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{{Short description|Web portal listing all French master's degrees}}
{{Infobox website
| name = monmaster.gouv.fr
| url = {{URL|https://monmaster.gouv.fr/}}
| advertising = no
| commercial = no
| type = Academic portal
| registration = Optional
| language = French
| country_of_origin = [[France]]
| owner = [[Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation (France)]]
| launch_date = {{Start date and age|2017|02|01|df=yes}}
| current_status = active
}}
'''monmaster.gouv.fr''' (formerly '''trouvermonmaster.gouv.fr''') is a Web portal that lists all national [[Master's degree (France)|master's degrees in France]], as well as the procedures for applying for them, the number of places available, the selection criteria and the timetable.
Launched in 2017, the site only provided a list of all master's degrees, and students had to send their applications to the relevant institutions. Since 2023, the site directly collects applications, in a national annual procedure which takes place between March and September.
The search for a Master's degree is carried out using several criteria: by discipline ("mention"), by sub-discipline ("parcours"), keyword, name of the institution, its location. The results include the number of places available as well as a direct weblink to the institutions and the full description of the courses. The results can be sorted and saved using bookmarks ("favoris").
Not all graduate programmes are listed, only those accredited by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research.
[[File:2010_Master_Histoire.pdf|thumb|Copy of a French diploma of master (2010)]]
== Facts ==
Launched on 1 February 2017, the portal lists 4,883 Masters degrees in its first year,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne: Grand lancement de la plateforme 'trouvermonmaster.gouv.fr' |url=http://www.pantheonsorbonne.fr/lesorbonnaute/article/article/grand-lancement-de-la-plateforme-trouvermonmastergouvfr/?no_cache=1&cHash=a9786fe6f39536214a5e8bb5a119da4f |access-date=2018-02-20|website=www.pantheonsorbonne.fr |language=fr}}</ref> 4,826 in 2018,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2018-02-20 |title=Trouvermonmaster.gouv.fr |url=https://www.trouvermonmaster.gouv.fr/recherche  |website=Trouvermonmaster.gouv.fr |language=}}</ref> 3,571 in 2020,<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Recherche - Trouver Mon Master |url=https://www.trouvermonmaster.gouv.fr/recherche |access-date=2020-04-19 |website=www.trouvermonmaster.gouv.fr}}</ref> 3,735 in 2020.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Recherche - Trouver Mon Master |url=https://www.trouvermonmaster.gouv.fr/recherche |access-date=2022-06-02 |website=www.trouvermonmaster.gouv.fr}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Number of masters by region, according to Trouvermonmaster.gouv.fr
!Region
!2018<ref name=":0" />
!2020<ref name=":2"/>
!2022<ref name=":3"/>
|-
|[[Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes]]
|458
|472
|501
|-
|[[Bourgogne-Franche-Comté]]
|122
|129
|129
|-
|[[Brittany (administrative region)|Bretagne]]
|239
|234
|251
|-
|[[Centre-Val de Loire]]
|185
|92
|92
|-
|[[Corse]]
|28
|24
|24
|-
|[[Grand Est]]
|551
|264
|260
|-
|[[Guadeloupe]]
|33
|28
|27
|-
|[[Guyane]]
|13
|9
|11
|-
|[[Hauts-de-France]]
|275
|294
|296
|-
|[[Ile-de-France]]
|1290
|815
|872
|-
|[[La Réunion]]
|35
|36
|37
|-
|[[Normandy (administrative region)|Normandie]]
|148
|148
|157
|-
|[[Nouvelle-Calédonie]]
|8
|9
|10
|-
|[[Nouvelle-Aquitaine]]
|296
|262
|277
|-
|[[Occitania (administrative region)|Occitanie]]
|323
|347
|373
|-
|[[Pays de la Loire]]
|161
|189
|200
|-
|[[Polynésie française]]
|10
|9
|9
|-
|[[Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur]]
|651
|210
|109
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''4826'''
|'''3571'''
|'''3735'''
|}
From the outset,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-12-19 |title=La sélection à l'entrée du master adoptée définitivement par les députés |url=https://www.letudiant.fr/educpros/actualite/la-loi-sur-la-selection-en-master-et-le-droit-a-la-poursuite-d-etudes-definitivement-adoptee.html |access-date= |website=www.letudiant.fr |language=fr}}</ref> the possibility of transforming the trouvermonmaster.gouv.fr website into a registration website, like [[Parcoursup]] for undergraduate programmes, was raised. In 2022, the launch of the new site was cancelled at the last minute due to opposition from both academics and student associations.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-12-22 |title=Sous pression, le gouvernement reporte le Parcoursup des masters |url=https://www.lesechos.fr/politique-societe/societe/parcoursup-des-masters-le-gouvernement-tente-par-un-report-1374289 |access-date=2022-06-04 |website=Les Echos |language=fr}}</ref>
== Selection of applications ==
Since 2016, universities have been allowed to select their master's students. The « Je suis accompagné » ("I am accompanied") service offers students who have not received a positive response to their application the possibility to receive support from the Ministry in order to obtain a place in a Master's programme. This procedure has given rise to some uncertainty<ref name=":12">{{cite web|title=Sélection en master : Paul, recalé à l'entrée de deux masters, a testé la saisine du recteur|url=https://www.letudiant.fr/etudes/3es-cycles-et-masters/j-ai-teste-le-tele-service-trouvermonmaster.html|author=Aurore Abdoul-Maninroudine|website=www.letudiant.fr|access-date=2018-12-25|publication-date=}}</ref> and criticism.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Menal |first=Helene |date=2018-10-04 |title=Toulouse: Un vent de révolte souffle chez les "sans-fac" |url=http://www.20minutes.fr}}</ref> 3300 students were able to use this procedure at the start of the 2017 academic year, of whom 735 found a place.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sélection en master : le droit à la poursuite d'études bientôt revu et corrigé|url=https://www.letudiant.fr/educpros/actualite/selection-en-master-droit-poursuite-etudes-bientot-revu-et-corrige.html|website=www.letudiant.fr|language=fr|access-date=2021-09-18|publication-date=}}</ref>
== Prices and cost of education in France ==
The [[French Education System|French education system]] is dual: most masters are free (or very limited fees: about 400 €/year for nationals, or 3000 €/year for foreigners), but some private schools are as expensive as their equivalent in the Anglo-Saxon world.
== See also ==
* [[Master's degree (France)]]
* [[Master's degree in Europe]]
* [[Parcoursup]], academic portal for undergraduate studies in France
* French [[Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche|Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation]]
* [[Education in France|France's education system]]
== References ==
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[[Category:Web portals]]
[[Category:Higher education in France]]
[[Category:Master's degrees]]