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DU Bridge FLE (DUP)

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A University Diploma for students in exile.

 

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Goals

The DU Bridge FLE for Students in Exile is a training course available at the French Institute since 2020 and made for all students in exile (asylum seekers, beneficiaries of subsidiary protection or refugees).

This training course aims to:

  • Allow migrant students to acquire an autonomous level in French in order to integrate a Bachelor/Master/Doctorate type of training, with the acquisition of cross-cultural skills enabling them to master the codes of the French university sytem;
  • Support students in the construction of their university and professional project.

From the first levels, this training offers cultural activities, vocational guidance, and support for university and socio-professional integration. 

From the B2 level, students can follow a speciality class within the College of their choice. 

Duration: Each DUP lasts 1 semester (12 weeks + an exam session)

Class size: between 10 and 20 students 

Rhythm: between 235 and 248 hours per semester according to the student’s levels, e.g. about 20h/week. 

Programme

This training is available for 4 levels: B1.1, B1.2, B2 and C1. Students, on condition that they pass the exams, can validate one level per semester and obtain a diploma from the University of Orléans (DU). 

Each training course consists of a core curriculum with the DUEF students and a specific pathway for integration and vocational guidance. For the programme details, please refer to the study booklet at the bottom of the page.

Obtaining a DU Bridge B2 or C1 allows students to keep studying in French universities without having to pass a language test.

Admission

This training programme is reserved for persons with a status of asylum seeker, refugee or beneficiary of subsidiary protection.

Prerequisites: 

  • Being the owner of an equivalent level to the French Baccalaureate or of a secondary school leaving certificate in one’s country of origin;
  • Not having French as a native language or as a language of schooling;
  • Having acquired an A2 level for a September or January start.

Application:

If all prerequisites are fulfilled, each student must complete an application form. For September 2024, the application form is an online procedure available on our page Registration.

Calendar:

Application deadline:

  • For a start of the university year in September 2024, 15 May 2024
  • For a start of the university year in January 2025, 15 October 2024

Training period:

  • 1st semester: from September to December
  • 2nd semester: from January to April

Financing:

This training programme is co-founded by the University of Orleans and by:

  • The 104 Programme about Integration policy for newcomers, including refugees carried by the Loiret Prefecture.

 

Contacts

POC responsible for students in exile at the University of Orléans: Nina RENDULIC referent.etudiants.exil@univ-orleans.fr 

French Institute registrar’s office: scolarite.idf@univ-orleans.fr