Self-funded: EUR 660 (initial training, plus inter-university fees) or EUR 1,310 (continuing education)
Deadline
2 November 2026 (may close early if oversubscribed)
Duration
1 year: 40 hours in 4 two-day seminars (2026/2027 dates to be announced)
Hands-on
No hands-on role indicated
Clinical exposureFundamental and clinical teaching across knee pathology: menisco-ligamentous injury; patellofemoral and degenerative disease; knee arthroplasty (principles, techniques, complications and their management); trauma, cartilage, synovial and tumour pathology. One written exam. Partners: Paris XII, Lyon I and Marseille.
Participation levelEducational course. Attendance does not itself confer clinical privileges.
INTERNATIONAL APPLICANT CHECK
Can an international surgeon apply?
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International applicants
Foreign doctors may enrol through DFMS/DFMSA status; taught in French and seminar-based, so no clinical licence is needed.
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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.
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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.
Hospital-university staff (PH, assistants, chefs de clinique) and qualified orthopaedic surgeons
Rheumatologists, sports-medicine and PM&R specialists, radiologists, and DES/DIS trainees of these specialties
French or foreign doctors of medicine (enrolled in DFMS or DFMSA)
Application documents
Not published by the cited official source.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
What this program offers
One-year knee pathology diploma at Université Grenoble Alpes covering ligament, patellofemoral, arthroplasty and trauma topics over four two-day seminars. Applications for 2026/2027 close on 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.
BARI Arthroplasty Centre, Clinique du Sport Bordeaux-Mérignac
Mérignac, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France · Not separately published (the page gives 6 or 12 months only for the clinical fellowship).View program profile →
Centre Orthopédique Santy / Hôpital Privé Jean Mermoz
Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France · 1 to 6 months (ISAKOS listing; the centre customises placements). The Santy page lists past fellows with stays from a few days up to about 12 months.View program profile →
