Admission requirements

Level of language : most schools require a minimum acceptable level in order to follow the course and program. The DELF (diplôme d’etudes en langue francaise) and the DALF (diplôme approfondi de langue francaise) certify officially an individual’s level of knowledge, practice and mastery of the French language. No prior appointments are required to go there.
Information and inscriptions :www.alliancefr.org
Alliance française, 101 bd.Raspail, 75006 Paris
Tel : 01.42.84.90.00 Fax : 01.42.84.91.00
CIEP : http://www.ciep.fr

Admission criteria for universities:
The foreign student must have a valid diploma at the right level from his home country. Admissions depend on the number of seats availability.
In practice there is no equivalent levels between foreign diplomas and French diplomas. For foreign diplomas to be recognized in France they need to follow certain procedures. Depending on the establishment where the student wishes to pursue his higher education and the level of study, the conditions vary.
The DIRC provides services, authorized by the ministry of education, to recognize foreign degrees. They publish a document ‘The procedure for admissions and preconditions for foreign students in the first cycle of French Universities’. This document provides details to follow for pre-inscriptions and is sent free of cost on demand.
DRIC
Bureau de la mobilité et de l’information internationale
4 rue Danton, 75006 Paris.
Tel : 01.55.55.04.21 Fax : 01.55.55.23.80

Admission criteria for higher education and business schools :
These institutions follow the system of parallel admissions. In the second year ’admissions on record’ students are frequently recruited from other fields of formation (universities, outside schools…). Often foreign students have to resort to this means of admissions. They need to present a degree equivalent of Bac + 3 (French level) or a British Bachelors degree. An admission on record is prepared and the candidate must take an aptitude test to be accepted by the school of his choice. Most higher education universities have partnerships with other similar foreign schools.