Staff mobility

Are you a lecturer or researcher who would like to give lectures or spend time in a UPVD research laboratory? You can be the invited guest of a UPVD colleague.
 

Administrative Procedures

To stay in France, you must obtain a scientific visa issued by the French Consulate in your country of residence.

• For a period of less than one month: a letter of invitation from the host laboratory or faculty is sufficient.
• For a period of more than one month: a convention d'accueil (host agreement) and information sheet are required. This will be sent to you by post from the host laboratory/faculty once it has been signed by the President of the UPVD and the Préfecture des Pyrénées-Orientales.

When you arrive at the UPVD, you will need to take the necessary steps to obtain your residence permit. By appointment, the International Welcome Desk can help you apply for a scientific residence permit (passeport talent chercheur).
 

Useful Information

• The Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche website
• The Centre de services EURAXESS Languedoc-Roussillon: Located in Montpellier, its role is to help doctoral students, post-doctoral students, researchers and lecturers prepare for their stay and settle in to the region's higher education and research establishments (Nîmes, Montpellier, Perpignan). You will find all the necessary information and procedures required for your stay (and that of your family): accommodation, visas, residence permits, health provision, taxes, insurance, schooling
• The UPVD’s International Welcome Desk can assist you with administrative procedures and everyday life in Perpignan (Building A, ground floor)

If you are a lecturer or researcher at a European partner university that has signed an Erasmus+ Partnership Agreement and you would like to come to the UPVD, please contact the international relations department at your university.

They will tell you the procedure and details of how to apply for mobility grants under the Erasmus+ programme.

At the end of your mobility, before you leave the Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, you must go to the International and Cross-Border Relations Department (SRIT) to have your certificate of stay signed by the UPVD's institutional Erasmus+ coordinator.

The UPVD also participates in the Erasmus+ 'International Credit Mobility' action which, from the 2023/2024 academic year, finances mobility with partner universities in the following countries: Algeria, Kazakhstan, Morocco, Mexico, Tunisia and Vietnam.

For more information, please consult details (in French): programme Erasmus + Mobilité Internationale de Crédits