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Our setting Nestled in the heart of the , the university campus The Performance Sport enjoys an unparalleled scientific and natural environment. Department (Département du The university enrolls 45,000 students, and employs Sport de Haut Niveau / DSHN) of 3,200 faculty and 3,000 staff members. Dedicated to the UGA is currently home to 400 excellent in research and higher education, the UGA student athletes in more than 40 recently won prestigious national funding from the different sports. The UGA offers its French government. The 180 hectare campus provides student athletes a comprehensive extensive student service in a beautiful green space. It’s support system, including easy to get to downtown Grenoble by bike or public educational, sports, medical, transit, and Grenoble’s proximity to three different alpine paramedical and social assistance ranges provide great outdoor and athletic opportunities. to help them tackle their dual Grenoble hosted the 1968 Winter , and commitment all in one place – is consistently voted among the top three student cities in the campus. France in an annual student survey. We are proud to say that our Performance Sport Department is Support we offer the first of its kind in France. to exchange student Looking first at sporting achievement, thirteen student athletes athletes from our Department took Students in the program work with an advisor from part in the Winter Olympics, the DSHN in order to ensure both a personalized with three returning as medalists academic experience and optimal training conditions. and one as Olympic champion, Educational support and three student athletes took Based on their commitments, student athletes are part in the Rio Olympics. entitled to the following benefits : Year in, year out, several dozen • Flexible timetables world podium spots are claimed by • Authorised absences for sports-related reasons our students in a wide range • Support initiatives of sports. • Catch-up material for distance learning when absent Over on the academic side of • Specially organised exam sessions things, almost all of the courses • A tutor in their field of study offered here can be tailored to • Possibility of taking courses in several academic departments at once suit the commitments of student athletes with a really good exam Tutors can adapt these support measures to suit the pass rate. training and competition schedules of each and every student athlete, so as not to hinder their sports practice. THE PERFORMANCE SPORT DEPARTMENT, AT THE UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES (UGA), IS HERE TO SUPPORT YOU IN BALANCING ACADEMIC SUCCESS AND PERFORMANCE SPORT

Sports support : WHAT THE STUDENT ATHLETES The UGA has eight dedicated University sport training centres HAVE TO SAY (Centres Universitaires de Formation et d’Entraînement / CUFE)*, where Pierre VAULTIER students athletes are trained by Bachelor’s degree in Geography / coaches provided by the federal sports Four-time World Cup Winner community and with access to top- (2008-2010-2012-2016) quality university facilities. 2014 Olympic Gold medallist The Performance Sport Department has Before joining the UGA’s Performance Sport Department, I built as well partnerships with national and was at a school where the timetable offered just didn’t suit my international clubs in many others sports sports commitment at all. I dropped out because it was simply unmanageable. But, thanks to the performance Sport Depart- (ice hockey, triathlon, basket ball …). ment, I was able to start a degree in Geography. I’m fully ex- cused from presence in classes for the winter season, which Medical for me is vital since I’m constantly on the move. I follow my course via distance learning and make a real effort to maintain and paramedical support: a regular pace of study. My studies are one of the conditions Student athletes enjoy several weekly of this balance I have – I’m deeply immersed in my sporting slots for trauma consultation with career, but studying gives me something outside the sports doctors and recovery care with arena. In such an extreme sport as mine, where the risks must physiotherapists at the special trauma not be overlooked, I think it’s important to have more than one and sports medicine services provided string to your bow. for student athletes on campus. Jordan POTHAIN Bachelor degree in Sport Sciences Social support: Currently studying at School of Physiotherapy Student athletes are granted 2016 French Championship Gold medallist priority access to university campus (400m freestyle) accommodation. 2016 French Championship Silver medallist (200m freestyle) They benefit from all of these services 2016 Olympics (Rio, Brasil), finalist (400m freestyle) free of charge, with the exception of Coming to this university was a real eye-opener for me, as I’d never been offered an adapted timetable for my studies university accommodation (between before. UGA gave me the opportunity to complete my training €300 and €500 a month depending twice a day while also securing my university education, and on the type of accommodation) and with it a future career plan. This is made possible largely by mainstream tuition fees, which they authorised absences from classes, written content for me to must pay like any other student catch up, private tuition with lecturers and special exam ses- sions. Thanks to this support system, I was lucky enough to (generally between €300 and €1,000 a make the French team while also graduating with distinction. year depending on the course).

* track and field, women’s soccer, judo, swimming, women’s rugby, skiing, tennis and table tennis How to apply: If you want to find out if you are eligible for the program, you can contact Ms. Sylvie Faure at [email protected]. Please send your preliminary request, along with documents certifying your best athletic performances signed by either your sports club/ team or your university athletics department, before March 1, 2017; admissions decisions will be finalized by April 1, 2017.

CONTACTS Sylvie Faure International Student Athlete Program Advisor,

Université Grenoble Alpes JAYET : S. KEMPINAIRE & P. UGA / CRÉDIT PHOTO COMMUNICATION DIRECTION [email protected] Nathalie Janin Head of International Relations, Université Grenoble Alpes [email protected] www.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr www.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/fr/grandes-missions/formation/ amenagements-specifiques/etudiant-sportif-de-haut-niveau/