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Welcome to France

Studying in France means benefiting from an exceptional scientific and economic environment, opening up to an incomparable culture and history.

Why choose France?

  •  Excellence of the higher education system
  • 5th destination in the world for international students
  • Scholarships and support for international mobility
  • A network of international academic partners
  • Tuition fees lower than in most of the Western countries
  • Excellence in science and research
  • The country of mathematicians (Viète, Laplace, Cauchy, Poincaré, Louis Bachelier…)
  • Excellence in a lot of domains, e.g. chemistry, civil engineering, physics (Marie & Pierre Curie, Ampère, Laplace, Freyssinet, Coriolis, Fourier…)
  • 65 Nobel prizes and 13 Fields Medals
  • World famous research organizations (CNRS, INRAE, INSERM, CEA…)
  • An exceptional economical environment
  • R&D spending = 2.2% of GDP
  • International company leaders in their sector (materials, building, cosmetics, energy, transport…)
  • Paris area: a dynamic region (a lot of companies, high employability rate, numerous R&D centers)
  • A nation of entrepreneurs: 3.5 days to create a business in France
  • R&D : 2,2% du PIB
  • French language and culture
  • 5th most widely spoken language in the world
  • 321 million speakers
  • 4th most used language on the internet
  • The only language – with English – spoken on 5 continents
  • A country of culture and history (museums, monuments, arts…)
  • Promotion of values (freedom, equality, brotherhood, inclusion, cosmopolitism, critical thinking)
  • Its commitment to fight against global warming
  • COP 21 in Paris
  • « Make our Planet great again » programme
  • Excellent research in environmental sciences
  • Associations committed to fight against global warming and to preserve biodiversity

 

 

What international students are saying
  • 9 out of 10 international students recommend France as first study destination
  • 93 % believe that studying in France has been a self-enrichment
  • 86 % believe that studying in France have highlighted their university curriculum