6 Facts About Earning an Undergraduate Degree in France

More than 298,000 international students attended French universities during 2014-2015. (SBYTOVAMN/ GETTY IMAGES

Lina Agabani Puch thought she was set up for her first address as another undergrad at the Université Paris-Sorbonne​ in France. Be that as it may, the worldwide understudy from Saudi Arabia​ couldn't stay aware of the teacher's quick paced French. "Everybody around me, they're simply writing without end and I don't comprehend anything," she says. 

The following day, Agabani Puch began recording and deciphering her addresses ​– an additional three to four hours of work every day – and after some time she saw her French dialect abilities make strides. She did this for a year. 

In 2014, Agabani Puch got her​ degree​ in connected outside dialects. 

"It's a test, however it should be possible," she says. "So on the off chance that I can do it, why not you?" 

Today, Agabani Puch is progressing in the direction of a graduate degree at similar college. 

French colleges are famous goals for global students.​ In 2014-2015, upward of 298,000 universal understudies hit the books in France, as per the Institute of International Education's Project Atlas. 

For forthcoming global understudies considering a college degree in France, here are six things to know. 

1. There's a French association that works with understudies who need to think about in France.​ general society organization, called Campus France,​ has more than 200 workplaces globally​. Grounds France helps planned worldwide understudies through the college application​ and French visa procedures, and offers an abundance of data about different points, for example, money related guide and housing.​ 

"My counsel, or Campus France operator, dealt with everything from A to Z​," says Agabani Puch. 

Daria Plantak, advertising director at the worldwide office of the University of Burgundy, said by email she supposes understudies ought to begin investigating colleges and the application procedure a year or so ahead of time. This will take into account early notification of due dates and time to get qualifications, for example, dialect endorsements and visas, if required. 

2. In France, understudies choose what they need to concentrate from the get-go. Forthcoming understudies show what they need to study when applying to schools, as indicated by French college authorities. This is likewise valid in the U.K., and is expected to some degree to the way that undergrad programs in these nations keep going for a long time rather than four. 

"For worldwide understudies who know which disciplines intrigue them, a French college instruction is a high caliber and proficient alternative to get propelled preparing in any field," said Nathalie Janin, official executive for global and outer undertakings at the Université Grenoble Alpes, by email. 

3. Educational cost is a deal at open universities​. French state funded college educational cost rates, set by the legislature, are the same for residential and global students.​ Annual 2015-2016 educational cost ​for an undergrad is 184 euros, around $200​, as indicated by Campus France.​ Students need to pay altogether more at private colleges – somewhere around 3,000 and 10,000 euros, generally amongst $3,300 and $11,200, every year. 

The shorter length of college degree programs​, called permit programs in France, is another reward since it implies one less year of educational cost costs. 

Some money related guide from the French government, remote governments and different associations is accessible for worldwide understudies. A decent place to start a pursuit is Campus France's database of grants.​ 

Plantak, of the University of Burgundy, says ​that understudies ought to contact the French government office in their nation of origin to check whether there are grants accessible. 

4. All understudies need medical coverage. For understudies from European Economic Area nations, an European medical coverage card ​or certain private arrangements will be adequate, as indicated by Campus France.​ Students from outside the EEA will need to pay for scope through France's understudy government disability system.​ The yearly standardized savings commitment for an understudy in 2015-2016 is 215 euros, generally $243​.  

5. Understudies can get help paying the lease. Universal understudies in France can apply for lodging help from the legislature. The measure of help they get relies on upon the cost of lease and an understudy's budgetary resources.​ 

"Understudies here global understudies as well as understudies when all is said in done, they're truly given a great deal of assistance from the state," says Agabani Puch. "There's a major accentuation on that." 

6. Remote understudies can work amid their studies. French law licenses global understudies to hold a job​ while going to class. Understudies from EEA nations can fill in as much as they need, yet understudies from outside of this district can just work low maintenance. Non-EEA understudies can work up to around 60 percent of full time hours, as per Campus France.​ 

Understudies and college authorities alike say gaining a college degree in France as a global understudy is a testing yet compensating knowledge. 

"It may startle," says Agabani Puch, "yet in the event that you need to travel and on the off chance that you need to take in an outside dialect and on the off chance that you need to simply go on an enterprise, enlarge your viewpoints and test yourself, ​you need to get up and do it."