In France, the presence of university degrees linked to unvalidated healthcare practices is worrying healthcare professionals, who are denouncing the growing influence of "alternative medicine" in higher education.
The Minister of Higher Education has tasked the High Council for Evaluation of Research and Higher Education (Hcéres) with evaluating and mapping these programs in order to strengthen their regulation. An inspection has also been launched at the National Higher Institute for Teacher Training (Inspé) in Dijon, following reports concerning content deemed scientifically dubious in the training of future life and earth science teachers.
According to the Study Group on Sectarian Phenomena, more than 200 university degrees could be based on unvalidated practices by 2025, such as aromatherapy or acupuncture. The Conference of Deans of Medicine is calling for an audit and the elimination of programs based on unproven approaches.
A government report on health misinformation had already recommended withdrawing all academic recognition from these practices. Le Monde finally reports that within the MEEF master's program in Dijon, a teacher is promoting notions such as self-healing or Chinese medicine, raising concerns among students and teachers.
 Pascal Lemontel
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27/05/2026 | 
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