Organization
Csilla Gergely
Professor — University of Montpellier
Charles Coulomb Laboratory (L2C) UMR 5221
Biophotonics Team (head of)
Office: 29.0, Floor: 2, Building: 21 – Location: Triolet Campus
Tel: +33 (0)4 67 14 32 48
Thierry Cloitre
Senior Lecturer — University of Montpellier
Charles Coulomb Laboratory (L2C) UMR 5221
Biophotonics Team
Office: 08.0, Floor: 1, Building: 20 – Location: Triolet Campus
Tel: +33 (0)4 67 14 46 02
Biomedical Physics Program (PHYMED)
The Master's program is organized into four semesters (S1 to S4), structured into compulsory or elective teaching units TU ). Each TU a credit value (ECTS). Each semester is validated by 30 ECTS. The Master's degree is obtained after validating 120 ECTS.
LMD5 2021–2025
Organization of courses for the M1 Biomedical Physics program – HAM1TC
- Biomedical Physics Semester 1 – HAM1TCS1 – 30 ECTS
3 ECTS credits –refresher courses during the first 2-3 weeks at the end of August/beginning of September
HAH701E Introduction to Mathematics (1 ECTS)
Manager: Emmanuel LE CLEZIO
Hours: 10.5 hours of lectures, 10.5 hours of tutorials
HAH703P Introduction to Physics (1 ECTS)
Manager: Thierry CLOITRE
Hours: 10.5 hours of lectures, 10.5 hours of tutorials
HAH702V Prolegomena: Basic Concepts of Health (1 ECTS)
Manager: Guillaume CAPTIER
Hours: 10.5 hours of lectures, 10.5 hours of tutorials
8 compulsoryTUfor all PhyMed students
HAP712P Experimental Physics (4 ECTS)
Managers: Thierry Bretagnon & Didier Laux
Hours: 42 hours of practical work; MCC: Continuous assessment of practical work 100%
HAC716C Fundamentals of Radioactivity (2 ECTS)
Responsible persons: Nicolas DACHEUX
Hours: 12 hours of lectures + 8 hours of tutorials; MCC: 100% written final exam
HAH716E Health Structures and Issues (4 ECTS)
Manager: Guillaume CAPTIER
Hours: 40.5 hours CM; MCC: Continuous assessment 100%
HAH706H PhyMed Project (5 ECTS)
Responsible: Thierry CLOITRE and Csilla GERGELY
Hours: 100 hours project; MCC: Continuous assessment 100%
HAH713V Structural Biochemistry (2 ECTS)
Manager: Rachel CERDAN
Hours: 10.5 hours of lectures, 10.5 hours of tutorials; MCC: CC 20% + Written exam 80%
HAH704P Physics of Biological Systems (2 ECTS)
Responsible: Steeve CRONENBERGER & Csilla GERGELY
Hours: 9 p.m. CM; MCC: 100% terminal control
HAH705P Physics of Ionizing Radiation and Fundamentals of Radiation Protection (3 ECTS)
Responsible: Jean-Pierre POUGET & Csilla GERGELY
Hours: 9 p.m. CM; MCC: 100% terminal control
HAH712E9 Conferences on Medicine and ICT (2 ECTS)
Manager: Gerard DRAY
Hours: 9 p.m. CM; MCC: Continuous assessment 100%
1 TU 3.0 ECTS ‘to be chosen’ from among
Based on student profile
HAV305V Biochemistry 3 (3 ECTS) —physical studies
Manager: Laila GANNOUN
Hours: 14 hours of lectures, 14 hours of tutorials, 8 hours of practical work;
MCC: written final exam 60% + continuous assessment 20% + practical assessment 20%
HAP512P Experimental Physics S5 (3 ECTS) –bio studies
Responsible persons: Thierry CLOITRE, Laetitia DOYENETTE,
Hours: 27 hours of practical work; MCC: continuous assessment 50% + practical assessment 50%
- Biomedical Physics Semester 2 – HAM1TCS2 – 30 ECTS
6 compulsory TUfor all PhyMed students
HAH801L English (4 ECTS)
Responsible: Pauline McNish
