DREAM-U Project

The DREAM-U project (Chart Your Path to Success at Aix-Marseille University) is part of the Investment for the Future Program (PIA3) under the “New University Curricula ” NCU) initiative funded bythe National Research Agency (ANR). In 2018, AMU was selected as one of 36 funded projects in the second round of the NCU initiative.

Based on the observation that the success rate for bachelor’s degrees at Aix-Marseille University is lower than the national average—34% vs. 41% in 2017 (source: DGSIP)—the DREAM-U project aims to improve student success by enhancing their autonomy. Through its four missions, an operational team—integrated into the university’s academic units and administrative services—works in collaboration with faculty and administrative staff to implement the project.

In line with the DREAM-U philosophy, academic pathways are tailored and individualized based on each student’s goals and profile. Academic programs interested in the project have been invited to follow the DTI-SRI model.

Find all the information about the Dream-U project on the Aix-Marseille University website

The DTI (Disciplinary, Transversal, and Integrative) Track

• Disciplinary courses: foundational knowledge; a core of knowledge and skills specific to the discipline underpinning the major
• Cross-disciplinary courses: knowledge and skills related to the core disciplinary training, potentially transferable between majors: methodology, digital skills, critical thinking, teamwork, communication in French, and a foreign language.
• Integrative courses: opportunities to deepen one’s education:

          - Strengthening one’s discipline or branching out into other disciplines: the possibility of changing one’s academic focus

          - Thematic exploration addressing major challenges in research and contemporary society: providing meaning

          - Exposure to career paths with a view to developing professional expertise: toward a vocational track (LP) or entry into the workforce