Within the framework of national policy on higher education, the President of the Executive Council presents the Assembly of Corsica with proposals relating to higher education and research, after receiving the opinion of the University of Corsica.
On this basis, the Assembly of Corsica establishes, according to the priorities it determines in terms of cultural, economic and social development and after consulting the Economic, Social, Environmental and Cultural Council of Corsica, the map of higher education and research. This map becomes definitive once it has been the subject of an agreement between the territorial collectivity of Corsica, the State and the University of Corsica.
The Corsican regional authority may, by deliberation of the Assembly, organise its own complementary higher education and research activities, without prejudice to the competences of the State in terms of the accreditation of degrees and diplomas. To this end, it enters into agreements with higher education establishments or research bodies.