Labellisation des centres de français langue étrangère relevant du ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche
Le décret n° 2007-1831 du 24 décembre 2007 a créé un processus de labellisation des centres de français langue étrangère en France. À ce jour et à ce titre, les centres suivants ont reçu le label « Qualité français langue étrangère »:
Académie de langues France Méditerranée (ALFMED) |
21 bis, avenue du Général-de-Gaulle, 66000 Perpignan |
Accent français |
2, rue de Verdun, 34000 Montpellier |
Accord - Institut supérieur privé |
14, boulevard Poissonnière, 75116 Paris |
Alliance française Bordeaux Aquitaine (AFBA) |
126, rue Abbé-de-l'Epée, 33000 Bordeaux |
Alliance française de Grenoble |
7, rue Élisée-Chatin, 38000 Grenoble |
Alliance française de Lyon |
11, rue Pierre-Bourdan, 69002 Lyon |
Alliance française Marseille-Provence |
310, rue Paradis, 13008 Marseille |
Alliance française Paris Ile-de-France |
101, boulevard Raspail, 75116 Paris cedex 06 |
Alliance française Strasbourg Europe - École de langue et de civilisation françaises |
12, rue du Général-Gouraud, 67084 Strasbourg |
Association Reflets |
2, place du Général-de-Gaulle, 06800 Cagnes-sur-mer |
Azurlingua |
47, rue Hérold, 06000 Nice |
Bordeaux language studies - Institut parisien de FLE (BLS/IP-FLE) |
42, rue Lafaurie-de-Monbadon, 33000 Bordeaux |
Campus de Bissy écoles - ESARC Évolution Bordeaux international campus |
83-97, avenue Bon-Air, 33700 Mérignac |
Carré international - Département formations en langue - FLE - Université de Caen Basse-Normandie |
Bâtiment I, Esplanade de la paix, BP 5186, 14032 Caen |
Centre audiovisuel de Royan (CAREL) |
48, boulevard Franck-Lamy, place Jean-Noël-de-Lipkowski, 17205 Royan cedex |
Centre d'approches vivantes des langues et des médias (CAVILAM) |
1, avenue des Célestins BP 2678 03206 Vichy Cedex 1 |
Centre d'étude des langues (CEL) |
52-74, rue Barthélemy-de-Laffemas, 26010 Valence |
Centre de français langue étrangère de l'Institut agronomique méditerranéen de Montpellier (IAMM) |
3191, route de Mende, 34000 Montpellier cedex 5 |
Centre de langue française de la Chambre de commerce et d'industrie de Paris (CCIP) |
28, rue de l'Abbé-Grégoire, 75116 Paris cedex 06 |
Centre de langue française pour étrangers (CeLFE) - Université d'Angers |
5, rue Gaston-Allard, 49000 Angers |
Centre de linguistique appliquée (CLA) - Université de Franche-Comté |
6, rue Gabriel-Plançon, 25000 Besançon cedex |
Centre Frate formation |
83, rue de Dole, 25000 Besançon |
Centre international d'étude des langues de Brest (CIEL Bretagne) |
rue du Gué-Fleuri BP, 35 29480 Le Relecq Kerlhuon |
Centre international d'études des langues (CIEL de Strasbourg) - Pôle formation CCI |
234, avenue de Colmar BP 40 267, 67084 Strasbourg cedex 1 |
Centre international d'études françaises (CIEF) - Université Lumière Lyon 2 |
16, quai Claude-Bernard, 69002 Lyon cedex 07 |
Centre international d'Antibes (CIA) |
38, boulevard d'Aguillon, 06600 Antibes |
Centre international de langue française d'Annecy (CILFA) |
3, rue des Martyrs, 74940 Annecy-Le-Vieux |
Centre international d'études françaises (CIDEF) - Université catholique de l'Ouest |
3, place André-Leroy BP 10808, 49008 Angers cedex 01 |
Centre international rennais d'études de français pour étrangers (CIREFE) - Université Rennes 2 |
Place du Recteur-Le Moal CS 24307, 35043 Rennes cedex |
Centre méditerranéen d'études françaises (CMEF) |
Chemin des Oliviers BP 38, 06320 Cap d'Ail |
Centre universitaire d'enseignement du français aux étudiants étrangers (CUEFEE) - Université de Tours François-Rabelais |
8 bis, rue Fromont, 37041 Tours cedex |
Centre universitaire d'études françaises (CUEF) - Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD) |
52, avenue Paul Alduy, 66000 Perpignan cedex |
Centre universitaire d'études françaises (CUEF) - Université Stendhal Grenoble 3 |
1491, rue des Résidences, 38400 Saint-Martin d'Hères |
Centre universitaire d'études françaises d'Avignon (CUEFA) - Université d'Avignon et des pays de Vaucluse |
74, rue Louis-Pasteur, 84029 Avignon cedex 1 |
Centre universitaire de français langue étrangère (CUFLE) - Université de La Rochelle |
1, parvis Fernand-Braudel FLASH, 17042 La Rochelle cedex 1 |
CERAN Provence, Centre résidentiel Linguanima |
825, avenue Léon-Blum, 84310 Morières-Les-Avignon |
Collège international de Cannes |
1, rue Docteur-Alexandre-Pascal, 06400 Cannes |
Cours de civilisation française de la Sorbonne |
