Arts and humanities

GS@UGA aims to structure training through research through thematic programs focused on scientific and/or societal issues.
GS@UGA federates master's coursesWithout adding new degrees, the aim is to make the program more transparent, thereby enhancing its attractiveness and international recruitment, via a proactive scholarship policy. 

GS@UGA at UFR ARSH

Our three Masters (history, art history and philosophy) are involved in four GS@UGA thematic programs starting in the 1st year (M1): 

• BVBV program: living well, ageing well 

Ageing, well-being, prevention, health, society, development
Master concerné : Master History - Applied History: Society, Environment, Territory and Cultures, Politics, International Exchanges courses
Theme coordinator: Christophe CAPUANO - UFR ARSH
The "Aging well, living well" program focuses on aging as a global phenomenon, from the cell to society as a whole, with the aim of developing innovative training courses through research to keep pace with demographic changes in our societies.
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• REACH program: research-creation, collaborative practices in art and history

Arts, performance, history, literature, languages, creative research, hands-on workshops, artistic residencies, set design, installation, collaborative production
Masters concerned :
- Master History - Applied History: Society, Environment, Territory and Cultures, Politics, International Exchanges courses
- Master of Art History - Museums, Exhibitions, Heritage and History, Techniques and Theories of the Visual Arts courses
The Reach program aims to train to creative research French and foreign students wishing to become researchers. Reach offers an unprecedented combination of disciplines between arts, history, literature and languages. The program, conceived as a minor, will complement existing masters programs with experimental forms of collaborative work (exhibitions, films, performances, digital museums, creative writing, etc.) that will enrich the circulation of knowledge and know-how between university and society. Most courses will be taught in French.

• TERRA program 

Interdisciplinarity, socio-ecosystems, global change, human and social sciences, natural sciences, climate science
Master concerned: Master History - Applied history: society, environment, territory 
The TERRA program is designed to train a new generation of professionals and scientists with the skills and knowledge to make a difference. the expert knowledge needed to meet these challenges, thanks to an interdisciplinary approach.
Faced with the global ecological, economic and social challenges of the ecological transition, it is important to define the sustainable trajectories of socio-ecosystems, involving various disciplines: engineering, ecology, water, climate and earth sciences, history, political science, urban planning and geography.

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• Programme TransCoG - Transdisciplinary training in cognition in Grenoble

Cognition, psychology, philosophy, linguistics
Master concerned : Master Philosophy - Philosophy of Cognition course
Within the TransCoG thematic program, master's degree programs in cognitive science, psychology, language science and philosophy pool their resources to offer a high-level, interdisciplinary training program in cognitive sciences, backed by a broad-based research program on the brain and cognition. Our goal is to traininterdisciplinarity in cognition, with an international perspective and an emphasis on cognitionin all its forms.

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The program

• Structuring common courses within each thematic program ( minimum 6 ECTS per year in M1 and M2)
• Integration and themed events (Summer School, theme school, etc.)
• Inter-program student projects, to complement initiatives specific to each program (e.g. tutored project)
• Funding to enable students to discover the world of research through laboratory internships abroad.
• Visiting professors from abroad

To apply

Applications are open for the 2024-2025 academic year. Please note that you must first be accepted into your master's program before finalizing your application to GS@UGA.
In order to finalize this application in one of the above-mentioned thematic programs, you'll need to upload your letter of admission (or proof of admission) to the master's program to which you've been admitted, along with your CV.