Program Overview

Masso-Kinésithérapie Program

The Masso-Kinésithérapie program is a 4-year course of study that leads to the Diplôme d'Etat de masseur kinésithérapeute.

Admission Requirements

To be admitted to the program, students must:

• Have been admitted to the first year of access to health studies (MMOPK) in the masso-kinésithérapie field
• Be at least 17 years old by December 31 of the year of the classification exams (no age exemption is granted)
• There is no upper age limit

Dispenses Partielles de Concours

Certain students may be exempt from following and validating part of the teaching units due to their previous university curriculum.

Admissions Passerelles and Équivalence de Diplôme

Admissions Passerelles

Partial exemptions from schooling are possible for holders of certain diplomas. 9 places are available (5% of the reception capacity) for the academic year.

• The following diplomas are eligible:
  1. Diplôme d'État d'infirmier
  2. Diplôme d'État de pédicure-podologue
  3. Diplôme d'État d'ergothérapeute
  4. Diplôme d'État de psychomotricien
  5. Diplôme d'État de manipulateur d'électroradiologie médicale and diplôme de technicien supérieur en imagerie médicale et radiologie thérapeutique
  6. Certificat de capacité d'orthophoniste
  7. Certificat de capacité d'orthoptiste
  8. Diplôme de formation générale en sciences médicales
  9. Diplôme de formation générale en sciences maïeutiques
  10. Diplôme de formation générale en sciences odontologiques
  11. Diplôme de formation générale en sciences pharmaceutiques
• Holders of a license in the following fields are also eligible:
  1. Sciences, technologies, santé
  2. Sciences mention sciences et techniques des activités physiques et sportives (STAPS)
• Holders of a master's degree or a diplôme de formation générale en sciences médicales (DFGSM) having completed and validated all the teaching units of cycles 1 and 2 are also eligible

Dossiers de Candidatures

If their application is admissible, candidates for admissions passerelles are invited to an admission interview. The complete application must be sent by post only.

• Application period: January 6 to January 31, 2026
• Application address: Formation en masso-kinésithérapie, 92 Rue Auguste Blanqui, 13005 Marseille
• Required documents:
  1. Curriculum vitae
  2. Copy of national identity card
  3. Copy of titles and diplomas obtained (including diploma and transcript of the BAC)
  4. Letter of motivation
  5. Medical certificate attesting that the student has no physical or psychological contraindications to the practice of the profession
  6. Certificate of APD and certificate of registration
  7. Application form: candidature passerelle
  8. Online application form
  9. Check for 80 euros for application fees

Équivalence de Diplôme (hors UE)

Partial exemptions from schooling are possible for holders of a title or diploma of masseur-kinésithérapeute:

• Obtained outside a European Union member state, a state party to the European Economic Area agreement, the Principality of Andorra, or the Swiss Confederation
• Subject to success in the selection exams (1 admissibility exam and 2 admission exams)
• 4 places can be allocated (2% of the intake) for the academic year
• Application period: January 13, 2025, to February 28, 2026

Réglementation

The program is regulated by the Arrêté du 2 septembre 2015 relatif au diplôme d'Etat de masseur-kinésithérapeute.