This University Diploma offers training in French as a Foreign Language for non-French speakers with asylum seeker, refugee, subsidiary protection or temporary protection status, to enable them to enter a French university stream to begin or continue their studies in higher education.
The DU is designed to offer a complete program, including intensive teaching and university methodology courses, as well as career guidance and integration workshops, socio-cultural activities and tutoring by peer students and teachers from our department.
Training objective:
- Develop the French language skills needed for university studies, using the CEFR as a reference, and become familiar with university teaching and assessment methods.
- Support students as they return to school.
- In addition to the acquisition of language skills, the course aims to provide students with the cultural and academic skills they need to integrate into a university education.
At the end of the course, students should be able to:
- Pursue studies in French higher education
- Meet the requirements of personal university work
- Take notes and write in French
- Speak in French
- Integrate into a work group
- Prepare their university application (search for information, write cover letter and CV)
Programme and guidance
The course includes oral communication, written communication, university study methods, culture and society, integration into the university community, and study and career planning. See the detailed programme and admission procedure.
