Creation of a new institute at UPHF: the Institute for Transversality, Sports and Health
"Considering the Education Code,
Having regard to the bylaws of the Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France - UPHF,
Having regard to deliberation n°2024- of the Board of Directors of May 24, 2024,
Having regard to the vote of the Board of Education and Student Life on May 23, 2024,
it is hereby created
it is hereby established within the UPHF, a training component named: Institute of Transversalities, Sports and Health - IT2S".
Institute of Transversalities, Sports and Health

The creation of the IT2S follows the process of UPHF's transition from the status of Etablissement Public d'Enseignement (EPE) to Grand Etablissement and the recommendation of the Haut Conseil de l'Evaluation de la Recherche et de l'Enseignement Supérieur (HCERES) to dissociate STAPS training courses from those of INSA Hauts-de-France.
Mr. Abdelhak Kabila, Vice-President of UPHF, has been appointed Provisional Administrator and is in charge of setting up IT2S.
The Institute of Transversalities, Sports and Health is made up of 3 departments.
1. The Transversalities department comprises:
- opening modules and polytechnic modules (MO/MP)
- the Licence Pluridisciplinaire Personal Project
- the Coaching and Mental Performance DU
2. The Sports Department comprises:
- Bachelor's and Master's STAPS courses .
3. The Health department groups together:
- the Pluridisciplinary Personal Project License
- the DU Pain and Human Motricity
This department is dedicated to developing and operating training courses for healthcare professionals. At the same time, it stimulates and administers the involvement of UPHF staff in partners' medical and paramedical training courses and, by reciprocity, the involvement of partners in UPHF training courses.
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Institut des Transversalités, des Sports et de la Santé : Administration
The administration is located on the second floor of the Bâtiment Carpeaux (Campus Mont Houy) and is made up of a team of 13 people:
Management
- Abdelhak Kabila - Provisional Administrator
- Magalie Destrumelle - Provisional administrative and financial manager
- Habiba Bennoui - Executive assistant
Transversalities Department
- Director : Cyril Garnier
- Assistant director: Olivier Gouy
Sports Department
- Director: Guillaume Richard
- Assistant director: Mathieu Gomez
Health Department
- Director: Sébastien Leteneur
- Assistant director: Franck Bouchart
Communication department
- Séverine Masi - Internal and external communications officer
- Virgile Dépres - Digital communications officer and videographer
Finance department
- Sophie Pouderoux - Secretary
Pedagogical department
- Patricia Mistura - Pedagogical services coordinator
- Inès Amar - Pedagogical secretary opening modules and polytechnic modules (MO/MP)
- Juliette Lecornet -Pedagogical secretary for L3P, DU Douleur et Motricité Humaine and DU Coaching et Performance Mentale
- Isabelle Prate - Pedagogical secretary for the 1st year STAPS Licence
- Nathalie Lorthioir - Secrétaire pédagogique de la Licence STAPS 3ème année
- Priscilla De Graeve - Secrétaire pédagogique de la Licence STAPS 2ème année
- Emilie Vanderbecq - Pedagogical secretary of the Master STAPS and disability referent
Contact
Institut des Transversalités, des Sports et de la Santé
Campus Mont Houy
59313 Valenciennes Cedex 9
France