The Fellowship Directory lists 53 Psychiatry fellowship and training listings in France at 47 institutions and programme networks. The main training cities are Paris, Lille and Montpellier. 9% say they accept international medical graduates and 4% describe a visa route. Every listing links to the programme's official page, where you should confirm dates and requirements. This includes 2 national DFMS/DFMSA specialty tracks, not confirmed hospital vacancies. Fellowships, observerships and specialist-training pathways are different categories; some listed calls are closed.
Frequently asked questions
How many Psychiatry fellowship and training listings are there in France?
53 listings at 47 institutions and programme networks are listed, each researched from official sources. This includes 2 national DFMS/DFMSA specialty tracks, not confirmed hospital vacancies. Fellowships, observerships and specialist-training pathways are different categories; some listed calls are closed.
Can international medical graduates apply?
5 of the 53 programmes say they accept international applicants, and 2 describe a visa route. Requirements differ by programme; eligibility and visa information do not guarantee acceptance or sponsorship.
When are the next application deadlines?
Inter-University Diploma (DIU) in Eating Disorders (Université de Montpellier – Faculty of Medicine (with Universités de Lille, Nantes and Tours)): 15 October 2026; University Diploma (DU) in Child Psychiatry: Psychopathology and Therapeutics from a Developmental Perspective (Université Paris-Saclay – Faculty of Medicine (with Fondation Vallée)): 10 November 2026; DFMS / DFMSA — Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (National DFMS/DFMSA network — coordinated by Université de Strasbourg): 10 December 2026.
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FRADES in Psychiatry – Lille subdivisionUniversité de Lille – UFR3S Faculty of Medicine · Lille, FranceFRADES in Psychiatry – Île-de-France subdivisionUniversité Paris Cité – Faculty of Health (Île-de-France psychiatry DES coordination) · Paris, FranceFRAInter-University Diploma (DIU) in Community Mental Health: Study and ApplicationsUniversité de Lille – Faculty of Medicine (with Université Sorbonne Paris Nord and Aix-Marseille Université / AP-HM) · Lille, FranceFRAInter-University Diploma (DIU) in Early Detection and Intervention for Emerging Psychiatric Disorders in Young Adults and Adolescents (DIPPEJAAD)Université Paris-Saclay – Faculty of Medicine (with Université Paris Cité; secretariat GHU Paris Psychiatrie & Neurosciences) · Paris, FranceFRAInter-University Diploma (DIU) in Eating DisordersUniversité de Montpellier – Faculty of Medicine (with Universités de Lille, Nantes and Tours) · Montpellier, FranceFRAInter-University Diploma (DIU) in Mental Health and Digital InnovationsUniversité de Bordeaux – Collège Sciences de la Santé (with Université Clermont Auvergne) · Bordeaux, FranceFRAInter-University Diploma (DIU) in Psychiatry for General Assistants Working in PsychiatryUniversité Paris-Saclay (with Université Paris Cité and UVSQ) · Le Kremlin-Bicêtre / Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, FranceFRAInter-University Diploma (DIU) in PsychopharmacologySorbonne Université – Faculty of Health (with Université Paris Cité) · Paris, FranceFRAUniversity Diploma (DU) in Psychiatry and Transcultural CompetencesUniversité Paris Cité – Faculty of Health, Maison des Adolescents de Cochin · Paris, FranceChild & adolescent psychiatry 8
