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The curricula at primary and secondary schools are standardized across all schools for a given grade. Formal schooling in France starts as early as age three, when many children attend kindergarten maternelle. Primary school consists of five years of study, from approximately age six to age eleven similar to a US elementary school. After primary school, students move to the secondary level, which is divided into two stages. University study leads to degrees in many fields. Degrees are awarded at three different levels of achievement, called cycles , within a framework referred to as licence , master , doctorat LMD , which is described in the following section.
They are similar to universities, but typically offer a more specialized three-year course of study, in subjects such as business, public administration, or engineering.
Specialized schools are public or private institutions that train students for professional careers in specific fields, such as art, architecture, social work, or tourism.
They offer licence and master degrees. The licence , a three-year course of study, is an undergraduate degree equivalent to a bachelor's degree in the English-speaking world. After the licence , students can complete a master , a two-year course of study equivalent to a master's degree.
All of them are benefiting from highly diversified training, and they are enrolled in every field, at every level. There are more than 3, public and private institutes of higher education in France : 72 universities, 25 multi-institute campuses, Doctoral schools, engineering schools authorised to award the title of engineer, business and management schools, 45 post-secondary public schools of art, 22 schools of architecture and 3, private schools and institutes.
More than 1, classes are provided in English. Find out which in the catalogue Programs taught in English. Short programmes that consist of learning French thanks to cultural visits are also offered to foreign students. They are detailed in the catalogue of short programmes and in our Immersion France application.
It provides nearly courses from over 80 institutes, with enrolment near the one million mark. In France, the academic year begins in September or October, depending on the institution and programme.
It is punctuated by holidays, including two weeks at year-end. At the end of the first semester, classes are briefly interrupted for exams. The summer holidays start in May or June at the end of the second semester exams.
In general, these holidays last at least two months. In French universities, instructors and researchers give students two types of classes :. These non-mandatory classes are often written up and handed out by the instructors to students in the form of pamphlets, which can prove very handy when it comes time to revise for exams at the end of the semester;.
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