French
Study abroad
Notre Dame is consistently a leader among the top 20 national universities in the percentage of undergraduates who study abroad. For more than 40 years, the University has operated an international study program in Angers, France, in association with the Université Catholique de l’Ouest, one of the country’s premier regional universities. Angers is located in the heart of the Loire Valley, dubbed the “Valley of the Kings” and home to some of the finest examples of medieval and Renaissance art and architecture. Our students live with French families, perfect their knowledge of the French language, and study French literature, philosophy, history, art history, music, and civilization.
There are also opportunities to study in Paris, either through an exchange program with the Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris—better known as Sciences Po—during the academic year or as part of faculty-led seminars that are often available in the summer.
Students regularly refer to the experience of living and studying in Angers or Paris as one of the most valuable of their undergraduate years. It’s an unforgettable time of exploration and self-discovery, of personal and intellectual growth that leads to a greater awareness of France and Europe as well as an increased appreciation of the United States’ place within the world community.
Additional Opportunities at Notre Dame
Travel Grants from the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies
Research and Travel Grants from the Nanovic Institute for European Studies
French Summer or Year-Long Studies Abroad in Europe and Northern Africa
(for informational purposes only)
- AUP (the American University of Paris)
- AAICU (Association of American International Colleges and Universities) -- some of their programs are listed here, others are not, so do check them out
- AMIDEAST (American Institute for Maghrib Studies) - Honors Program in North African Studies
- CIEE (Council on International Educational Exchange) -- also offers opportunities to work abroad
- CIREFE (Centre International Rennais d’Études de Français pour Étrangers, Université de Rennes)
- CLÉ (Centre linguistique pour étrangers), in Tours, France
- Columbia University in Paris
- CUPA in Paris (Center for University Programs Abroad) -- French studies in a program that encourages motivated and mature students
- École de Français Moderne, at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland
- EF (International Language Schools) in Nice, Côte d'Azur
- FLE.FR (Français Langue Étrangère) -- a guide to 40 schools in France
- Francophone Africa Cultural and Educational Experience Summer 2010
- IAU (Institute for American Universities) -- French studies in Aix and Avignon, southern France
- Institut d'Études Françaises d'Avignon (Summer studies), with Bryn Mawr
- IIEF (Institut International d'Etudes Françaises), Université Marc Bloch, in Strasbourg
- MSU Morocco Summer Study Abroad Program
- "Un été à I'ENS": international summer school in literature and culture at École normale supérieure in Paris
- University of Florida Summer School in Paris, on African Francophone cinema
- French Studies in Montpellier, Southern France
- Sciences Po Lille
- Spring Semester 2010 in Tahiti
- Summer studies in Geneva, at the Université de Genève
- Summer studies in France with the University of Pennsylvania
French Summer Study Programs in North America
(for informational purposes only)
- Middlebury College French Language School
- Summer French immersion at the Université du Québec in Montréal
- French studies at the University of Québec in Chicoutimi
- Improve your French, discover Montreal, and experience the Quebec way of life at McGill University.