47, rue des Écoles, 75116 Paris |
Crea-langues SARL |
Monastère de Ségriés, route de Riez, 04360 Moustiers-Sainte-Marie |
Département de français langue étrangère - Université d'Auvergne Clermont 1 |
49, boulevard François-Mitterrand, 63001 Clermont-Ferrand |
Département de l'enseignement du français à l'international (DEFI) - Centre universitaire de FLE/Lille 3 |
rue du barreau, 59653 Villeneuve-d'Ascq cedex |
École de français - Paris (EF) |
41, rue de l'Échiquier, 75116 Paris |
École de langue française pour étrangers (ELFE) - établissement privé d'enseignement supérieur |
8, Villa Ballu, 75116 Paris |
École internationale de français pour étrangers (EF) |
21, rue Meyerbeer, 06000 Nice |
École privée de français pour l'international (EFI) |
22, rue Rambuteau, 75116 Paris |
École suisse de langues Lyon (ESL) |
6, quai Jules-Courmont, 69002 Lyon |
Éducation et formation |
13, boulevard Verdun, 76000 Rouen |
Espaces Formation |
1, rue de la Petite-Reine, 44187 Nantes cedex 4 |
Eurocentres Amboise - Centres langues et civilisations - Eurocentres France |
9, mail Saint-Thomas, 37402 Amboise cedex |
Eurocentres La Rochelle - Centres langues et civilisations - Eurocentres France |
17, rue de la Sole, 17042 La Rochelle cedex 1 |
Eurocentres Paris - Centres langues et civilisations - Eurocentres France |
13, passage Dauphine, 75116 Paris |
France Langue Nice |
22, avenue Notre-Dame, 06000 Nice |
France Langue Paris |
2, rue de Sfax, 75116 Paris |
French in Normandy |
40, rue du Mail, 76100 Rouen |
Inflexyon, French intercultural center of Lyon |
10, rue René-Leynaud, 69002 Lyon |
Instep formation |
70, rue de Bouvines - Lille Tertiaire XI, 59007 Lille cedex |
Institut d'études françaises - Groupe sup de co La Rochelle (IEF) |
102, rue de Coureilles Les Minimes, 17042 La Rochelle cedex 1 |
Institut d'études françaises pour étrangers (IEFE) - Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3 |
route de Mende, 34000 Montpellier cedex 5 |
Institut de français - Université d'Orléans (IDF-UO) |
BP 6749, 45067 Orléans cedex 2 |
Institut de français langue étrangère |
33, chemin du Pérouzet, 74165 Collonges-sous-Salève |
Institut de langue & de culture françaises Lyon (ILCF Lyon) - Université catholique de Lyon |
25, rue du Plat, 69002 Lyon cedex 02 |
Institut de langue et de culture françaises (ILCF) - Institut catholique de Paris (ICP) |
21, rue d'Assas, 75116 Paris cedex 6 |
Institut de langue française (ILF) |
3, avenue Bertie-Albrecht, 75116 Paris |
Institut de promotion des travailleurs (IPTR) |
201, rue Saint-Martin - 75003 Paris |
Institut de recherche et de formation en français langue étrangère (IRRFLE) - Université de Nantes |
rue de la Censive-du-Tertre, 44312 Nantes cedex 3 |
Institut de Touraine (IEFT) |
1, rue de la Grandière BP 2047, 37041 Tours cedex 1 |
Institut européen de français (IMEF - Odyssea) |
34, rue Saint-Guilhem CS 49047, 34000 Montpellier cedex 2 |
Institut français des Alpes (IFALPES)-Annecy |
42, Chemin Prairie, 74000 Annecy |
Institut international d'études françaises (IIEF) - Université de Strasbourg |
22, rue René-Descartes BP 80010, 67084 Strasbourg cedex |
Institut international de Rambouillet |
48, G.-Lenotre, 78120 Rambouillet |
Institut linguistique Adenet |
33, Grande rue-Jean-Moulin, 34000 Montpellier |
Institut linguistique du Peyrou (ILP) |
3, rue Auguste-Comte, 34000 Montpellier |
Institut national des sciences appliquées de Lyon (INSA) |
Domaine scientifique de la Doua - 1 rue des Humanités - 69621 Villeurbanne cedex |
Institut savoisien d'études du français pour étrangers (ISEFE) - Université de Savoie |
Domaine universitaire de Jacob-Bellecombette BP 1104, 73000 Chambéry cedex |
Institut universitaire de langue et de culture françaises (IULCF) |
31, rue de la Fonderie, 31068 Toulouse cedex 7 |
Institut universitaire des langues, Pôle FLE - Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis |
98, boulevard Édouard-Herriot, 06000 Nice cedex 3 |
International house, Centre de langue Riviera |
4, boulevard Carabacel, 06000 Nice |
Irfa Sud Aude |
103, rue Trivalle, 11000 Carcassonne |
Irfa Sud Pyrénées |
1, avenue Paul-Dejean, 66000 Perpignan |
IS Aix en Provence |
9, cours des Arts-et-Métiers, 13621 Aix-en-Provence |
Langue Onze Toulouse (LOT) |
10, rue des Arts, 31068 Toulouse |
LSF |
4, impasse Barnabé, 34000 Montpellier |
L'Etoile, Paris language and solutions, établissement libre d'enseignement supérieur |
38, boulevard Raspail, 75116 Paris |
