IFPS · Institut de Formation des Professionnels de Santé — CHU Brest

What IFPS · Institut de Formation des Professionnels de Santé — CHU Brest does

IFPS (Institut de Formation des Professionnels de Santé) — CHU Brest is a public healthcare professional training institute operating as the training arm of the Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire (CHRU) de Brest. The institute delivers eight state-recognized initial training programs covering aide-soignant (IFAS), infirmier (IFSI), infirmier anesthésiste (IADE), infirmier de bloc opératoire (IBODE), puéricultrice, masseur-kinésithérapeute (IFMK), psychomotricien, and cadre de santé (IFCS), serving approximately 1,000 students per year across its main campus at Hôpital de la Cavale Blanche in Brest and its IFAS satellite in Carhaix-Plouguer.

The institute operates a hybrid classroom and simulation-based delivery model supported by an integrated digital learning stack: a Moodle-based LMS, the MyKomunoté student portfolio and scheduling platform, Office 365 and Microsoft Teams for collaboration, SharePoint for document management, a Centre de Documentation et d'Information (CDI) portal, and a dedicated Cellule Multimédia et Simulation en Santé for clinical simulation. It is accredited under the French public health system and is the sole authorized provider for several diplomas in the Finistère region.

IFPS generates revenue from four streams: initial training tuition (e.g., €7,600 for the full IFAS program), continuing education course fees ranging from €0 to €2,550 across 105+ courses annually, Validation des Acquis de l'Expérience (VAE) accompaniment services, and public funding flows from the Conseil régional de Bretagne, France Travail, DPC/OPCO employer financing, and the CHRU de Brest institutional budget. Go-to-market is primarily sales-led through the national Parcoursup platform for initial training and employer-financed agreements for continuing education, supplemented by event-driven recruitment (open days, Salon Azimut, UBO open houses) and community channels including the institute's website, LinkedIn presence, and Vimeo podcast series.

Name

IFPS · Institut de Formation des Professionnels de Santé — CHU Brest

Legal name

Institut de Formation des Professionnels de Santé (IFPS)

Website

https://ifps-brest.bzh

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

IFPS is a public healthcare training institute in Brest, France, operating under CHRU de Brest. It delivers eight state-recognized initial training programs and 105+ continuing education courses to roughly 1,000 students and healthcare professionals annually across Brittany.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Education & Training

NAICS

Educational Services (611), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (611310), Educational Services (61)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Continuing Education (CE/CPD) & Provider Accreditation Bodies (EDADACAF)

Keywords

• Healthcare professional training
• Nursing education programs
• Paramedical institute
• Continuing medical education
• Clinical simulation training

Headquarters

HQ city

Brest

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Formation initiale tuition fees: Tuition fees charged for initial healthcare professional training programs. Full aide-soignant (IFAS) training costs €7,600 for the complete course; passerelle (partial) training fees vary by module. Students may be exempt if registered with France Travail, leaving the school system in June 2026, or on individual training leave.
2. Continuing education course fees: Fees charged for continuing professional development courses, ranging from free (€0) to €2,550 depending on course duration and type. Examples: Snoezelen course €520, motivation interviewing €600, health manager training €1,650, health coordinator €1,650, IADE prep €810, IBODE prep €550, ASG qualification €1,900, ASH training €1,000.
3. Regional council bursaries and financing: The Conseil régional de Bretagne provides means-tested bursaries for eligible students in initial training. Additional financing sources include France Travail (job center) funding and employer-sponsored professional development agreements.
4. VAE (Validation des Acquis de l'Expérience) accompaniment services: Fees for individualised VAE support services helping candidates compile and present their professional experience for formal diploma recognition (e.g., aide-soignant DEAS and IBODE VAE).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

IFPS is a French public institute attached to CHU de Brest that delivers initial training for eight regulated healthcare professions (aide-soignant, infirmier, infirmier anesthésiste, infirmier de bloc opératoire, puéricultrice, masseur-kinésithérapeute, psychomotricien, cadre de santé) and a catalogue of 105+ continuing education courses for practising professionals, complemented by entrance exam preparation modules and VAE (Validation des Acquis de l'Expérience) accompaniment services.

Product overview

IFPS Brest operates as an integrated healthcare professional training institute affiliated with CHU de Brest, offering both initial training programs across 8 specialties (nursing assistant, general nursing, anesthetist nursing, operating room nursing, pediatric nursing, physiotherapy, psychomotor therapy, and health management) and over 105 continuing education courses. The institute also provides exam preparation programs and a digital workspace (ENT) integrating Moodle, MyKomunoté, Office 365, and Teams. With campuses in Brest and Carhaix, IFPS serves approximately 1000 students annually and maintains a 95% graduate employment rate.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• IFAS Brest: Institut de Formation des Aides-Soignants - Training institute for nursing assistants in Brest
• IFAS Carhaix
• IFMK Brest
• IFSI
• IFCS

Products and services

• IFAS — Formation Aide-Soignant
• IFSI — Formation Infirmier
• EIA — Formation Infirmier Anesthésiste (IADE)
• EIBO — Formation Infirmier de Bloc Opératoire (IBODE)
• Formation Infirmière Puéricultrice
• IFMK — Formation Masseur-Kinésithérapeute
• Formation Psychomotricien
• IFCS — Formation Cadre de Santé
• Catalogue Formations Continues
• VAE — Validation des Acquis de l'Expérience Accompaniment and support service helping candidates obtain a healthcare diploma through validation of prior professional experience.
• Préparation aux Concours — DEAS Exam preparation course for entry into the Aide-Soignant training program.
• Préparation aux Concours — IDE Exam preparation course for entry into the infirmier (IDE) training program.
• Préparation aux Concours — Cadre de Santé Exam preparation course for entry into the Cadre de Santé training program.

