Key figures
2 386 901 postsecondary students in France (2012-2013)
289 274 international students (12,1%)
+ 90 % since 1998
3,500 public and private institutions:
• 80 universities and equivalent institutions (1.462 million students, 61% of the total)
• 225 schools of engineering (30% based in universities)
• 220 schools of business and management (of which 90 confer diplomas certified by the government)
• 120 schools of art
• 20 schools of architecture
• 3,000 other schools and institutes
The European degree system
3 steps on the European degree ladder, known as L-M-D :
• Licence (bachelor)
• Master
• Doctorate
Each step represents a number of ECTS credits (European Credit Transfer System):
• Licence (L) = 6 semesters = 180 ECTS credits
• Master (M) = 4 semesters = 120 ECTS credits
• Doctorate (D) = 3 years after Master
Tuition charges for national diplomas
LICENCE - 183 €
• Legal training
• Preparation for university studies (DAEU)
• Scientific and technical education (DEUST)
• Technology (DUT)
• Specialized technology (DNTS)
• Guide/interpreter
• Licence, licence professionnelle
MASTER - 254 €
• Master
• Technological research (DRT)
• Oenology
• Research master, professional master
Diplôme d'ingénieur Master level - 606 €
Doctorate - 388 €
Academic and professional recognition of degrees
ENIC-NARIC network : http://enic-naric.net
ENIC-NARIC France : http://www.ciep.fr/enic-naricfr/
Recognition of degrees:
•Certificate of comparability
•Certificate of recognition of study or training abroad
Cost of certificate:
•70 normal processing
• 200 urgent (48-hour) processing
Distance learning
FORMASUP, France’s distance learning portal
TELESUP, directory of university-based programs
Typical distance learning services in the universities:
• Centre d’enseignement à distance (CEAD)
• Centre d’enseignement multimédia universitaire (CEMU)
• Centre de formation ouverte et à distance (CFOAD)
• Centre de télé-enseignement universitaire (CTE ou CTEU)
• Centre de technologies éducatives
• Institut d’enseignement à distance (IED)
• Service d’enseignement à distance (SED)
• Service d’études et ressources universitaires à distance
• Service commun informatique et ressources numériques
• Service commun de formation continue et d’éducation permanente
• Service commun des technologies de l’information et de la communication pour l’enseignement (STICE)
• Service d’enseignement à distance (SEAD), Service universitaire d’enseignement à distance (SUAD), Service de formation à distance (SFAD)
France’s thematic digital universities (UNTs)
AUNEGE, the university association for digital education in economics and management: www.aunege.org
UNF3S, the francophone university for the health sciences and sports science: www.unf3s.org
UNISCIEL, online university of the sciences: www.unisciel.fr
UNIT, the digital university of engineering and technology: www.unit.eu/fr
UNJF, the francophone digital law school: www.unjf.fr
UOH, the open university of the humanities: www.uoh.fr
UVED, the virtual university of environmental sciences and sustainable development: www.uved.fr. More...