The number of students who will be admitted to the second year of medicine, pharmacy, dental and midwifery at the beginning of September will increase by 10% compared to last year, according to a decree published in the Official Journal during the weekend of Easter . Qualified as "absurdity" by Emmanuel Macron, who promised its abolition from 2020, the "numerus clausus" will be raised to a record level for its penultimate vintage.
For the four sectors, 14,928 places will be open, all paths taken together, 1,405 more than in 2018, according to the decree published Sunday. The increase will be more spectacular in medicine (9,314 places, +1,109) and dental (1,320 places, +117), but still sensitive in pharmacy (3,261 places, +137) and maieutics (1,033 places, +42).
In 2020, student quotas determined by universities
This decree of the Minister of Health, Agnès Buzyn, just a few weeks before the end of the first year joint health studies contest (Paces). Paces and the "numerus clausus" must be removed from the start of the 2020, as part of the health law passed in the National Assembly and scheduled for consideration in the Senate in June.
This text stipulates that the quotas of students admitted in the 2nd or 3rd year will in the future be determined by the universities, in agreement with the regional health agencies, according to the capacities and needs of the territory. Agnès Buzyn said in February that this reform was intended to "increase by 20% the number of doctors trained".