

We suggest you to consult online the list of CNU sections.

Permanent administrative, technical and library staff

At the University, they are called "BIATSS", this term designating "Library, Engineering, Administrative, Technical, Social and Health personnel".
They include Research and Training Personnel (ITRF) appointed within the institution to assist with research and training tasks, National Education and Higher Education Administration personnel (AENES) who may have a career in all the organisations of the education system and library personnel with special statutes.

Category A staff

• Administrators of National Education, Higher Education and Research
They are responsible, within the central administration, in the services of national competence, in the decentralized services placed under the authority of the ministers in charge of National Education, Higher Education and Research or Youth and Sports, as well as in the public establishments of an administrative nature, or of a scientific, cultural and professional nature under their supervision, including local public establishments, for functions of leadership, coordination, expertise or advice involving the exercise of particularly important responsibilities.
Example at the University: Director of Finance, Purchasing and Internal Control.
• School and University Administration Advisor (CASU)
They hold important management positions at all levels of the education system: Rectorates, Academic Inspectorates, Universities, University Teacher Training Institutes (IUFM), Local Public Education Establishments (EPLE), Large Establishments, CROUS, Central Administration, etc. They participate in the development and implementation of educational policy. They have administrative, economic, financial and accounting responsibilities.
Level required: University post-graduate diploma.
Example at the University: Accounting officer.

• Research engineer (IGR)
They participate in the implementation of research, training, management, knowledge dissemination and scientific and technical information development activities for the establishments where they work. They are responsible for guidance, leadership and coordination in technical or, where appropriate, administrative areas. They may have supervisory responsibilities, mainly in relation to technical staff.
Level required: University postgraduate diploma.
Example at the University: Technical Director.

• General Curators
Libraries General Curators are responsible for managing and supervising the libraries of the State and its public institutions, with the exception of heritage libraries. General Librairies General Curators are entrusted with senior management, supervisory and coordinating functions, as well as studies and consultancy involving specific responsibilities. They may be entrusted, by order of the Minister for Higher Education, with general inspection missions.
Level required: The Librairies General Curators are appointed by decree, taken on report of the minister in charge of higher education, after opinion of the joint administrative commission, among the Librairies Chief Curators and the First Class Curators registered in the table of promotion to the grade of Chief Curator.
Example at the University: Director of the University Library.

• Curators
The Librairies Curators are responsible for the management and supervision of the libraries of the State and its public institutions, with the exception of heritage libraries. By way of secondment or secondment, they may perform the same functions in classified municipal libraries and departmental lending libraries in the départements. The members of the library curators' corps constitute, organize, enrich, evaluate and exploit the collections of all kinds in libraries. They are responsible for this heritage. They organize public access to the collections and the distribution of documents for research, information or cultural purposes. The catalogues of the collections are established under their responsibility. They may participate in the training of professionals and the public in the fields of libraries and documentation, as well as in scientific and technical information in these same fields. They may be entrusted with management and coordination functions as well as studies and consultancy involving specific responsibilities.
Level required: BAC +3 (external) or 4 years of service in a job covered by the law of 11 January 1984 (internal).
Example at the University: Head of development of printed collections at the University Library.

• National Education and Higher Education Administration Officers (ADAENES)
Their role is to prepare and apply administrative decisions and, almost always, to supervise. ADAENES carry out their duties in the administrative departments of the Ministry of National Education as well as in educational establishments (secondary schools, colleges, higher education establishments), etc.
Level required: University diploma of second cycle.
Example at the University: Administrative Manager of the Training and Research and Professional Integration Unit.

• Research Engineers (IGE)
They contribute to the elaboration, development and improvement of techniques and methods used in the establishments where they work, as well as to the organisation of their application and the improvement of their results. They contribute to the accomplishment of teaching missions. They may perform administrative functions and assume supervisory responsibilities, mainly with regard to technical staff.
Level required: University degree of second cycle.
Example at the University: Project Manager in a Common Service.

