CEVPU - Conférence nationale des Étudiants Vice-Présidents d'Université

What CEVPU - Conférence nationale des Étudiants Vice-Présidents d'Université does

CEVPU (Conférence nationale des Étudiants Vice-Présidents d'Université) is a French non-profit association, registered under the loi de 1901 on 9 March 2003 and originally formed as an informal groupement de fait in Nice on 30 September 2001. The organization functions as a national mutualization and expertise structure for student vice-presidents at French universities, with a stated mission to increase student participation in university governance (cogestion citoyenne) and to share best practices across institutions. It serves a single persona segment — students holding vice-president positions within French university governance — and operates across all of France, hosted at the Maison des Initiatives Etudiantes (MIE) at 50 rue des Tournelles, 75003 Paris.

CEVPU's offerings are non-commercial and consist of organizing annual national encounters (Rencontres Nationales), producing a body of shared reference documents on higher-education governance (e.g., status of the student vice-president, FSDIE framework, key laws since 1968, university–CROUS relations), and providing a representational voice that can officially comment on topics within the competence of student vice-presidents. Its governance structure comprises a general assembly, an annually elected bureau (one-year renewable presidency), a commission permanente, and a supervisory board (conseil de surveillance), with current leadership including President Sacha Duperret (Université de Bordeaux), Vice-présidente générale Amal Qobaa (Université de Montpellier), and Secrétaire générale Enora Lorcy (Université Gustave Eiffel). The bureau includes zonal VPs covering south-west, south-est, grand-ouest, and Île-de-France regions, alongside thematic VPs for training, surveys, communication, resources, and sustainable development.

The business model is non-commercial: there are no products, no pricing tiers, no paying customers, no disclosed revenue, and no funding rounds. CEVPU generates no commercial revenue and is sustained through member participation. Distribution occurs through assemblies, commissions, social media channels (Twitter/X, LinkedIn, Instagram), and the annual national meetings. There is no proprietary technology, no AI/ML capability, no API, no integrations, and no commercial channel. Its competitive position rests on incumbency as the recognized national body for this community rather than on any technology or commercial moat.

Name

CEVPU - Conférence nationale des Étudiants Vice-Présidents d'Université

Legal name

Conférence Nationale des Etudiants Vice-Président d'Université

Website

https://cevpu.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CEVPU is a French non-profit association (loi de 1901) that serves as the national mutualization and expertise structure for student vice-presidents at French universities. Founded in 2001, it organizes annual national meetings, produces governance reference documents, and represents students in higher-education governance across France.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Higher Education Governance Association

NAICS

Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Education Professionals (Teacher/Administrator CE, CPD) (EDAAALAE)

Keywords

• Student governance association
• University vice-presidents
• Higher education governance
• Annual national meetings
• Student representation network

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

CEVPU is a non-profit association (loi de 1901) that acts as a mutualization and expertise structure for student vice-presidents of French universities. Its core offering is the organization of annual Rencontres Nationales and the production of shared reference documents on higher education governance, accompanied by official representation and consultation on topics within vice-presidential domains. It does not sell commercial products or services; its purpose is to foster knowledge sharing, develop student vice-presidencies, and promote citizen co-management of French universities.

Product overview

CEVPU is a non-profit student organization (association loi de 1901) that serves as a mutualization and expertise structure for all actors in higher education in France. It is not a technology or product company. Its offerings consist of organizing national meetings (Rencontres Nationales), producing shared documents and resources on higher education governance, and facilitating best practice exchange among student vice-presidents at French universities. The organization does not offer commercial software products or technology services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Rencontres Nationales (Annual National Encounters) Annual national encounters organized for student vice-presidents of French universities to share knowledge, exchange best practices, and hold the general assembly that elects the bureau and commission permanente. The rencontres nationale is CEVPU's flagship service and primary governance event.
• CEVPU Travaux (Reference Documents and Reports) A publicly accessible library of reference documents produced by CEVPU covering French higher-education governance, including acronyms, organization of institutions, CROUS-university relations, disability accommodations, structuring calls for projects, key laws since 1968, the status of the student vice-president, association support, FSDIE, and the legal framework for formations. Includes the published survey report on the integration of student vice-presidents.
• Expertise and Consultation Service on University Governance CEVPU provides advice and guidance on developing student vice-presidencies within French universities and can officially comment on topics within vice-presidential domains, supporting the cogestion citoyenne (citizen co-management) of higher education institutions.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• FAGE (Fédération des Associations Générales Étudiantes): France’s largest student federation, representing student associations and unions nationally. Comparable to CEVPU as a national student-governance and representation body in French higher education, though broader in scope (all student associations, not specifically student VPs).
• UNEF (Union Nationale des Étudiants de France): Historic French student union with national representation and advocacy role. Comparable to CEVPU as a national-level French student voice, though focused more on broader student rights and political representation than specifically on university-governance vice-presidents.

Regional players

• CPU (Conférence des Présidents d'Université): National body representing French university presidents — the institutional counterpart to CEVPU. Highly comparable in operating model (national conference structure, convening role, policy voice) and geography, but represents the executive side of university governance rather than the student side.

Direct peers

• ANEMF (Association Nationale des Étudiants en Médecine de France): National French association of medical students, with similar organizational DNA to CEVPU: a national association loi de 1901, mutualization, elected student leadership, and a spokesperson function on governance issues relevant to its members.
• ANESF (Association Nationale des Étudiants Sages-Femmes): National French association representing midwifery students, including those serving in governance roles. Comparable in being a French national student association organized around a specific student role within higher-education/health-education governance, with similar mutualization, advocacy, and convening functions.
• FNEID (Fédération Nationale des Étudiants en Droit): French national federation of law students operating under association loi de 1901. Comparable to CEVPU in structure, mission (mutualization and representation of French students in a specific academic/governance space), and target geography.
• FNEB (Fédération Nationale des Étudiants en Sciences): National French federation of science students. Comparable to CEVPU as a French national student association providing mutualization, governance representation, and a national spokesperson function for its specific student community.

Emerging players

• ESU (European Students' Union): Umbrella body for European national student unions, including French member organizations. Comparable to CEVPU in its representational and convening function for students in higher-education governance, but operating at the supranational level rather than within a single country.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CEVPU
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cevpu
• Instagraminstagram.com/cevpu_

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Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Funding overview

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