Parasitology

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Program Overview

This speciality proposes a fundamental teaching. This will allow students currently at the end of the "Parasitology" licence cycle to continue their training in the second course of the LMD system and with the aim of pursuing research studies to obtain a doctorate.1- Possibility of creating a group analysis laboratory, of opening private offices of extension and public prophylaxis.2- Possibility of professional activities in specialised structures (veterinary laboratories, slaughterhouses, hospital laboratories, research centres, industrial food processing units.


The Parasitology license introduces students to the fields of General Parasitology (Parasitology in the broadest sense) by means of fundamental, theoretical and practical knowledge. The teaching programme is designed to introduce students to the various aspects of parasitism and host-pathogen relations and the different parasite groups (microparasites: bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasitic protozoa and macroparasites: metazoa (helminths and arthropods) that have an impact on human and animal health. Vector transmission of diseases and parasitic ecology will also be covered


Teaching Language : French

Curriculum Highlights

Core Courses

Ø UEF 1.1:Microparasites

·   Subject 1: Bacteriology 1
·   Subject2: Verology

Ø UEF 1.2: Microparasites 2 and Macroparasites

·   Subject1: Protozoa and Metazoa Parasites

Fundamental units

Ø UEF 2.1: Microparasites 3

·   Subject 1: Mycology
Ø UEF 2.2:Vectors andparasitosis
Subject 1: Parasite vectors
Ø UEF 2.3:Zoonoses
·   Subject 1: Parasitic zoonoses


Advanced Topics

Methodological units
Ø UEM 1.1: Methods of studyingparasites
·   Subject 1: Methods of studying Protozoa 
·   Subject 2: Methods of studyingMetazoa

Discovery units

Ø UED 1.1:
·   Subject 1: Histology and physiology of mammals 
Transversal units
Ø UET 1.1
·   Subject 1: English

Methodological units

Ø UEM 2.1: Methodstaxonomy

·   Subject 1: Parasite diagnosis
Ø UEM 2.2:Techniques andmanipulations
·   Subject 1: Health and safety 
Discovery units
Ø UED 2.1
·   Subject 1: Parasite ecology
Transversal units
Ø UET 2.1
·   Subject 1: Entrepreneurial


Admissions Information

To access to this speciality, the student must have L1 + L2 training in biological sciences.

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