Self-funded: EUR 610 (initial training, plus inter-university fees) or EUR 730 (continuing education)
Deadline
2 November 2026 (may close early if oversubscribed)
Duration
1 year: 96 hours in 4 seminars (compulsory attendance) at different faculties
Hands-on
No hands-on role indicated
Clinical exposureSeminars cover foot and ankle anatomy with laboratory dissection, clinical/paraclinical exam, flaps, cavus foot, Haglund; static forefoot, arthroscopy, hindfoot sequelae, ankle arthritis and arthrodesis; neurological, diabetic and rheumatoid foot, paediatric foot, claw toes, flatfoot; biomechanics, hallux rigidus, amputation, tumours, osteonecrosis, ankle/calcaneal trauma, Achilles tendon and Charcot foot. 2025/2026 seminars were in Rouen, Marseille, Strasbourg and Bordeaux. Written exam and dissertation.
Participation levelEducational course. Attendance does not itself confer clinical privileges.
INTERNATIONAL APPLICANT CHECK
Can an international surgeon apply?
≈Partially published
International applicants
Open to orthopaedic surgeons; foreign trainees are eligible if enrolled in a surgery DES. Teaching in French; no patient contact required for the seminars.
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Clinical role
Educational attendance; not a clinical fellowship or licence. Hands-on participation and operative restrictions are not explicitly published.
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Medical registration
Registration and licensing requirements are not published by the cited source.
✓Published by official source
Language
Taught in French
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Visa or work authorisation
Visa sponsorship and work-authorisation information are not published.
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APPLICATION TIMELINE & CONTACT
Plan the application
Application deadline2 November 2026 (may close early if oversubscribed)
Commencing dateIntake date not published
Application route / cycle2026/2027 applications open 1 September to 2 November 2026 via the UGA application portal.
One-year national foot and ankle surgery diploma administered by Université Grenoble Alpes, with four compulsory seminars across French faculties including dissection. Applications for 2026/2027 are open until 2 November 2026.
HOST INSTITUTION
About Université Grenoble Alpes, UFR Médecine (with CHU Grenoble Alpes)
Use the official host or programme link to review the hospital, training sites and facilities.
Aix-Marseille Université, Faculté des Sciences Médicales et Paramédicales (with AP-HM)
Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France · 1 academic year (2025–2026 session: 2 September 2025 to 2 June 2026); 4 seminars, in personView program profile →
SOS Pied Cheville (Clinique du Sport / Orthopôle sites)
Mérignac, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France · 6 or 12 months (the training page also mentions stays from a few days of observation up to several months or years of assistantship)View program profile →
Birmingham, Alabama, United States · 12 months; AOFAS describes matched foot-and-ankle fellowships as generally 1 August to 31 JulyView program profile →
