diff --git a/pedagogy/api.py b/pedagogy/api.py
index e8d34351..ce1fdde0 100644
--- a/pedagogy/api.py
+++ b/pedagogy/api.py
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ from ninja_extra.pagination import PageNumberPaginationExtra, PaginatedResponseS
 from core.auth.api_permissions import HasPerm
 from pedagogy.models import UV
 from pedagogy.schemas import SimpleUvSchema, UvFilterSchema, UvSchema
-from pedagogy.utbm_api import find_uv
+from pedagogy.utbm_api import UtbmApiClient
 
 
 @api_controller("/uv")
 class UvController(ControllerBase):
     @route.get(
-        "/{year}/{code}",
+        "/{code}",
         permissions=[
             # this route will almost always be called in the context
             # of a UV creation/edition
@@ -26,10 +26,14 @@ class UvController(ControllerBase):
         response=UvSchema,
     )
     def fetch_from_utbm_api(
-        self, year: Annotated[int, Ge(2010)], code: str, lang: Query[str] = "fr"
+        self,
+        code: str,
+        lang: Query[str] = "fr",
+        year: Query[Annotated[int, Ge(2010)] | None] = None,
     ):
         """Fetch UV data from the UTBM API and returns it after some parsing."""
-        res = find_uv(lang, year, code)
+        with UtbmApiClient() as client:
+            res = client.find_uv(lang, code, year)
         if res is None:
             raise NotFound
         return res
diff --git a/pedagogy/templates/pedagogy/uv_edit.jinja b/pedagogy/templates/pedagogy/uv_edit.jinja
index 7ab54105..b4869e14 100644
--- a/pedagogy/templates/pedagogy/uv_edit.jinja
+++ b/pedagogy/templates/pedagogy/uv_edit.jinja
@@ -46,12 +46,7 @@
       const codeInput = document.querySelector('input[name="code"]')
 
       autofillBtn.addEventListener('click', () => {
-        const today = new Date()
-        let year = today.getFullYear()
-        if (today.getMonth() < 7) {  // student year starts in september
-          year--
-        }
-        const url = `/api/uv/${year}/${codeInput.value}`;
+        const url = `/api/uv/${codeInput.value}`;
         deleteQuickNotifs()
 
         $.ajax({
@@ -70,7 +65,7 @@
               .filter(([elem, _]) => !!elem)  // skip non-existing DOM elements
               .forEach(([elem, val]) => {  // write the value in the form field
                 if (elem.tagName === 'TEXTAREA') {
-                                // MD editor text input
+                  // MD editor text input
                   elem.parentNode.querySelector('.CodeMirror').CodeMirror.setValue(val);
                 } else {
                   elem.value = val;
diff --git a/pedagogy/utbm_api.py b/pedagogy/utbm_api.py
index 700c22f3..f0d1377d 100644
--- a/pedagogy/utbm_api.py
+++ b/pedagogy/utbm_api.py
@@ -2,27 +2,59 @@
 
 import requests
 from django.conf import settings
+from django.utils.functional import cached_property
 
 from pedagogy.schemas import ShortUvList, UtbmFullUvSchema, UtbmShortUvSchema, UvSchema
 
 
-def find_uv(lang, year, code) -> UvSchema | None:
-    """Find an UV from the UTBM API."""
-    # query the UV list
-    base_url = settings.SITH_PEDAGOGY_UTBM_API
-    uvs_url = f"{base_url}/uvs/{lang}/{year}"
-    response = requests.get(uvs_url)
-    uvs: list[UtbmShortUvSchema] = ShortUvList.validate_json(response.content)
+class UtbmApiClient(requests.Session):
+    """A wrapper around `requests.Session` to perform requests to the UTBM UV API."""
 
-    short_uv = next((uv for uv in uvs if uv.code == code), None)
-    if short_uv is None:
-        return None
+    BASE_URL = settings.SITH_PEDAGOGY_UTBM_API
+    _cache = {}
 
-    # get detailed information about the UV
-    uv_url = f"{base_url}/uv/{lang}/{year}/{code}/{short_uv.code_formation}"
-    response = requests.get(uv_url)
-    full_uv = UtbmFullUvSchema.model_validate_json(response.content)
-    return make_clean_uv(short_uv, full_uv)
+    @cached_property
+    def current_year(self) -> int:
+        """Fetch from the API the latest existing year"""
+        url = f"{self.BASE_URL}/guides/fr"
+        response = self.get(url)
+        return response.json()[-1]["annee"]
+
+    def fetch_short_uvs(
+        self, lang: str = "fr", year: int | None = None
+    ) -> list[UtbmShortUvSchema]:
+        """Get the list of UVs in their short format from the UTBM API"""
+        if year is None:
+            year = self.current_year
+        if "short_uvs" not in self._cache:
+            self._cache["short_uvs"] = {}
+        if lang not in self._cache["short_uvs"]:
+            self._cache["short_uvs"][lang] = {}
+        if year not in self._cache["short_uvs"][lang]:
+            url = f"{self.BASE_URL}/uvs/{lang}/{year}"
+            response = self.get(url)
+            uvs = ShortUvList.validate_json(response.content)
+            self._cache["short_uvs"][lang][year] = uvs
+        return self._cache["short_uvs"][lang][year]
+
+    def find_uv(self, lang: str, code: str, year: int | None = None) -> UvSchema | None:
+        """Find an UV from the UTBM API."""
+        # query the UV list
+        if not year:
+            year = self.current_year
+        # the UTBM API has no way to fetch a single short uv,
+        # and short uvs contain infos that we need and are not
+        # in the full uv schema, so we must fetch everything.
+        short_uvs = self.fetch_short_uvs(lang, year)
+        short_uv = next((uv for uv in short_uvs if uv.code == code), None)
+        if short_uv is None:
+            return None
+
+        # get detailed information about the UV
+        uv_url = f"{self.BASE_URL}/uv/{lang}/{year}/{code}/{short_uv.code_formation}"
+        response = requests.get(uv_url)
+        full_uv = UtbmFullUvSchema.model_validate_json(response.content)
+        return make_clean_uv(short_uv, full_uv)
 
 
 def make_clean_uv(short_uv: UtbmShortUvSchema, full_uv: UtbmFullUvSchema) -> UvSchema: