Professional Degree Tour guide

Course duration 

- 1 year divided into two semesters;

- 20 h / week on average (face-to-face) ;

- Tutored project ;

- A minimum 16-week internship at the end of the course

 - Professionalization of training in a sector where the need for qualified guides is significant, particularly in the Centre-Val de Loire region;

- Controlled student numbers guarantee a good level of student follow-up and supervision;

- Numerous guest speakers from the tourism and heritage sectors;

- Balanced and comprehensive training, designed in conjunction with industry professionals;

- Strong relationships and partnerships with professionals in the tourism (CRT, OT, ODT, etc.) and heritage (VPAH network, museums, monuments, sites, etc.) sectors throughout the region, to host trainees, offer case studies or study sites;

- A group project;

- The presence of adults returning to school ensures a dynamic and dynamic class.

Hold a Bac+2 degree.

Selection by dossier

•      Applications are examined on the basis of a portfolio including a letter of motivation.
•      Interview in French to assess general knowledge, interest in heritage, motivation, professional project and in a foreign language (English or Spanish).

How to register

Download the application form at the following address:

https://ecandidat.univ-orleans.fr/

For adults returning to school and for VAE:

https://www.univ-orleans.fr/sefco

Contact form

Tel: 02 38 41 71 80

Candidates must be fluent in at least one foreign language. They must have a strong taste for heritage, a desire to share this passion, a professional project underway and a solid motivation. The course will be open to :

- who have completed the first two years of a Bachelor's degree in history, art history, archaeology, languages (LEA, LLCER, LACIS, etc.), literature, cultural mediation, animation, communication, or any other discipline (biology, chemistry, law, management, geography, physics, etc.), depending on their mastery of the prerequisites;

- who have completed a BTS in Tourism, a BTS in Communications, etc.

- with a DUT or University Bachelor of Technology (B.U.T) Information, communication; business and administration management; multimedia and Internet professions, socio-cultural activities;

- or those with a Bachelor's, Master's or Professional Degree degree in heritage-related fields or professions.

It will also be open to people returning to school, holding at least a Bac+2 or benefiting from the validation of professional experience (VAP / VAE). They must have a minimum of experience or knowledge of the field.

Figures will not be available until 24 months after the end of the first year of training.

Professional activity

At the end of the year's training, graduates receive a guide-lecturer card issued by the Prefecture, enabling them to work throughout France and abroad on behalf of a French organization.

They can be employees of an organization (public authority, company, association, state) or self-employed (auto-entrepreneurs).

Graduates can work in the full range of guiding professions: guide, lecturer, animator, mediator, advisor, accompanist, coordinator of heritage, tourism, travel and stays, and in a wide variety of structures such as a monument, a museum, a "maison des illustres", an architecture and heritage interpretation center, a cultural meeting place, a scientific culture center, a natural space or a major site in France, an industrial, scientific or technical site, a tourist attraction; in a village (Petite Cité de Caractère, Plus Beaux Détours de France, etc.) or a town (Ville et Pays d'Art et de Histoire, etc.), in a tourist office, an incoming travel agency; on behalf of a hotel, a tour operator, a tourist information center, a tourist information center or a tourist information center.) or a town (Ville et Pays d'Art et d'Histoire), within a tourist office, an incoming travel agency; on behalf of a hotel, a tour operator, a coach operator, a cruise operator, etc.

Further study is not a goal in itself. However, those who wish to do so can extend their training with a Master's degree (art history, cultural heritage management, tourism, heritage enhancement, languages, etc.).

Our strengths

- The Centre-Val de Loire region has a great need for qualified professionals, so job opportunities are guaranteed;

- Strong links with the region's heritage and tourism professionals;

- Building on an already well-structured teaching and research dynamic in the sector;

- Optimal study conditions at CES de Châteauroux;

- A region rich in varied heritage to illustrate the courses;

- A region renowned for its heritage (Bourges, European Capital of Culture in 2028);

- A good balance between university lecturers and professionals specializing in the sector;

- Up-to-date training (to take account of new demands, new tools, changing customer needs, etc.);

- A special focus on language support;

- Raising awareness of sustainable tourism.