Hours: 40.5 hours TD; MCC: Written final exam 50% + Oral exam 50%
HAC831C9 Radiation Protection/Radiation-Matter Interactions. (2 ECTS)
Manager: Jerome MAYNADIE
Hours: 12 hours of lectures, 8 hours of tutorials; MCC: 60% for CC and 40% for CT
HAH802E1M Sensors and Image Processing (4ECTS)
Manager: Olivier STRAUSS
Hours: 16.5 hours of lectures, 12 hours of tutorials, 12 hours of practicals; MCC: final exam 60% + practical exam 40%
HAH803P Physics and Wave Propagation (4 ECTS)
Responsible persons: Thierry CLOITRE & Didier LAUX
Hours: 8 p.m. CM, 4 p.m. TD; MCC: 100% final exam
HAH804P Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation and Diagnostic and Therapeutic Uses (2 ECTS)
Responsible persons: Jean-Pierre POUGET & Csilla GERGELY
Hours: 9 p.m. CM, MCC: 100% terminal control
HAH809H M1 SNS PhyMed Internship (10 ECTS)
Responsible persons: Csilla GERGELY & Thierry CLOITRE
Hours: 300 hours of internship; MCC written report 50%, oral defense 50%
1 TU 4.0 ECTS to be chosen from
HAH805E Medical Robotics 1 (4 ECTS)
Mr. Salih ABDELAZIZ
Hours: 16.5 hours CM, 24 hours TP; MCC written 70% control TP 30%
HAH806E Neuroprosthetics 1 (4 ECTS)
Resp. Jean-Charles CECCATO
Hours: 16.5 hours CM, 24 hours TP; MCC: DS written 50%, DM written 20%, written report 20%
HAH811E9 Data Analysis (4 ECTS)
Resp. Gérard Dray
Hours: 20 hours lectures, 30 hours tutorials; MCC: written report 50%, supervised project 2×25%
Organization of courses forthe Master's 2 in Biomedical Physics – HAM2TC
- Biomedical Physics Semester 3 – HAM2TCS3 – 30 ECTS
HAP906P Image Processing in Physics (4 ECTS)
Manager: Francois MOLINO
Hours: 9 p.m. TP; MCC: Final exam 100%
HAH905P Physics of Medical Imaging (5 ECTS)
Responsible: Michel ZANCA & Csilla GERGELY
Hours: 40.5 hours CM; MCC: 100% written final exam
HAH904P Biophotonics and Mass Spectrometry (5 ECTS)
Responsible: Thierry GUILLET and Csilla GERGELY
Hours: 40.5 CM, MCC: 100% continuous assessment
HAH903P Nano-probe, near-field, and evanescent wave microscopy (3 ECTS)
Responsible: Csilla GERGELY and Frédéric CUISINIER
Hours: 9 p.m. CM; MCC: final written exam 80% and practical exam 20%
HAH911H M2 SNS PhyMed Project (5 ECTS)
Responsible: Thierry CLOITRE and Csilla GERGELY
MCC: continuous monitoring
HAH902E Introduction to Business/Research (2 ECTS)
Manager: Emmanuel Le CLEZIO
Time: 9:00 p.m. CM: MCC: 100% continuous assessment
HAH901P Bibliographic Analysis / Scientific Monitoring (2 ECTS)
Responsible: Csilla GERGELY & Thierry CLOITRE
Hours: 6 hours of lectures and 15 hours of tutorials; MCC: CC + TP: written assignment 50%, homework assignment 30%, oral assignment 20%
1 TU 4.0 ECTS to be chosen from
HAH909E Medical Robotics 2 (4 ECTS)
Mr. Salih ABDELAZIZ
Hours: 16.5 hours CM, 24 hours TP; MCC oral exam: 100%
HAH910E9 Neuroprosthetics 2 (4 ECTS)
Responsible: Jerome BOURIEN, Emmanuel LE CLEZIO
Hours: 16.5 hours CM, 24 hours TP; MCC DS written 50%, written report 2x 25%
HAH812E9 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (4 ECTS)
Resp. Gérard Dray
Hours: 20 hours lectures, 30 hours tutorials; MCC: written report 50%, supervised project 2×25%
- Biomedical Physics Semester 4 – HAM2TCS4 – 30 ECTS
HAH001H M2 SNS PhyMed Internship (30 ECTS)
Responsible: Thierry CLOITRE and Csilla GERGELY
MCC: written report 50%, oral defense 50%

