Names in the programme record: Pr Christophe Chantelot and Dr Marc Saab (Lille directors)
Profile completeness70%
Well sourced · Missing application deadline, commencement date, faculty profile
DECISION SUMMARY
Key facts at a glance
Eligibility
International route mentioned
Funding
Self-funded tuition: EUR 1,000 per year (EUR 300 per year for interns)
Deadline
Not published
Duration
2 years (111 hours; 6–8 sessions of 6 hours of theory per year); 2026/2027 is Year B
Hands-on
No hands-on role indicated
Clinical exposureStructured national hand-surgery curriculum set by the French College of Hand Surgery Teachers. Year A: fundamentals, flexor/extensor tendons, skin loss, amputation, replantation and flaps, finger fractures and ligament injuries, CRPS, medico-legal session. Year B: vascular acrosyndromes and burns, hand infection, Dupuytren's, inflammatory rheumatism, nerve and plexus pathology, paediatric hand, arthritic hand, wrist and carpus. Validation by written exam, case discussion, a supervised dissertation and a national end-of-course exam.
Participation levelEducational course. Attendance does not itself confer clinical privileges.
INTERNATIONAL APPLICANT CHECK
Can an international surgeon apply?
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International applicants
Non-EU doctors with an equivalent surgical qualification may apply; teaching is in French and the diploma is theoretical (no French licence needed for classes).
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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
None published for the taught diploma
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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.
DATA QUALITY & AVAILABILITY69% of core application fields verifiedChecked 8 Oct 2026 · Next scheduled editorial review: 2027-04-06
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APPLICATION TIMELINE & CONTACT
Plan the application
Application deadlineNo current deadline published in the cited evidence
Commencing dateIntake date not published
Application route / cyclePre-registration on e-candidat from 1 July 2026 for 2026/2027; administrative registration required before the first session. Places set each year by the course directors.
Intern in the French DES of orthopaedic, plastic or paediatric surgery, or a medical doctor (or non-EU equivalent) in orthopaedic, plastic or paediatric surgery
CV listing completed rotations and posts
Motivation letter showing involvement in hand-surgery training, including a validating hand-surgery placement completed or planned (or equivalent for non-French societies)
Application documents
CV
Motivation letter
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
What this program offers
Two-year inter-university diploma in advanced hand surgery administered in Lille, following the national French hand-surgery curriculum and ending in a national exam. Open to French surgical interns and to orthopaedic, plastic or paediatric surgeons, including non-EU doctors with equivalent qualifications.
HOST INSTITUTION
About Université de Lille, Faculty of Medicine (UFR3S Médecine), with the French national federation of hand-surgery DU/DIU
Use the official host or programme link to review the hospital, training sites and facilities.
Université de Lille, Faculty of Medicine (UFR3S Médecine)
Lille, Hauts-de-France, France · 1 year, November 2026 – June 2027: 100 hours over 6 two-day seminars (Friday full day and Saturday morning)View program profile →
