E-signature for education and training providers
Universities, business schools, apprentice training centres (CFA), training providers: sign internship agreements, apprenticeship contracts, pedagogical agreements and enrolments online without breaking the student journey. GDPR, eIDAS and Qualiopi compliant.
Administrative challenges in education
Internship agreements with 5 signatories (education institution, host organisation, intern, referring teacher and workplace supervisor, article D124-4 of the French Education Code), bulk enrolment at the start of the academic year, tripartite apprenticeship contracts, inter-institution agreements signed in France and abroad: paper signatures slow enrolments, lose candidates and burden administrative staff. Certyneo digitises the entire administrative cycle while staying aligned with the French Education Code and GDPR.
Tripartite internship agreements drag on
Student, company, and institution must all sign, often remotely. The sequential signature process completes the agreement before the internship starts, without postal back-and-forths.
The back-to-school enrollment spike overwhelms administration
Apprenticeship contracts and enrollments flood in en masse in September. Mass sending absorbs the volume, with each signatory receiving their own link with automatic reminders.
Inter-institution agreements struggle to cross borders
Agreements signed in France and abroad impose unmanageable paper deadlines. eIDAS-compliant electronic signature allows remote contracting within a recognized framework.
All your administrative documents online
6 typical document categories, signed in minutes by students, parents and partners.
Internship agreement
Tripartite agreement student + company + school, provided for by article L124-1 of the French Education Code. Each signer signs from their own link; the agreement and its audit trail are archived for 10 years by default.
Apprenticeship contract
Apprenticeship contract (cerfa FA13) signed electronically by the apprentice, the employer and the training centre (CFA), then sent to the OPCO according to its own filing procedures.
Enrolment file
Student administrative enrolment: code of conduct, image rights, IT charter, parental authorisation. Bulk sending to up to 500 recipients per CSV import, repeatable as often as needed at the start of the academic year.
Pedagogical agreement
Erasmus+, inter-university agreements, double degrees: multi-language signature, 10-year archiving and native hreflang included.
Training agreement
Agreement with the OPCO or the company, training contract concluded with an individual who funds their own training (art. L6353-3 of the French Labour Code), skills development plan: signature evidence ready for your Qualiopi audit.
Release & authorisation
School trip, parental image authorisation, travel abroad: signature via an individual SMS code sent to each parent or legal guardian.
Why Certyneo for education
Native 5-signatory workflow
The education institution, host organisation, intern, referring teacher and workplace supervisor each sign from their own link, in parallel or in the order you set, with automatic reminders.
Back-to-school bulk sending
Import a CSV file: up to 500 personalised agreements go out in a single bulk send. Beyond that, chain several sends or use our REST API.
Audit-ready Qualiopi evidence
Qualiopi imposes neither a signature level nor an attendance-sheet format: what matters is producing the evidence on audit day. Signature traceability, RFC 3161 timestamping and 10-year archiving give it to you.
Frequently asked questions — education
- Is e-signature valid for an internship agreement?
- Yes. Article 1366 of the French Civil Code recognises e-signature as equivalent to handwritten signature as long as it identifies the signer and guarantees document integrity. Certyneo meets both conditions via SES, AES and QES signature levels compliant with the eIDAS regulation (EU) No 910/2014.
- How do you handle the internship agreement and its 5 signatories?
- Certyneo offers native parallel multi-signer support. You upload the document, add the 5 signatories required by article D124-4 of the French Education Code (education institution, host organisation, intern, referring teacher and workplace supervisor) and each signs at their own pace. Reminder notifications are automatic.
- Can I send hundreds of internship agreements at once at the start of the year?
- Yes, up to 500 per bulk send. Certyneo bulk sending imports a CSV file exported from your student records software and generates a personalised agreement per student; beyond 500 rows, run several sends. Tracking is centralised in a unified view.
- Is Certyneo Qualiopi-certification compliant?
- The national quality framework imposes neither a signature level nor an attendance-sheet format, and no platform is 'Qualiopi certified': what matters is producing your evidence on audit day. The signature traceability, RFC 3161 timestamping and 10-year archiving included in all plans provide it.
- What is the price for a 5,000-student institution?
- There is no education-specific plan. The Business Pro plan, at €99/month, covers 1,000 envelopes per month, unlimited users and single sign-on (SSO SAML). Beyond that, the Enterprise plan is priced on quote.
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