Laboratoires de l’INSMI par régionFrench National Board of Universities sections 25 and 26 (“Conseil National des Universités” – CNU)
The sections of the French National Board of Universities (CNU) which are specific for mathematics are the sections 25 (mathematics) and 26 (applied mathematics and applications of mathematics).
They are the ones which qualify mathematicians for the lecturer or professor positions, thus giving them the right to apply for positions to be filled by universities. They also distribute a quota of promotions in these two bodies of academics, while the rest is being handed out by the universities.