ADMISSION OF STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT EU NATIONALS

Registration for year one of a bachelor’s degree course (L1)

IF YOU ARE RESIDENT IN FRANCE

In the December of the previous academic year, you should contact your nearest university to obtain a demande d'admission préalable (preliminary application for admission) form for registration for undergraduate study in a French university.

You can download this form (dossier vert) from the Internet or pick one up at a university.

You must send it to the university nearest your place of residence no later than 22 January.

IF YOU LIVE IN A COUNTRY WHICH HAS A CAMPUS FRANCE AGENCY

If you are resident in one of the countries in the list below, you must submit your application to a Campus France agency. If you fail to do so, you will not be issued with a visa.

Applicants should create an account on the Campus France website in their country of residence and follow an electronic procedure which will enable them to express their training requirements and communicate with the Campus France Agency in their own country and with the institutions to which they are applying for pre-registration through the Demande d'Admission Préalable (DAP procedure).

List of countries which have a Campus France Agency

• Algeria
• Argentina
• Benin
• Brazil
• Burkina Faso
• Cameroon
• Chile
• China
• Colombia
• Gabon
• Guinea
• India
• Ivory Coast
• Japan
• Lebanon
• Madagascar
• Mali
• Mauritius
• Mexico
• Morocco
• Peru
• Republic of the Congo
• Russia
• Senegal
• South Korea
• Syria
• Taiwan
• Tunisia
• Turkey
• United States
• Vietnam

IF YOU LIVE IN A COUNTRY WHICH DOES NOT HAVE A CAMPUS FRANCE AGENCY

In the December of the previous academic year, you should contact the cultural service of the French embassy in your country to obtain a demande d'admission préalable (preliminary application for admission) form for registration for undergraduate study in a French university.

This form (dossier blanc) can also be downloaded from the internet. It must be submitted to the embassy (or consulate) on the specified date in January.

The cultural service of the French embassy will forward your application to your first-choice university. Before 15 April, you will be informed by letter whether your application has been successful or not. If your application is rejected, the form will be sent to your second-choice university.

IF YOU ARE STUDYING FOR YOUR BACCALAURÉAT IN A FRENCH LYCEE

Applicants now apply for admission to the first year of undergraduate study (L1) or the first year of a medicine or pharmacy course through the procédure parcoursup (ParcourSup), in the same way as students who have already taken their baccalauréat in France. Applicants may express their requirements between 22 January and 13 March.

For registration for year 2 or year 3 of an undergraduate course (L2 or L3), a vocational degree course (Lpro), or year 1 or year 2 of a Master’s course (M1 or M2).

RESIDENTS OF COUNTRIES WHICH HAVE A CAMPUS FRANCE AGENCY

Applicants should create an account on the Campus France website in their country of residence and follow an electronic procedure which will enable them to express their training requirements and communicate with the Campus France Agency in their own country and with the institutions to which they are applying for pre-registration through an "Hors DAP” (non-DAP) application.

STUDENTS WHO ARE RESIDENT IN FRANCE OR NATIONALS OF COUNTRIES WHICH DO NOT HAVE A CAMPUS FRANCE AGENCY

You should complete an APPLICATION FORM

This form is downloadable and should be sent to the Academic Registry. Your application will be examined by an educational committee and you will be informed whether you have been accepted or not.

PROFICIENCY IN FRENCH

 A sound command of the French language is compulsory for students wishing to enrol on a university course.
All applications, therefore, must include proof of the level attained in the Test de Connaissance du Français (TCF - French Proficiency Test).

 UNÎMES organises an annual TCF DAP language proficiency exam session. This takes place in mid-February.

 For other exam dates, please contact the CIEP.

Applicants wishing to study at the University of Nîmes must have attained B2level