Definition of a Gap Year
A gap year is an optional period stretching over at most one university year during which the student, registered in a higher education training course, suspends it temporarily in order to earn a personal experience, whether autonomously, or within a host organisation or a higher education institution in France or abroad.
The minimal duration of a gap year is of one university semester, that is to say an indivisible period of 6 months which must begin at the same time than a university semester. A gap year can last maximum 1 university year. Students can take several gap years during their studies subject to the provisions of the institution.
The Types of Gap Years
Training in a field other than education
Internship lasting 1 university semester
Employment on a fixed-term contract
Volunteer involvement
European Voluntary Service
Civic Service
Voluntary or solidarity work
Carrying out an entrepreneurial project under student status
Volunteering in an administration or company
For Whom?
All students in full-time education, who studied at least one semester at the University of Orléans during the year before their gap year request.
Exceptions: Students in 1st year of BUT or professional degree, students registered in a University Diploma (DU), international students welcomed in the framework of a university exchange, students selected for an international mobility exchange, students in apprenticeship.
You will find more useful information on gap years at the university below:
- Gap years at the UO;
- Gap year calendar 2022;
- Internal regulations of the University of Orléans;
- FAQ;
- Listen to the replay of the special show on Gap Year on Radio Campus.
Contact us to discuss your project: cesure@univ-orleans.fr