Quantifiable outcome

• 95% graduate insertion rate for IFSI nursing graduates
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Integration6 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Université de Bretagne Occidentale (UBO)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIFCS (Institut de Formation des Cadres de Santé) at IFPS offers a partnership with UBO enabling graduates to obtain a Master 2 degree alongside their Cadre de santé qualification. The two institutions collaborate on the Groupement UBO Parcoursup for nursing student admissions via Parcoursup. UBO also provides the Moodle Santé platform and co-hosts open days at the Faculty of Medicine.
• CHU de Brest (parent hospital institution)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIFPS is the training arm of the Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Brest. The CHU provides clinical placement sites, hospital-based faculty expertise, institutional governance, and shared infrastructure (simulation centre, multimedia unit). IFPS operates under the CHU Brest banner and website branding.
• CHU Brest-Carhaix and partner healthcare facilities (clinical placement network)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIFPS coordinates clinical placements for students across the full CHU Brest-Carhaix hospital network plus external partner healthcare and medico-social establishments. Stages are arranged by IFPS for IFAS students who do not need to find their own placements. The network covers the entire Finistère department.
• GRETA (Groupement d'Établissements publics locaux d'Enseignement)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerIFPS refers prospective students with difficulties in French, mathematics, or IT skills to GRETA for preparatory workshops before entering healthcare training. This referral partnership supports student readiness for aide-soignant and other programmes.
• Finistère high schools and CIO (Centre d'Information et d'Orientation)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerIFPS participates in the Salon Azimut, an annual regional higher education orientation event co-organised with all Finistère high schools and career guidance centres (CIO). This collective effort provides orientation support to high school students across the region.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• AFPA: France's national adult vocational training agency, offering healthcare-adjacent vocational programs and continuing education across regions. Broader incumbent that overlaps with IFPS on the continuing education and career-retraining side, though it does not deliver the regulated paramedical diplomas.
• AP-HP - Instituts de Formation Paramédicaux: Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris operates multiple paramedical training institutes across Île-de-France. A larger, broader incumbent in the same French public-hospital training model with overlapping diploma offerings (IFSI, IFAS, IADE, IBODE, IFCS).

Emerging players

• EHESP: French School of Public Health delivering management and leadership training for hospital and medico-social executives, including Cadre de santé and Director-level programs. Comparable to IFCS at IFPS Brest, with a national scope and university-degree integration.

Direct peers

• GRIEPS: Groupement Régional pour l'Information et la Promotion de la Santé, a French continuing education provider specialised in healthcare professionals. Directly comparable to IFPS on the continuing education catalog side, particularly for clinical skills and pedagogy.
• Croix-Rouge Compétence: French Red Cross's healthcare professional training arm, offering initial and continuing education for nurses, aides-soignants, and other paramedical specialties across multiple campuses. Directly comparable to IFPS in portfolio breadth (IFSI, IFAS, continuing education) and target learner segments.
• CHU de Rennes - IFSI / IFPS Bretagne Rennes: Regional university hospital with its own paramedical training institutes delivering IFSI, IFAS, IADE, IBODE, and IFMK programs in Brittany. Closest geographic and structural peer to IFPS CHU Brest, sharing CHU governance, UBO partnership dynamics, and the same French public-sector regulatory framework.
• CHU de Nantes - Instituts de Formation: University hospital in Pays de la Loire running parallel paramedical training institutes (IFSI, IFAS, IFCS, IFMK, IADE, IBODE) under the same French public-hospital accreditation regime. Comparable scale and program mix to IFPS Brest, with similar placement-network advantages.
• CHU de Bordeaux - Institut des Métiers de la Santé: University hospital training centre offering the full paramedical diploma portfolio (IFSI, IFAS, IBODE, IADE, IFCS, IFMK) in Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Directly comparable to IFPS as a CHU-embedded multi-institute training platform serving a regional catchment.

Others

• ANFH: National association managing continuing professional development funds for public hospital employees (DPC, plan de formation). Indirectly comparable: ANFH is a financier and aggregator of much of the continuing education revenue that flows to institutes like IFPS.

Regional players

• CHU de Toulouse - Institut de Formation Paramédical: University hospital in Occitanie running its own paramedical training institutes across nursing, aide-soignant, specialisations, and management. Operates the same French public-hospital training model as IFPS but serves a distinct southern regional catchment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ifpsbrest

Compliance1 record

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Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries3 records

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