Higher Education Short Cycle - National Cooperation: The Situation in France by Sylvie Bonichon, Version 2005, EURASHE_sem_HESC_050124_pres_BONICHON.pdf (0.1 MB) - HESC, in France, is mainly represented by professional orientated curricula. In order to enable students, qualified with HESC diplomas, to be integrated in the BMD framework, Professional Bachelor Degrees were created in 1999. They result from an original and close collaboration between universities and different educational and professional bodies.