Lyon Bleu international |
82, rue Duguesclin, 69002 Lyon |
Millefeuille Provence - centre résidentiel de français |
Château Correnson, 30150 Saint-Geniès-de-Comolas |
Nancy Université : Campus Lettres et Sciences humaines et sociales - Département de français langue étrangère (DEFLE) |
Université Nancy 2, 23, boulevard Albert 1er-Bâtiment J, 3e étage, 54015 Nancy cedex |
Paris Langues |
30, rue Cabanis, 75116 Paris |
Rencontre internationale |
Forum ville active bâtiment A 32, rue Robert-Mallet-Stevens, 30900 Nîmes |
Service commun d'enseignement du français aux étudiants étrangers (SCEFEE) - Université de Provence |
29, avenue Robert-Schuman, 13621 Aix-en-Provence |
Service universitaire des étudiants étrangers (SUEE) - Université Blaise-Pascal |
34, avenue Carnot, 63001 Clermont-Ferrand |
Study french in Paris - French for engineers - École d'ingénieurs généraliste (EPF) - École spéciale des travaux publics du bâtiment et de l'industrie (ESTP) |
3 bis, rue Lakanal, 92330 Sceaux |
The decree n ° 2007-1831 of 24 December 2007 created a labeling process centers of French language in France. To date and as such, the following centers have been awarded the "French foreign Language quality". More...
Validation of non-formal and informal learning

Benefits of validation
Systematic validation mechanisms would make clear which skills are available in the European workforce:
- facilitating a better match between skills and labour demand, addressing skills shortages in growing sectors
- promoting better transferability of skills between companies and sectors
- helping citizens move around the EU to live and work.
Broadly, learning outside the formal school/vocational training/university system, taking place through planned activities (e.g. with goals and timelines) involving some form of instruction, for example:
- programmes to impart work-skills, literacy and other basic skills for early school-leavers
- in-company training
- structured online learning
- courses organised by civil society organisations for their members, their target group or the general public.
Learning that is not organised or structured in terms of goals, time or instruction. This covers skills acquired (sometimes unintentionally) through life and work experience, for example.
- project-management or IT skills acquired at work
- languages and intercultural skills acquired during a stay abroad
- IT skills acquired outside work
- skills acquired through volunteering, cultural activities, sports, youth work and through activities at home (e.g. taking care of a child).
- Press release "Commission urges Member States to recognise skills gained outside school and university"
- Common European Principles for the identification and validation of non-formal and informal learning (May 2004)
- Validating non-formal and informal learning – European guidelines
- European Inventory on the validation of non-formal and informal learning
The Diploma Supplement (DS)

New qualifications proliferate worldwide and countries are constantly changing their qualification systems and educational structures. With an increasing number of mobile citizens seeking fair recognition of their qualifications outside their home countries, the non-recognition and poor evaluation of qualifications is now a global problem. Since original credentials alone do not provide sufficient information, it is very difficult to gauge the level and function of a qualification without detailed explanations.
The Diploma Supplement is a response to these challenges, aiding mobility and access to lifelong learning opportunities. It promotes transparency in higher education and fair and informed judgements about qualifications. It also accommodates rapid changes in qualifications. National higher education institutions produce the supplement according to a template jointly developed by the European Commission, the Council of Europe and UNESCO.
It has eight sections of information identifying the holder of the qualification; the qualification, its level and function; the contents and results gained; certification of the supplement; details of the national higher education system plus any additional information. A description of the national higher education system within which the individual named on the original qualification graduated has to be attached to the Diploma Supplement. This description is provided by the National Academic Recognition Information Centres (NARICs).
