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Enrollment of a foreigner in higher education
Verified 17 April 2024 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
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Are you a foreigner and would like to enroll in higher education? The registration process varies depending on your nationality, your level of education or the type of higher education institution you wish to enroll in.
What applies to you ?
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Student from a European country
If you are a student European, you must follow the same enrollment procedure as a French student to enroll in a higher education institution.
You must therefore connect, between the end of December and mid-March, to Browse :
Please note
unlike french students, you have to send information about your education and your high school leaving diploma (school certificate, school report cards...).
Find the complete procedure on the Campus France website.
Student from another country
If you are a non-European student, the registration process differs depending on whether you live in Europe or not.
If you live in Europe but you're not european, you must file a application for prior admission (DPA) to register in 1re bachelor's degree year. The DAP must generally be made between the beginning of October and mid-December of the year preceding the desired academic year.
For other levels, you must contact the relevant institution directly.
Who shall I contact
Find the complete procedure on the Campus France website.
The procedure Studies in France concerned only students residing in one of the following 69 countries:
- South Africa
- Azerbaijan
- Algeria
- Saudi Arabia
- Argentina
- Bahrain
- Benin
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo
- South Korea
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Djibouti
- United Arab Emirates
- Egypt
- Ecuador
- United States
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Haiti
- Hong Kong
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Israel
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Lebanon
- Madagascar
- Malaysia
- Mali
- Morocco
- Mauritius
- Mauritania
- Mexico
- Nepal
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Peru
- Qatar
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Dominican Republic
- United Kingdom
- Russia
- Senegal
- Singapore
- Taiwan
- Chad
- Thailand
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- Vietnam
The procedure differs depending on whether you want to register in 1re bachelor's degree year or in a other level.
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1st year of license enrollment
The procedure differs depending on whether you have the nationality of the country in which you reside or the nationality of a European Union countries.
Nationality of the country of residence
If you prepare a french or european baccalaureate, you must, between the end of December and mid-March, express your wishes for training on Browse. You must, in parallel, follow the procedure Studies in France on the dedicated platform.
If you prepare another diploma (giving access to French higher education), you will have to make a application for prior admission (DPA) and follow the procedure Studies in France. The DAP must generally be made between the beginning of October and mid-December of the year preceding the desired academic year.
The DAP and the rest of the procedure are done online from the French Studies platform.
Nationality of an EU country
Between the end of December and mid-March, you must express your wishes for training on Browse.
Registering in another level
If you want to continue your studies in France from 2e or 3e bachelor's or master's degree, you must follow the procedure Studies in France until a student visa. To do this, you need to connect to the dedicated platform:
Please note
The procedure Studies in France does not concern foreigner students who want to enroll in doctorate. Contact directly the doctoral schools that propose the research topics that interest you.
Find the complete procedure on the Campus France website.
If you are a non-European student outside the procedure Studies in France, you must file a application for prior admission (DPA) to register in 1re bachelor's degree year. The DAP must generally be made between the beginning of October and mid-December of the year preceding the desired academic year.
For other levels, you must contact the relevant institution directly.
Who shall I contact
Find the complete procedure on the Campus France website.
Refugee
The procedure differs depending on whether you want to register in a selective stream or not.
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General case
If you are stateless person, refugee or beneficiary of the subsidiary protection by theOfpra: titleContent, you must apply directly to the university. Check with the university for application dates.
The institution is free to decide whether or not to accept your application on the basis of its own criteria.
In practice, the university verifies that you have a degree that opens access to higher education in the country where it was obtained.
You do not make of application for prior admission (DPA) to university. You also do not have to follow the procedure for checking your language level.
The receipt for the application for a protection plan does not qualify for the exemption from PDA and language proficiency checks. You must present the proof of award of a protection scheme, which is the final document.
Ask for more information at the establishment concerned:
Who shall I contact
Selective channel (BTS, DUT, preparatory class)
If you are stateless person, refugee or beneficiary of the subsidiary protection by theOfpra: titleContent, you must apply on Browse. between late December and mid-March.
You do not make of application for prior admission (DPA) to university. You also do not have to follow the procedure for checking your language level.
The receipt for the application for a protection plan does not qualify for the exemption from PDA and language proficiency checks. You must present the proof of award of a protection scheme, which is the final document.
Ask for more information at the establishment concerned:
Who shall I contact
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Non-European foreigner students
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