Get involved

• Analyse your availability based on your schedule: how much time (travel, work, analysis and writing, workshop) can you dedicate to getting involved ? Take into account your classes, revision sessions, exams, leisure activities, etc.
• Think about your own interests to maximise your engagement: What do you like to do, what motivates you, what is important to you? What are your values ? What are your goals ?
• Take into account your career plan and the skills you wish to develop
• Find an association that allows you to work at least 30 hours per semester
• Interested in becoming a volunteer ? Here are some opportunities.

Application process

1. First of all, ensure that your academic programme offers the Student Engagement unit:
You can apply during the first and/or second semester of your academic year.
Impotant : not all of the programmes necessarily offer this unit. Contact your pedagogical team for more information.

2. Read the Student Engagement Charter*
It sets out the framework for engagement as a Université de Paris student.
This Charter must be read and approved, but does not need to be included with your application.

3. Carefully complete all the sections on the Engagement Form*.
This includes all of the information concerning your engagement mission, and is based on 3 sections:

• one section to be completed by the student;
• one section to be completed by your host structure
• a joint section that will need to be completed by the student and your host structure, but only signed by your host structure.
  When you send this form to the Student Engagement Department, you will be considered to have signed the document.

4. Enter all of the information requested in the online form*, summarising certain information concerning your engagement mission, then upload your mission form at the end of your application.

Please ensure the application is completed by you correctly and also by the manager from your host organisation.

You will be sent an email receipt when you have completed your online application.

You must indicate your Université de Paris email address, firstname.surname@etu.u-paris.fr : the Student Engagement Department will write exclusively to this address to inform you about the key stages (approval, invitation, request for further details).

Any applications that are incomplete will not be taken into consideration.

5. Complete applications will be reviewed by the Student Engagement Department and a course coordinator for this unit, and they will decide whether to accept or reject your application.

Refer to the list of course coordinators for each department*

Once applications have been accepted, you will be registered for the Student Engagement unit of study within 15 days.

Students whose applications have been rejected will quickly be invited to a meeting to explain this decision and help them to adjust their engagement plans, if they wish.

Get your student engagement approved

Complete your 30 hours of engagement over the period agreed on with the host structure for the current academic year.

Note that you can carry out your missions during the first semester even though the Engagement unit is offered during the second semester: the opposite is not possible.

Before the end of the validation semester, you will need to:

• attend a compulsory half-day training session organised by the Student Engagement Department:
  This is a workshop to capitalise on the knowledge and skills you have acquired during your missions with the host structure. No specific preparations are required. The date of your invitation to this compulsory training session will be communicated to you during the semester concerned.
  Failure to attend this compulsory session will be recorded as an unjustified absence 

• write a report that is at least 5 pages long.
  This report will describe the actions carried out, the knowledge and skills acquired, and the challenges encountered.
  The deadline for submitting this report will be indicated to you during the semester.
  The report will need to be sent to the Student Engagement Department, which will transfer it to your course coordinator.
  After reviewing your engagement report (provided by your host structure), your course coordinator will award you a grade out of 20.
  You will fail if you do not submit the summary report.

* The following content is in French