The institute is authorized by the president of the Regional Council of Normandy to welcome a class of 176 students.

It is headed by a director, approved by the president of the Normandy Region. She has the authority to grant approvals and authorization to operate the institute.

AFNOR certifies that the University Hospital of CAEN has been deemed to comply with the requirements for carrying out training activities.

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The training program is based on the decree of February 20, 2026, concerning the State Diploma in Nursing. Decree of February 20, 2026, concerning the State Diploma in Nursing

The nurse initiates, carries out, organizes, and evaluates nursing care. They conduct nursing consultations and make nursing diagnoses. They prescribe health products and order additional tests necessary for the practice of their profession.

The nurse's duties are as follows:

1. To provide preventive, curative, palliative, relational, or clinical monitoring nursing care, to assess its effectiveness, and to contribute to medication reconciliation;
2. To contribute to the patient's referral, as well as to the coordination and implementation of their healthcare pathway;
3. Within the scope of their own role, in direct access, and within the scope of their prescribed role, to participate in primary care as defined in Article L. 1411-11;
4. To participate in prevention, screening, health education, occupational health, health promotion, and therapeutic education for the patient and, where applicable, their family and friends;
5. To contribute to the initial and continuing education of students, peers, and healthcare professionals under their supervision;
6. To utilize evidence-based data in professional practice and to contribute to research, particularly in the field of nursing science.

Your role will therefore consist of:

• Evaluate and analyze;
• Initiate, adapt and organize care;
• Collaborate and coordinate;
• Making clinical decisions;
• To act responsibly;
• Put the patient at the heart of your actions.

The training leading to the State Diploma in Nursing aims at acquiring skills to meet the health needs of people in the territory within the framework of a multi-professional approach.

The training framework introduces, among other things, an emphasis on prevention and health promotion; a strengthening of content on psychiatry, children and adolescents.

The framework aims to address the following challenges:

• Constantly evolving health needs;
• The evolution of professional practices;
• Students' expectations.

This framework aims to develop in students theirability to innovate, take responsibility, manage complex projects and demonstratecritical thinking in a constantly evolving environment.

There are two possible admission pathways:

• Candidates who hold or are preparing for a French baccalaureate or an equivalent qualification are eligible to apply through Parcoursup. Applications are not accepted from candidates under the age of 17 on December 31st of the current year.
• Candidates enrolled in continuing vocational training are eligible to register through the FPC (Continuing Vocational Training) selection process. Candidates without a high school diploma or a university entrance diploma (DAEU) are subject to a Validation of Studies, Professional Experience, and Personal Achievements (VEEPAP) procedure. The procedures for compiling and validating the VEEPAP application will be specified later.

To follow the training:

• Vaccination against hepatitis B is mandatory.
• A laptop is recommended, a vehicle is necessary to get to the internship.

In accordance with the law of February 11, 2005 for equal rights and opportunities, participation and citizenship of disabled persons, the principles of non-discrimination and accessibility are applied to training.

A disability liaison officer is in contact with all paramedical training programs at the Caen University Hospital. Students with disabilities can contact her at: pfp-sec-dir@chu-caen.fr

Point of vigilance:

Students are under no obligation to disclose their disability to their institution, either at the time of the entrance exam or during their studies. A candidate's or student's disability is confidential, even if it may fall under the category of shared confidentiality among professionals within the educational institution.

Before entering a health or social care training institute in Normandy, you must absolutely ensure:

• the method of financing* the educational costs of your training (Normandy Region, OPCO, employer, self-financing…)
• of your resources during the duration of your training (CROUS, Pôle emploi, OPCO, employer…)

*See Training Funding

Annual training costs:

• Registration fees 2026-2027: €178
• Student and Campus Life Contribution (CVEC) 2026-2027: €105
• Tuition fees 2026-2027: €8120

An apprenticeship contract can be set up for the 2nd and 3rd years of training. The CFA PSS (Apprenticeship Training Center for Health and Social Professions) in Normandy supports employers and candidates in this process.

66 weeks of clinical training in internships and 54 weeks of theoretical instruction in institutes, based on 7 educational principles:

1. Active participation;
2.  A reflective culture;
3. An interdisciplinary approach;
4. A continuous updating of knowledge;
5. A personalized learning path;
6. Support for success;
7. A high quality of student life.

