University technical institute (France)
A university technical institute or IUT is a type of post-secondary vocational college in France, similar to the yrkeshögskolan in Sweden.
This is a type of educational institution, usually in small and medium-sized towns, that offers post-secondary study programmes designed to provide higher vocational education or the technical skills needed to perform the tasks of a particular and specific job. While the academic level is the same as a bachelor's degree, the programme is different, with much more practical work, projects, apprenticeships and work placements, unlike a traditional bachelor's degree.
Its main diploma, the bachelor universitaire de technologie, is very similar to a Bachelor of Applied Science.
The model of a university technical institute in France is similar to that of a university technical college in England or a post-secondary vocational school. Unlike them, a French university technical institute is attached to a university and offers programmes ranging from associate degrees to bachelor's degrees. University technical institutes have nothing in common with the institutes of technology or Universités de Technologie in France, which are engineering schools.
Description
The university technical institutes were created in 1966. There are 108 IUTs which are attached to 80 universities including the ones in the French Overseas Territories and Departments.Prior to 2021, a university technical institute was known for offering post-secondary studies lasting two to three years. It offered a diploma with an academic level above that of a high school diploma but below that of a bachelor's degree. After finishing their DUT, students had the option to work, do a one-year professional bachelor's degree called Licence Professionnelle, or further their studies in a university. Since 2021, university technical institutes have been aligned with the bachelor's master's doctorate system, with the degree being extended from two to three years and renamed "University Bachelor of Technical Studies".
The university technical institute allow the preparation of a three-year career-focused vocational undergraduate diploma called Bachelor universitaire de technologie, (in English: "Bachelor of Technical Studies", the IUT diploma. They are similar to associate degrees or the BTEC Higher Nationals Diploma. After the three-year IUT diploma, students are expected to enter the job market. Some choose to continue their studies on a post-graduate course at university.
In France, university technical institutes generally bring university education to regions where no university exists. They are systematically attached to a large university, as a satellite campus located several kilometers away. Rural areas and small and medium-sized towns are home to short higher education programmes, such as university technical institutes, but also the Brevets de Technicien Supérieur in high schools.
It is important to note that, contrary to what their name suggests in French, these IUTs are not engineering schools and are not authorised by the French State to award an engineering degree or a Bachelor of Technology.
List of university technical institutes
| Region | University | IUTs |
| Grand Est | University of Upper Alsace | IUT de Colmar IUT de Mulhouse |
| Grand Est | University of Strasbourg | IUT d'Haguenau IUT d'Illkirch IUT de Schiltigheim |
| Grand Est | University of Reims | IUT de Reims IUT de Troyes |
| Grand Est | University of Lorraine | IUT de Metz IUT Moselle-Est IUT de Thionville-Yutz |
| Grand Est | University of Lorraine | IUT Henri Poincaré de Longwy IUT de Nancy-Brabois IUT de Saint-Dié |
| Grand Est | University of Lorraine | IUT d'Epinal-Hubert Curien IUT de Nancy-Charlemagne |
| Nouvelle-Aquitaine | University of Bordeaux | IUT Bordeaux-I |
| Nouvelle-Aquitaine | University of Bordeaux | IUT Bordeaux-III |
| Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Bordeaux-Montaigne University | IUT Bordeaux-IV IUT de Périgueux |
| Nouvelle-Aquitaine | University of Pau and the Adour Region | IUT de Bayonne IUT des Pays de l'Adour |
| Nouvelle-Aquitaine | University of Limoges | IUT du Limousin |
| Nouvelle-Aquitaine | University of La Rochelle | Institut universitaire de technologie de La Rochelle |
| Nouvelle-Aquitaine | University of Poitiers | Institut universitaire de technologie d'Angoulême Institut universitaire de technologie de Poitiers |
| Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | Clermont Auvergne University | IUT de Clermont-Ferrand |
| Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | Clermont Auvergne University | IUT de Montluçon |
| Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | University of Savoie-Mont Blanc | Institut universitaire de technologie d'Annecy Institut universitaire de technologie de Chambéry |
| Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | Grenoble Alpes University | Institut universitaire de technologie A de l'université Grenoble-I |
| Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | Grenoble Alpes University | Institut universitaire de technologie B de l'université Grenoble-II Institut universitaire de technologie de Valence |
| Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | Claude Bernard University – Lyon 1 | Institut universitaire de technologie Lyon-I de l'université de Lyon |
| Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | Lumière University – Lyon 2 | Institut universitaire de technologie de Bron |
| Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | Jean Moulin University – Lyon 3 | Institut universitaire de technologie de Lyon-III |
| Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | Jean Monnet University | Institut universitaire de technologie de Roanne Institut universitaire de technologie de Saint-Etienne Institut universitaire de technologie de Saint-Etienne ATII promotion |
| Normandy | University of Caen Normandy | IUT d'Alençon IUT de Caen IUT de Cherbourg |
| Normandy | University of Le Havre | IUT du Havre |
| Normandy | University of Rouen | IUT d'Évreux IUT de Rouen |
| Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | University of Burgundy | IUT de Chalon-sur-Saône IUT de Dijon IUT du Creusot |
| Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | University of Franche-Comté | IUT de Belfort IUT de Besançon |
| Brittany | University of Western Brittany | IUT de Brest IUT de Quimper |
| Brittany | University of Southern Brittany | IUT de Lorient-Pontivy IUT de Vannes |
| Brittany | University of Rennes | IUT de Lannion IUT de Rennes IUT de Saint-Brieuc IUT de Saint-Malo |
| Centre-Val de Loire | University of Orléans | IUT de Bourges IUT de Chartres IUT de l'Indre IUT de technologie d'Orléans |
| Centre-Val de Loire | University of Tours | IUT de Blois IUT de Tours |
| Corsica | Università di Corsica | IUT de Corte |
| Île-de-France | CY Cergy Paris University | IUT de Cergy-Pontoise |
| Île-de-France | University of Évry Val d'Essonne | IUT d'Évry |
| Île-de-France | University of Évry Val d'Essonne | IUT d'Évry in Juvisy-sur-Orge |
| Île-de-France | University of Évry Val d'Essonne | IUT d'Évry in Brétigny-sur-Orge |
| Île-de-France | Gustave Eiffel University | IUT de Marne-la-Vallée |
| Île-de-France | Paris Cité University | IUT de Paris – Rives de Seine |
| Île-de-France | Paris Cité University | IUT de Paris – Pajol |
| Île-de-France | University of Vincennes Saint-Denis | IUT de Montreuil IUT de Tremblay-en-France |
| Île-de-France | Paris-Nanterre University | IUT de Ville-d'Avray |
| Île-de-France | Paris-Saclay University | IUT de Cachan IUT d'Orsay IUT de Sceaux |
| Île-de-France | Paris-Est Créteil University | IUT de Créteil IUT de Seine-et-Marne Sud |
| Île-de-France | Sorbonne Paris Nord University | IUT de Bobigny IUT de Saint-Denis IUT de Villetaneuse |
| Île-de-France | University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines | IUT de Mantes IUT de Vélizy |
| Occitanie | University of Montpellier | IUT de Béziers IUT de Montpellier IUT de Nîmes |
| Occitanie | University of Perpignan | IUT de Perpignan |
| Occitanie | University of Toulouse Capitole | IUT de Rodez |
| Occitanie | University of Toulouse Jean Jaurès | IUT de Blagnac IUT de Figeac |
| Occitanie | Paul Sabatier University | IUT de Castres IUT de Tarbes IUT de Toulouse |
| Hauts-de-France | Artois University | IUT de Béthune IUT de Lens |
| Hauts-de-France | University of Lille | IUT A de l'université de Lille |
| Hauts-de-France | University of Lille | IUT C de l'université de Lille |
| Hauts-de-France | University of Lille | IUT B de l'université de Lille |
| Hauts-de-France | University of the Littoral Opal Coast | IUT de Calais – Boulogne IUT de Saint-Omer – Dunkerque |
| Hauts-de-France | Polytechnic University of Hauts-de-France | Institut universitaire de technologie de Valenciennes |
| Hauts-de-France | University of Picardy | Institut universitaire de technologie de l'Aisne Institut universitaire de technologie d'Amiens Institut universitaire de technologie de Beauvais |
| Overseas France | University of French Guiana | Institut universitaire de technologie de Kourou |
| Overseas France | University of Reunion Island | Institut universitaire de technologie de La Réunion |
| Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | Aix-Marseille University | Institut universitaire de technologie de l'université de Provence |
| Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | Aix-Marseille University | Institut universitaire de technologie d'Aix-en-Provence |
| Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | Aix-Marseille University | Institut universitaire de technologie de Marseille |
| Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | University of Avignon | Institut universitaire de technologie d'Avignon |
| Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | French Rivera University | Institut universitaire de technologie de Nice |
| Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | University of Toulon | Institut universitaire de technologie de Toulon |
| Pays de la Loire | University of Angers | Institut universitaire de technologie d'Angers |
| Pays de la Loire | Le Mans University | Institut universitaire de technologie du Mans Institut universitaire de technologie de Laval |
| Pays de la Loire | University of Nantes | Institut universitaire de technologie de la Roche-sur-Yon Institut universitaire de technologie de Nantes Institut universitaire de technologie de Saint-Nazaire |