The supplement is designed as an aid to help recognition – it is not a CV or a substitute for the original qualification, and it does not guarantee recognition.
The 48 European countries taking part in the Bologna Process have agreed that each graduate in their respective country should receive the Diploma Supplement automatically, free of charge and in a major European language. For more information see the official website of the Bologna Process.
For students, the Diploma Supplement offers:
- A diploma that is more readable and easily comparable abroad;
- A precise description of their academic career and the competencies acquired during the study period;
- An objective description of their achievements and competencies;
- Easier access to opportunities of work or further studies abroad; and
- It fosters their employability.
- It facilitates academic and professional recognition, thus increasing the transparency of qualifications;
- It protects national/institutional autonomy while offering a common frame which is accepted all over Europe;
- It promotes informed judgements about qualifications that can be understood in another educational context;
- It raises the visibility of the institution abroad;
- It promotes the employability of their graduates at national and international level;
- It helps to save time since it provides the answers to a lot of recurrent questions put to administrative services in institutions about the content and portability of diplomas.
Read more about the Diploma Supplement (DS).
The European Qualifications Framework (EQF)

Shifting focus
The core of the EQF concerns eight reference levels describing what a learner knows, understands and is able to do – 'learning outcomes'. Levels of national qualifications will be placed at one of the central reference levels, ranging from basic (Level 1) to advanced (Level 8). This will enable a much easier comparison between national qualifications and should also mean that people do not have to repeat their learning if they move to another country. The EQF applies to all types of education, training and qualifications, from school education to academic, professional and vocational. This approach shifts the focus from the traditional system which emphasises 'learning inputs', such as the length of a learning experience, or type of institution. It also encourages lifelong learning by promoting the validation of non-formal and informal learning. This reflects a wider shift within which the EQF is acting as a catalyst for reforms: most Member States are now developing their own National Qualifications Frameworks (NQFs) based on learning outcomes. Several countries (IE, MT, UK, FR and BE-Flanders) already have one in force.
Easier comparison
At present, an enterprise in France may hesitate to recruit a job applicant from, say, Sweden, because it does not understand the level of the qualifications presented by the Swedish candidate. But once the EQF is fully implemented, a Swedish person's certificates will bear a reference to an EQF reference level. The French authorities will have already decided where their own national certificates in the field concerned lie, so the French enterprise would use the EQF reference to get a better idea of how the Swedish qualification compares to French qualifications. An EQF advisory group brings together representatives from national authorities and other stakeholders to help with the implementation of the framework. Its work is complemented by the EU-wide Learning Outcomes Group which supports debate and peer learning on relevant issues, focusing on the development of national qualifications frameworks and the validation of non-formal and informal learning. The EQF initiative is closely related to the qualifications framework for the European Higher Education Area: the two frameworks are compatible and their implementation is coordinated.
More information
- Summary of the EU legislation establishing the European Qualifications Framework
- Legal text: Recommendation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of the European Qualifications Framework for lifelong learning (April 2008)
(EU's Official Journal)
(Brochure)
- The European Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning (leaflet)
- Criteria and procedures for referencing national qualifications levels to the EQF
- Referencing the Lithuanian Qualifications Framework to the European Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning and the Qualifications Framework for the European Higher Education Area,
- Portal dedicated to the implementation of the European Qualifications Framework for lifelong learning
- Referencing the Lithuanian Qualifications Framework to the European Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning and the Qualifications Framework for the European Higher Education Area,
- Referencing of the Estonian Qualifications and Qualifications Framework to the European Qualifications Framework
- Referencing the Danish Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning to the European Qualifications Framework
- Referencing of the Latvian Education System to the European Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning and the Qualifications Framework for the European Higher Education Area
- The referencing document of the Dutch National Qualification Framework to the European Qualification Framework
- Referencing of the Irish National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ) to the European Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning.
- Referencing of the Malta Qualifications Framework (MQF) to the European Qualifications Framework (EQF) and the Qualifications Framework of the European Higher Education Area (QF/EHEA)
- Referencing the Qualifications Frameworks of the United Kingdom to the European Qualifications Framework
- Référencement du cadre national de certification français vers le cadre européen de certification pour la formation tout au long de la vie
- EQF Note 1: Explaining the European Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning
(brochure)
- EQF Note 2: Added value of National Qualifications Frameworks in implementing the EQF
- EQF Note 3: Referencing National Qualifications Levels to the EQF
- EQF Note 4: Using Learning Outcomes
Somaliland: 17 Universities Registered Nationwide

A press statement released by the Director General of Higher Education Mr Kadar Ahmed Diriye, the ministry of education informed that despite the multitude of universities operating in the country only 17 are registered.
The DG said that the ministry has a policy on higher education that is geared towards ensuring the quality of education as well as the institution itself which is established through registration. More...