There will be more places this year in the entrance exams in medicine and pharmacy. Despite everything, the number of candidates remains largely higher than those admitted.
Good news for medical students, the numerus clausus, that is to say the number of students admitted in 2e year of medicine, increases this year.
In medicine, this is a slight increase of 1%, which represents 81 more students for a total of 8205 places.
A modest increase
These new figures were published in a decree in the Official Journal. It also indicates a larger number of places in pharmacies: 19 more, for a total of 3,124 places.
These places are distributed throughout the territory. In Aix-Marseille for example, there will be 10 more in medicine, 10 in pharmacy. In the various Parisian faculties, the figures are rather stable. There will be a few more places in pharmacy in Paris 5 and Paris 11. In Reims, six more places will be offered in medicine, eight in Montpellier and 15 in Lyon 1.
Decreases for certain specialties
Nine places are abolished among midwives, dropping their number to 991. For dental students, there will be one pupil less, for a total of 1203 places. In 2017, the numerus clausus had already increased by 5.8%, showing the government’s desire to increase the number of doctors to cope with an aging and growing population. However, the number of candidates in medicine is still very high and the competition remains very selective. On average, 22% of students are admitted at the end of their first year.
Knowing that medical studies last ten years, it is not these increases that will solve the problem of desertification.
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