DU Hospitality, Mediation, Migration (H2M)

Applications for Inalco’s “Hospitality, Mediation, and Migration” university diploma (DU H2M) will be open from May 15 to June 30, 2026. The DU H2M is designed to provide professional training for mediators specializing in contemporary migration.

Today, the role of mediator-interpreter in migration contexts exists in the field: it is most often carried out by volunteer exiles who address the linguistic and cultural needs of those involved in reception efforts.
Since this role requires significant skills, specific technical expertise, and interpersonal competencies, the H2M University Diploma aims to train professional mediators and to have this profession officially recognized as one of the essential pillars of the reception system.

The H2M University Diploma aims to:

• Develop students’ language skills and cultural knowledge and provide them with both theoretical and practical training.
• To enable students to master the challenges of welcoming refugees in France by offering them both theoretical and practical training. It sheds light on the historical, legal, and administrative context of reception systems, while incorporating an inclusive and collaborative approach through the analysis of professional practices, workshops, and internships. It thus encourages in-depth reflection on the challenges and specificities of mediation and interpretation in a migration context, adapting them to the unique constraints of migration.
• Encourage the development of the profession of mediator-interpreter within associations or institutions specializing in supporting migrants.

+ In a Nutshell

Target audience: mediators and program coordinators at NGOs working with people in migration situations, social workers at local governments, social service professionals, refugees, asylum seekers, and exiles, regardless of their administrative status. A passion for mediation is essential.

Training dates: September 28, 2026, through June 30, 2027

Duration: 160 hours + a minimum of 70 hours of internship (the university diploma is compatible with employment, as classes will be held in the evenings from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM)

Fees:

• Individual registration: student rates for first-time enrollment (undergraduate rates)

or

• employee rates for continuing education
  • corporate and association registration: 1,000 euros
  • Pôle Emploi training plan: 700 euros

Registration fees may be waived for refugees, asylum seekers, and exiles, subject to review of their application. Please contact the secretariat.
* For more information on available funding options, please click here.

Applications

The application period will run from May 15 to June 30, 2026.

For those without regular internet access, please contact: View e-mail.

Registration Requirements

• proficiency in a language of migration listed among languages taught at Inalco
• motivation to pursue a career as an interpreter-mediator in a migration context
• Minimum B2 level in spoken and written French
• At least a high school diploma or a bachelor’s degree

Please note: 

• A committee will meet to review the applications of candidates who do not hold a bachelor’s degree, as there will be an opportunity to have foreign degrees recognized.
• The DU H2M does not guarantee enrolled students access to a scholarship (CROUS) or housing.
• Since our classes are held in the afternoon, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., four days a week, they do not conflict with your daily work schedule.

For students who have been definitively admitted, a certificate of enrollment and an INALCO student ID card will be issued, which also provide access to the BULAC library.

July 1–20, 2026: application review
September 7–25, 2026: admission interviews 

Coordinating team: 

• Marie-Caroline Saglio-Yatzimirsky, Director of DUH2M, Inalco
• Alexandra Galitzine-Loumpet, Co-Coordinator, CESSMA, Inalco, ICM
• Abdul-Hakim HAMIDI, Academic Coordinator of the DUH2M, Inalco: View e-mail