Emerging infectious diseases:
Training tomorrow's experts
International Graduate School from Masters to PhD

#NEO-I3D | Tomorrow's Epidemics: Are We Ready?
During a training session held in May as part of the e-CARE program at Toulouse University Hospital, Prof. Guillaume Martin-Blondel of the Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases at Toulouse University Hospital and co-coordinator of the research area

From forest to fork: Mapping zoonotic risks in tropical bushmeat systems through a One Health lens
Many infectious diseases that affect humans originate in animals. Understanding where these pathogens circulate and how they can spread to human populations is one of the major challenges facing global health today. My thesis on

First UNITEID-certified teaching session on the management of a patient suspected of having an Epidemic and Biological Risk infection at the Institut Toulousain de Simulation en Santé.
On Thursday May 28, 2026, eight interns in the Diplôme d'Etudes Spécialisées (DES) de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales and DES de Biologie Médicale programs took part in a training session on the management of an epidemic and biological risk (REB) from a pathogen.

#NEO-I3D | Tomorrow's Epidemics: Are We Ready?
During a training session held in May as part of the e-CARE program at Toulouse University Hospital, Prof. Guillaume Martin-Blondel of the Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases at Toulouse University Hospital and co-coordinator of the research area

From forest to fork: Mapping zoonotic risks in tropical bushmeat systems through a One Health lens
Many infectious diseases that affect humans originate in animals. Understanding where these pathogens circulate and how they can spread to human populations is one of the major challenges facing global health today. My thesis on
Who is eligible?
Target audience
Science students
Access to the UNITEID University Diploma - Emerging Infectious Diseases via 19 different Master's courses.
PhD students
Benefit from doctoral grants and mobility scholarships.
Health sciences students
Via the exceptional Master 1 pathway or cross-disciplinary entry to Master 2 or PhD.
Engineering students
Cross-disciplinary entries in Master 2 and summer schools.
From Master's to PhD, including continuing education
Training courses
UNITEID offers excellent Master's and PhD courses in the fight against Emerging Infectious Diseases, as part of an integrated «One Health» approach to human, animal and environmental health.

Masters
The UNITEID University Diploma, which is open to students in 19 Master's courses as a diploma supplement, aims to train tomorrow's experts in the prevention of and response to health crises caused by Emerging Infectious Diseases, from an integrated perspective «One Health».
University Diploma (D.U.)
The UNITEID University Diploma in Emerging Infectious Diseases is open to students enrolled in one of the 19 Master's courses associated with UNITEID.


Summer school
The UNITEID Summer School aims to strengthen interdisciplinarity, enhance participants' expertise and encourage interaction between students, researchers and professionals.
Ph. D.
Focused on interdisciplinarity and with an international outlook, the UNITEID doctoral program is open to both UNITEID and non UNITEID students.


Continuing education
UNITEID is involved in simulation exercises run by the Institut toulousain de simulation en santé (itSimS) at Toulouse University Hospital, and is conducting a survey of companies' continuing training needs in the field of emerging infectious diseases.
Affiliated with seven Master's programs and two Doctoral Schools, UNITEID offers Master's and Doctoral students specialized training in Emerging Infectious Diseases.
Tutored projects, MOOCs, summer schools...
Teaching
Structured as a diploma supplement, the UNITEID University Diploma - Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) aims to train professionals to prevent and respond to health crises caused by Emerging Infectious Diseases from an integrated «One Health» perspective, taking into account the interactions between human, animal and environmental health.





An international school
UNITEID network
Led by the University of Toulouse, at the head of a consortium of nine partners, the UNITEID Graduate School aims to develop capacities for preventing and responding to health crises through the early detection of Emerging Infectious Diseases, epidemiological and molecular surveillance of emerging pathogens and vectors in ecosystems, and the development of diagnostic and therapeutic resources.
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They manage the school
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