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66 Your Scholarship in Europe 2008-2009 France BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT FRANCE France lies on the western fringe of the European continent. The country’s territory also includes the island of Corsica in the Mediterranean and several overseas areas and territories. France shares common borders with Belgium, Luxembourg, and Germany in the north and northeast, Switzerland, Italy, and Monaco in the east, and Spain and Andorra in the south. Its landmass is washed by the Mediterranean in the southeast and it is open to the Atlantic Ocean in the west. The country’s capital is Paris. France has a population of 60.4 million. The offi cial language is French. HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM The higher education system in France is based on a common European principle (LMD) and built around the number of years a person can study after fi nishing school (and receiving a degree called baccalauréat français). Briefl y, the three higher education degrees require the following qualifi cations: Bachelors degree (Baccalauréat) + three years of study at an institution of higher learning = Licentiates degree (Licence, 180 credits ECTS); Bachelors degree + fi ve years of study at an institution of higher learning = Masters degree (Master, 300 credits ECTS); and Bachelors degree + eight years of study = Doctors degree (Doctorat, PhD). These three degrees, Licentiate, Masters, and Doctors, are the basic stages of learning in the French higher education system. France has 87 state-fi nanced universities, where a wide variety of subjects are taught. Doctorate studies have traditionally been widely open to foreign researchers; in fact, one in every four PhD dissertations comes from a foreign doctorate scholar. Higher schools (Grandes Ecoles) are specifi c French educational institutions on a par with universities. These educational institutions very carefully select students, since they offer very high standard education. Educational programmes are tailored to suit the students who want to receive a basic Masters degree (after fi ve years of study) or intermediate degrees, such as an international standard Bachelors degree (after three years of training), or a Masters degree in natural sciences (Master of Science, requiring four or fi ve years of study), or a Specialist Masters degree (Mastere Specialisé, six years of learning). Specialized schools, which supplement the French higher education system with professions such as the arts, fashions, architecture, tourism, and hotel business. The French education system is distinct, among other things, in that educational institutions receive solid fi nancial support from the government, which means that French and
foreign students do not pay the actual cost of tuition. For example, annual enrolment in universities costs from €135 to 700; studying at higher and specialized schools costs signifi cantly more, from €4,000 to 15,000 a year. SCHOLARSHIPS Foreign students can choose from three kinds of scholarship – scholarships granted by the French government; scholarships granted by the governments of countries whose citizens the students are; and scholarships offered by international and nongovernmental organisations. Inquiries for more information and applications for grants are handled by the Scholarship Offi ce of the French Embassy in the Russian Federation. BOURSES D'ETUDES (STUDY SCHOLARSHIPS) Scholarships in this category are fully or partially subsidized and are granted to students who want to study in France under Masters degree programmes. Fields of study and specialties: no restrictions. Basic requirements: • A Bachelors degree received in Russia. • Have Russian citizenship and be a Russian student. • Be fl uent in French (where instruction in the chosen Masters programme is given in French). • Be no older than 35. 67
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