• Assistant Engineers (ASI)
They are responsible for preparing and controlling the execution of technical or specialised operations carried out in the establishments where they work. They may be responsible for specific studies, the development or adaptation of new techniques or methods. They shall contribute to the accomplishment of teaching tasks. They may be entrusted with administrative tasks.
Level required: Bac + 2.
Example at the University: Deputy head of UFR-ip (Training and Research Unit).

• Librarians
They carry out their duties in the technical services and libraries of the Ministry of Higher Education or other ministerial departments. Librarians participate in the constitution, organization, enrichment, evaluation, exploitation and communication to the public of all types of library collections. They also contribute to the tasks of animation and training within the establishments to which they are assigned and may be called upon to carry out supervisory tasks.
Level required: BAC +3 (external) or 4 years of service in a position covered by the law of January 11, 1984 (internal).
Example at the University: Head of the Library Management Software (SIGB) at the University Library.

Category B staff

• Secretaries of Administration of National Education and Higher Education (SAENES)
They carry out administrative tasks (drafting, accounting, control and analysis) and may be entrusted with the coordination of several administrative and financial sections or the responsibility of an office.
Level required: Bac.
Example at the University: Department Secretary.

• Research and training technicians
They provide technical advice and assistance. They carry out, if necessary, direct professional interventions with the personnel. They may also supervise one or more groups of maintenance and reception workers, professional workers or master workers in educational establishments.
Level required: Bac.
Example at the University: Computer Technician.

• Specialized Assistant Librarians (BAS)
They perform their duties in libraries belonging to the Ministry of Higher Education or other ministerial departments (in particular the Ministry of Culture). Specialized assistant librarians carry out specialized tasks in the field of treatment and conservation of collections of all kinds as well as in their documentary management. They make documentary resources available to the public. They welcome, inform and educate users.
> Standard specialized assistant librarians
Level required: Bac.
> Specialized assistant librarians of higher grade
Level required: Bac + 2 (DUT, DEUST in book and documentation professions).
Example at the University: Cataloguer of collections at the University Library.

Category C staff

• Administrative assistants in National Education and Higher Education (ADJAENES)
They carry out administrative tasks involving the knowledge and application of administrative regulations. They may be entrusted with secretarial or management duties in a secondary school, a high school or an institution of higher education, as well as in an administrative structure of the Ministry of National Education, Higher Education and Research, or the Ministry of Sports.
Level required: BEP, CAP, DU.
Example at the University: Secretary.

• Technical Assistants for Research and Training 2nd class, 1st class, main 2nd class and main 1st class (ATRF)
They carry out the qualified tasks required for the implementation of the various activities of the establishments where they work. In this capacity, they contribute to the accomplishment of teaching missions. Technical assistants work in higher education establishments, major scientific and literary establishments, institutions under supervision and IUFMs.
Level required: BEP, CAP, DU.
Example at the University: Preparer in biology.

They are responsible for carrying out internal service tasks. They carry out their activities in higher education establishments, major scientific and literary establishments, institutions under supervision and IUFMs.
Level required: No diploma required.
Example at the University: Technical assistant in the building trade.

• Library Storekeepers
They carry out their duties in libraries belonging to the Ministry of Higher Education or other ministerial departments (in particular the Ministry of Culture). They are responsible for the material management of collections and the communication of documents.
Level required: BEP, CAP, Brevet des collèges.
Example at the University: In charge of loans and returns of documents at the University Library.

• Contractual staff in administration, research and libraries
Generally recruited for a fixed term, they can occupy all levels of responsibility.

List of Professional Activities (BAP)

The Professional Activity Branches (BAP) are used to describe the distribution of jobs for engineers and technical research and training staff (ITRF) in public scientific, cultural and professional institutions.
BAP A Life Sciences (SV)
BAP B Chemical Sciences and Materials Sciences (SCSM)
BAP C Engineering Sciences and Scientific Instrumentation (SIIS)
BAP D Human and Social Sciences (SHS)
BAP E Computer Science, Statistics and Scientific Computing (ICS)
BAP F Information, Documentation, Culture, Communication, Publishing, ICT (IDCCET)
BAP G Heritage, Logistics, Prevention and Restoration (PLPR)
BAP J Management and Steering (new nomenclature) (GP)