Several activities are offered in this regard throughout the training:

• Implementation of the health service
• Sharing of educational activities with the medical school
• Participation in awareness campaigns : organ donation days, diabetes awareness days, emergency room simulations
• Participation in multi-professional simulation activities with the university hospital's simulation center
• Co-organizing events to raise awareness among user groups or future professionals (teddy bear hospital with medical and speech therapy students, organizing activities to raise funds to help user associations, participating in forums and high school student days, open days at the center…)
• Participation in interprofessional thematic conferences (hygiene days, wound and healing congresses, etc.)
• Participation in think tanks and/or working groups organized by the Regional Health Agency (ARS), the Regional Council, Health Establishments, the University, etc.

An essential teaching for training healthcare professionals

• Facilitating the student's first contacts with the professional environment;
• Develop listening, empathy, and communication skills;
• Improve practices and behaviors;
• Strengthen targeted techniques;
• Develop interprofessional collaboration.

Online assessments, online assignment submissions, in-class assignments, oral presentations of work, simulated situations, analyses of clinical situations.

TheIFSI ( Nursing Training Institute) is part of the Paramedical Campus of the Caen University Hospital, which also includes:

• Initial training programs : Medical dispatchers, ambulance drivers, nursing assistants, medical radiographers
• Specialty training programs: nurse anesthetists, operating room nurses, pediatric nurses
• Healthcare management training.

Bringing these training programs together on a single site, the "Health Training and Research Center (PFRS)," allows for the development of shared and innovative educational activities: multidisciplinary teaching and internships. The facilities are accessible to people with disabilities, and a disability liaison is also available at the Paramedical Training Center (contact details available upon request from the Institute's secretariat).

Students at the institute benefit from numerous internship opportunities in the departments of the University Hospital, but also in peripheral public or private hospitals, home care facilities, mental health establishments and accommodation for dependent elderly people, schools, companies…

• The IFSI manages student placements. The 3-year program adheres to the types and durations prescribed in the curriculum.
• In case of learning difficulties, the internship program can be adapted according to the student's situation.

A traineeship allowance and reimbursement of travel expenses are paid in accordance with the training decree, subject to certain conditions.

The State Diploma in Nursing is obtained by acquiring 180 European credits. Students who have validated the first five semesters of training (i.e., 150 credits) and who have completed all the assessments and internships of semester 6 are authorized to appear before the State Diploma in Nursing jury.

After obtaining the DEI, it is possible to access state diplomas in "specialties": pediatric nurse, operating room nurse, nurse anesthetist (Master 2 level), health manager (Master 2), or advanced practice nurse (Master 2); or to other university medical and paramedical training.

Throughout their professional career, nurses can access training focused on professional developments: public health, quality, pain management, ethics…

You will find the public report of the Parcoursup 2026 below.

THREE WAYS TO ACCESS TRAINING:

• For those who have obtained their baccalaureate (or are in their final year of high school): registration via PARCOURSUP
  

selection calendar Parcoursup 2027 : currently being developed

• For individuals involved in continuing vocational training:

FPC 2027 Selection Calendar :

• Registration: from October 5, 2026 to November 20, 2026 inclusive
• Written exams: January 12, 2027 (afternoon)
• Interviews: from 07/12/2026 to 14/01/2027
• Results: January 26, 2027, from 2 PM

Registration procedures for the 2027 FPC selection process :

• Download the file “ FPC NOTICE 27” 
• Return the complete application, before 20/11/2026 (postmark date will be considered), to the following address:

Nursing Training Institute of the University Hospital of Caen

Avenue de la Côte de Nacre

CS 30001

14033 Caen Cedex 9

• For students meeting the conditions defined by the decree of October 22, 2021, amending the decree of November 4, 2019, relating to access to medical, pharmacy, dental, and midwifery training: registration via the Gateway LAS

Selection Calendar LAS 2027 : currently being developed

In accordance with the decree of 20/02/2026, a specific pathway for experienced nursing assistants who have passed the FPC selection process can allow them to access the second year of the Nursing Training Institute following the validation of a 12-week training course.

• Be at least 17 years old by December 31st of the year of entry into training
• To secure funding for the cost of their training.
• Check with their doctor that they are up to date with their mandatory vaccinations (IMPORTANT : several injections spaced one month apart for hepatitis B with serological control may be necessary).