Programmes designed for foreigners

Contacts :
Website for Ministry of education : http://www.education.gouv.fr/int
Specialized organizations to welcome foreign students : http://www.edufrance.fr
http://www.egide.asso.fr

The ERASMUS has partnerships between higher education institutions for transfer of students from campuses in Europe (2000-2006). The ERASMUS is a part of the community program SOCRATES. The ERASMUS accentuates transfer, transparency and acknowledgement of higher education in Europe. Actions :
- Transfer of students for completion of one part of their education in a foreign country : spreading information, learning languages, working program for students, developing a system of credit transfer to facilitate acknowledgement of academic courses between institutions.
- To provide financial aid to students to enable them to complete part of their education in a foreign university (3 - 12 months) in a program of cooperation. These foreign study programs are accepted by the home university and credits are transferred towards the diploma. The transfer is valid from the end of the second year until the doctorate level and includes internships in a foreign country.
- This is valid for all fields and at all levels until the doctorate.
- Geographical sectors :
European Union : Germany, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, United Kingdom, Sweden
Members of European Common Space : Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein
Central and Eastern European countries : Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czech republic, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Cyprus, Malta and Turkey
To obtain information on mobility for students please contact the International office of the university of origin.

Useful Readings :
Guide of candidature 2000, European commission, 55p, free(distributed by the agency Socrates — France) and available on internet : http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/socrates/downfile/guidefr.pdf

Useful addresses :
General information : Sources of Europe, resource info-point Europe.
Technical assistance office Socrates : Leonardo et Jeunesse, 59-61 rue de Trèves, B-1000 Bruxelles
Tel : 00.322.233.01.11, Fax : 00.322.233.01.50 —e-mail :info@socrates-youth.be
Web site : http://www.socrates-touth.be
European Commission : Director general of education and culture, Unité A2, ERASMUS — 200, rue de le Loi, B-1049 Bruxelles
Tel : 00.322.296.92.17
Web site : http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/socrates/erasmus/home.html

The grandes ecoles recruit a lot of foreign students and want to be internationalized for educational and professional enrichment. The conference of GrandesEcoles, which consists of 175 grandes ecoles of commerce and engineering, has created an international commission to encourage the transfer of students and develop international relations. This commission follows orders of the ministry of Foreign affairs and the national ministry of education, research and technology. The universities and institutions for higher education (foreign) are associated with the conference of Grandes Ecoles.
The French and foreign universities have regular agreements to encourage the welcoming of foreign students. Interested students must present themselves to the International relations services office of their university to know of partnerships.