FRADES Psychiatry Option – Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (Île-de-France)Université Paris Cité – Faculty of Health (Île-de-France psychiatry DES coordination) · Paris, FranceFRAInter-University Diploma (DIU) in Autism and Neurodevelopmental DisordersSorbonne Université – Faculty of Health, Pitié-Salpêtrière site (with Université Paris Cité and UVSQ) · Paris, FranceFRAInter-University Diploma (DIU) in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology: Integrative and Developmental ApproachUniversité Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (with Clermont-Ferrand, Grenoble and Saint-Étienne faculties) · Lyon, FranceFRAInter-University Diploma (DIU) in Child and Adolescent PsychotraumaUniversité de Lille – Faculty of Medicine (with Université de Strasbourg and Université Lyon 1) · Lille, FranceFRAInter-University Diploma (DIU) in Psychotrauma and Resilience in Children and AdolescentsUniversité de Montpellier – Faculty of Medicine · Montpellier, FranceFRAInter-University Diploma (DIU) Psychotrauma: Understanding and Treating the Child and FamilyUniversité de Bretagne Occidentale (UBO) – Faculty of Medicine (with Aix-Marseille, Côte d'Azur, Poitiers and Lyon 1) · Brest, FranceFRAUniversity Diploma (DU) in Child Psychiatry: Psychopathology and Therapeutics from a Developmental PerspectiveUniversité Paris-Saclay – Faculty of Medicine (with Fondation Vallée) · Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, FranceFRAUniversity Diploma (DU) in Medical and Nursing Practice in Outpatient Child PsychiatryUniversité de Bretagne Occidentale (UBO) – Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences · Brest, FranceAddiction psychiatry 7
FRAFST (Cross-Specialty Training) in AddictologyFrench third-cycle medical training – Collège Universitaire National des Enseignants d'Addictologie (maquette published by the Faculté de médecine de Strasbourg) · Multiple cities, FranceFRAInter-University Diploma (DIU) in Dual Disorders: Combined Addiction and Psychiatric DiagnosisUniversité de Montpellier – Faculty of Medicine (Montpellier and Nîmes sites) · Montpellier, FranceFRAInter-University Diploma (DIU) in Perinatality and AddictionsUniversité Paris-Saclay – Faculty of Medicine (Hôpital Paul-Brousse, AP-HP) with Université de Montpellier · Villejuif, FranceFRAInter-University Diploma (DIU) in Preventing and Managing Addictions (Pratiques addictives)Université Grenoble Alpes – Faculty of Medicine (with Universities of Clermont-Ferrand, Lyon 1 and Saint-Étienne) · Grenoble, FranceFRAUniversity Diploma (DU) in Addictology: Morbidity and Psychiatric ComorbiditiesUniversité Paris Cité – Faculty of Health (Hôpital Bichat, AP-HP) · Paris, FranceFRAUniversity Diploma (DU) in Practical Addictology / Preventing and Managing AddictionsSorbonne Université – Faculty of Health, Pitié-Salpêtrière site · Paris, FranceFRAUniversity Diploma (DU) in Practical Addictology: Clinical Features, Mechanisms and ManagementUniversité Paris-Saclay – Faculty of Medicine (addictology department, Hôpital Paul-Brousse, AP-HP) · Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, FrancePerinatal psychiatry 6
FRAEPA Gaining Experience Programme observershipCentre Hospitalier Charles Perrens · Bordeaux, FranceFRAInter-University Diploma (DIU) in PsychoperinatologyUniversité de Montpellier – Faculty of Medicine · Montpellier, FranceFRAUniversity Diploma (DU) '1000 Days', Mental Health and Perinatal PsychiatryUniversité de Bordeaux – Collège Sciences de la Santé; Centre Hospitalier Charles Perrens · Bordeaux, FranceFRAUniversity Diploma (DU) in Early Development and Perinatal PsychopathologyUniversité Paris Cité – Faculty of Health · Paris, FranceFRAUniversity Diploma (DU) in Psyche and PerinatalityUniversité Paris-Saclay – Faculty of Medicine, Hôpital Antoine-Béclère (AP-HP) · Clamart, FranceFRAUniversity Diploma (DU) in Psychology and Psychopathology of the Perinatal Period and Early ChildhoodUniversité Paris Cité – Faculty of Health (Odéon, Cochin and Institut Paris Brune) · Paris, FranceGeriatric psychiatry 4
FRADES Psychiatry Option – Old-Age Psychiatry (Île-de-France)Université Paris Cité – Faculty of Health (Île-de-France psychiatry DES coordination) · Paris, FranceFRAInter-University Diploma (DIU) in Psychopathology of Older Adults (Grand Ouest)Université de Bretagne Occidentale (UBO) with Universités d'Angers, Nantes, Rennes and Tours · Brest, FranceFRAUniversity Diploma (DU) in Old-Age PsychiatryUniversité Paris Cité – Faculty of Health (Necker site) · Paris, FranceFRAUniversity Diploma (DU) in PsychogeriatricsUniversité de Lille – Faculty of Medicine · Lille, FranceNeuropsychiatry 4
FRAInter-University Diploma (DIU) in ADHD Across the LifespanUniversité de Strasbourg (with Université de Lille and Université Lyon 1) · Strasbourg, FranceFRAInter-University Diploma (DIU) in Neurodevelopmental Disorders in AdultsSorbonne Université – Faculty of Health (with Université Paris-Saclay and Nantes Université) · Paris, FranceFRAInter-University Diploma (DIU) in Psychopathology and Neurological DisordersSorbonne Université – Faculty of Health (with Université Paris 8) · Paris, FranceFRAInter-University Diploma (DIU) in Psychopharmacology and Brain Stimulation TherapiesSorbonne Université – Faculty of Health, Pitié-Salpêtrière site (with Université de Rouen) · Paris, FrancePsychotherapy 4
FRAUniversity Diploma (DU) in Behavioural and Cognitive TherapiesUniversité Paris Cité – Faculty of Health, Clinique des Maladies Mentales et de l'Encéphale (CMME) · Paris, FranceFRAUniversity Diploma (DU) in Family TherapyUniversité de Strasbourg – Faculty of Medicine, Midwifery and Health Sciences / Service de Formation Continue · Strasbourg, FranceFRAUniversity Diploma (DU) in Integrative PsychotherapiesUniversité de Strasbourg – Faculty of Medicine, Midwifery and Health Sciences / Service de Formation Continue · Strasbourg, FranceFRAUniversity Diploma (DU) in Psychotherapies and Developmental PsychopathologyUniversité Paris Cité – Faculty of Health, Hôpital Cochin – Port-Royal · Paris, FranceForensic psychiatry 3
FRAInter-University Diploma (DIU) in Assessment and Management of Sexual Offenders (AICS)Sorbonne Université – Faculty of Health (with Université Paris Cité and Université de Mons, Belgium) · Paris, FranceFRAInter-University Diploma (DIU) in Forensic Psychopathology: Clinical and Legal FoundationsUniversité de Toulouse – Faculty of Health (with Université de Montpellier); CH Gérard Marchant · Toulouse, FranceFRAInter-University Diploma (DIU) in Forensic Psychopathology: Criminological, Therapeutic and Expert-Witness ImplicationsUniversité de Toulouse – Faculty of Health (with Université de Montpellier); CH Gérard Marchant · Toulouse, FranceSleep medicine 3
FRAInter-University Diploma (DIU) in Sleep and its PathologySorbonne Université Faculty of Health (teaching at Université Paris Cité Bichat site; placement in Pr Arnulf’s sleep pathology department) · Paris, FranceFRAInter-University Diploma (DIU) in Sleep and its Pathology – Brest siteUniversité de Bretagne Occidentale (UBO) – Faculty of Health / CHU de Brest · Brest, FranceFRAUniversity Diploma (DU) in Insomnia, Psychiatric Disorders and PsychotraumaUniversité de Lille – Faculty of Medicine (Pôle Recherche) · Lille, FranceChild and adolescent psychiatry 1
FRADFMS / DFMSA — Child and Adolescent PsychiatryNational DFMS/DFMSA network — coordinated by Université de Strasbourg · Multiple cities, FranceEmergency psychiatry 1
FRAInter-University Diploma (DIU) in SuicidologyUniversité Paris-Saclay – Faculty of Medicine (with Université de Bordeaux and Université Lyon 1; CH Le Vinatier and CH Charles Perrens) · Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, FranceGeneral adult and child psychiatry 1
FRAInter-University Diploma (DIU) in General PsychiatryUniversité Jean Monnet Saint-Étienne – CHU de Saint-Étienne (with Grenoble, Lyon 1, Clermont-Ferrand) · Saint-Étienne, FranceGeneral psychiatry 1
FRADFMS / DFMSA — PsychiatryNational DFMS/DFMSA network — coordinated by Université de Strasbourg · Multiple cities, FranceNeurostimulation 1
FRAInter-University Diploma (DIU) in Practice and Theory of Electroconvulsive Therapy and Transcranial Magnetic StimulationUniversité Claude Bernard Lyon 1 / Hospices Civils de Lyon (with Université de Bordeaux and Nantes Université) · Lyon / Bordeaux / Nantes, France