France University Hospitals – International (FUHI) has then been implemented through « Macron law » in 2015 that allowed French University Hospitals to take participation or to create a subsidiary abroad. FUHI aims at supporting the deployment of international development, expertise and cooperation by the French University Hospitals, in regard to the international actions taken by the French Ministry of Health and the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
FUHI is a private company that organizes actions abroad, in medical and paramedical training, consultancy and audit, participation in health service management. FUHI also enhances and promotes research activities and their outcomes, commercial exploitation of patents and licenses.