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France

Visa:  All students planning to study in France for more than 3 months must apply for a student visa before departure from Australia and apply for a residence permit after they arrive.
Students travelling on Australian passports who are going to France on a reciprocal exchange program can lodge their application at the French Consulate General in Sydney by mail.
Students travelling on any other passport must visit the Cosulate General in Sydney in person to lodge their application.
Full details, and a lot of other useful information, can be found on the French Embassy website.  Processing times for visas can be up to 3 months.

 General information about studying in France
 
European Business School - EM Lyon
Faculties:  Business & Economics only including MBA
Level:  Postgraduate only
Language:  English
Semester Dates:
  Term 1:   late September - late December
  Term 2:   early January - late March
Full Time Study Load: 30 ECTS per semester
Other:  EM Lyon offers Monash students both semester length exchanges, with plenty of units taught in English, or a summer intensive program which is ideal for part time students.  Monash MBA students interested in an exchange should first visit the MBA website and contact the Monash MBA Office for advice before applying.
Homepage
Student Exchanges (called "Auditors" at EM Lyon)
Unit Descriptions Contact Monash Abroad for a password to access the detailed syllabi.
MBA Summer Program
Accommodation
Other Useful Information
 
Francois Rabelais University
Faculties: Arts only
Level: Undergraduate or Psotgraduate
Language: French and limited English
Semester Dates:
   Semester 1:  early September - mid January
   Semester 2:  late January - late May
Full Time Study Load:  30 ECTS per semester
Other: This agreement allows Monash Faculty of Arts students to study in any faculty at Francois Rabelais University, although most exchange students study in the Faculty of Literature and Languages or the Faculty of Arts and Humanities.
Homepage (website entirely in French)
Student Exchanges
Faculty of Literature and Languages
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Unit Descriptions - To get detailed unit descriptions you have to navigate from this page through the faculty pages to the department pages where you can download descriptions of all the units taught by each department.
Units Taught in English
In addition to the units listed on the website, a number of English, French, Linguistics, Communications and History units are taught in English - contact Monash Abroad for details.
Accommodation
Intensive French Courses
Other Useful Information
International Student Guide - scroll down to "Livret d'aide pour les étudiants internationaux"
 
Jean Moulin University - Lyon III
Faculties:  All
Level:  Undergraduate and postgraduate
Language:  French and English
Semester Dates:
  Semester 1:   mid September - mid January
  Semester 2:   late January - mid June
Full Time Study Load:  30 ECTS per semester
Homepage
Student Exchanges
Unit Descriptions
Units Taught in English - SELF Program (Study in English Lyon France)
Accommodation
Other Useful Information - Exchange students' guide
 
Institute of Political Studies Toulouse
Faculties:   All
Level:  Undergraduate and postgraduate
Language:  French only
Semester Dates:
  First semester:       early October - mid February
  Second semester:  mid February - late June
Full Time Study Load:  30 ECTS per semester
Homepage (whole website, including links below, is in French)
Student Exchanges
Unit Descriptions (all units taught in French only)
Accommodation
 
National Institute of Applied Sciences of Lyon
Faculties:  Engineering and Science only
Level:  Undergraduate and postgraduate
Language:  French and English
Semester Dates:
  First semester:        mid September - mid February
  Second semester:   mid February - late June
Full Time Study Load:  30 ECTS per semester
Homepage
Student Exchanges
Unit Descriptions
Units Taught in English
Accommodation
Other Useful Information
 
New Sorbonne University - Paris III
Faculties:  All
Level:  Undergraduate and postgraduate
Language:  French only
Semester Dates:
  First semester:       mid September - late December
  Second semester:  mid January - mid May
Full Time Study Load:  30 ECTS per semester
Homepage
Student Exchanges
Unit Descriptions
Accommodation
 
Paul Cezanne University (IAE Aix Graduate School of Management)
Faculties:  MBA only
Level:  Postgraduate only
Language:  French and English
Semester Dates:
  Fall semester:       mid August - mid December
  Spring semester:   early January - late May
Full Time Study Load:  30 ECTS per semester
Other: 

University Homepage
IAE Aix Graduate School of Mangement

Student Exchanges
Unit Descriptions Click on MBA Courses link on right hand side
Accommodation Click on Exchange Students Guide on right hand side.  There is no university accommodation but off-campus housing can be arranged for exchange students.
 
Sciences Po - Paris
Faculties:  All
Level:  Undergraduate and postgraduate
Language:  French and English
Semester Dates:
  Fall semester:       late September - mid February
  Spring semester:   late February - late June
Full Time Study Load:  30 ECTS per semester

Other:  Students must have completed 2 years (96 Monash credit points) of university study before the commencement of your exchange, including some history, sociology, law, economics, political science or international relations.
Monash undergraduate students need an average of at least 65% with no fails or near passes to be eligible for entry to Sciences Po.
Monash postgraduate students need to have completed an undergraduate degree in one of the above social science disciplines and achieved an average of at least 65% in the final two years of that degree. 
This is an elite French university in Paris which is ideal for political science, European studies , BA (Global), economics and similar students.  It offers a good range of units in English at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Homepage
Student Exchanges
Unit Descriptions (units taught in English are listed in English)
Accommodation
International Student Guide (PDF, 58 pages)
Other Useful Information