Applying for a degree course

The procedure for admission to the first year of a bachelor's degree depends on your nationality, country of residence and high school diploma. For the exact list of admission procedures to French higher education depending on your situation, we invite you to refer to the following page.

European and non-European candidates in possession of a French or European baccalaureate

You must follow the same procedure as French nationals; please refer to the Admission page. For more information, you can contact the Scolarité de l'Inalco at the following email address: scolarite@inalco.fr

European applicants in possession of an International Baccalaureate or a high school diploma issued by a country outside the EU and EEA (3 cases depending on your country of residence)

If you reside in France, you must follow the Demande d'Admission Préalable (DAP) Dossier vert ("green file") procedure. You need to complete the DAP Dossier vert and return it to us before the end of the application campaign (generally from early October to mid-December for a start in September of the following year).

The list of documents to be provided is available in the explanatory note on the Dossier vert. The Dossier vert must be sent to Inalco:

• preferably by e-mail to the following address: mob-in@inalco.fr
• or by post with acknowledgement of receipt to the following address:

Inalco
Direction des relations internationales - Bureau 3.37
65 Rue des Grands Moulins
75013 Paris, France

Applications: October 1, 2023 to December 15, 2023
Results: May 15, 2024

If you live abroad in a country covered by the Etudes en France procedure, you must apply directly online, on the Etudes en France platform. For details of this procedure, we invite you to consult the next page.

If you live abroad in a country not covered by the Etudes en France procedure, you must follow the Demande d'Admission Préalable (DAP) Dossier blanc ("white file") procedure. You need to complete the DAP Dossier blanc and return it to us before the end of the application campaign (generally from early October to mid-December for a September start the following year). To find out how to apply for the DAP Dossier blanc, please contact the Service de Coopération et d'Action Culturelle (SCAC) and the Campus France office of the French Embassy in the country where you live.

Inalco does not handle directly any DAP from candidates living outside France.

Please note: to apply for a 2^nd year degree, you must be preparing, or have already validated, a 1^st year degree. Similarly, to apply for the 3^rd year of a bachelor's degree, you must be preparing, or have already validated a 2^nd year of a bachelor's degree.

The admission procedure depends on your nationality, your country of residence and your high school diploma, you will find below the procedure to follow according to your situation.

European and non-European applicants currently studying at a French or European university

You must follow the same procedure as French nationals; please refer to the Admission page. For more information, you can contact the Scolarité de l'Inalco at the following e-mail address: scolarite@inalco.fr

European applicants residing or currently studying in a country outside the EU or EEA

• If you reside abroad in a country covered by the Etudes en France procedure, you must apply directly online, on the Etudes en France platform. Please note that the application timetable may vary from country to country, so please consult the Campus France website for your country of residence to find out the application deadline for non-DAP courses (Licence 2 and Licence 3). For more information, we invite you to consult the following page.
   
• If you live abroad in a country not covered by the Etudes en France procedure, you must apply directly to Inalco via an online form that will be available from February 12, 2024 to March 12, 2024. The link to the form will be posted on this page a few days before the application campaign opens. Please note, if you reside in a country covered by the Etudes en France procedure, you must not fill in this form; only applications from people living in a country not covered by Etudes en France will be considered. 

The documents you will be asked to submit with your application are as follows:

• Piece of identity
• Photo ID
• Letter of motivation (A4 format, typed)
• CV
• High school diploma (original version + official translation into French)
• High school transcripts (original version + official translation into French)
• High school diplomas obtained (original version + official translation into French)
• Certification of French : DELF/DALF or TCF complete with all 5 tests (B1 level minimum, B2 or C1 level may be required for certain courses)

Inalco offers a variety of Master's courses, depending on your academic and professional plans. To find out more about the courses and admission procedures, please consult the following pages:

• Course details
• Admission procedures

If you still have questions after completing your research, you can contact the person in charge of the Master in question directly via the Contact tab on the right of each page.

Exile applicants are refugees, stateless persons or beneficiaries of subsidiary/temporary protection.

Depending on your profile, you may be eligible for the DU Passerelle Inalco.

For all other applications (excluding Master's degree), contact the International Relations office directly at the following email address: mob-in@inalco.fr

As Inalco's courses are taught in French, all applicants must demonstrate that they have a sufficient level of French proficiency to enable them to follow the courses provided effectively. If the applicant's level of French is deemed insufficient to follow the requested course, the applicant may receive a positive admission result, subject to taking French courses in the Inal'FLE section of Inalco.

Required levels

• International applicants will be required to justify a level B1 minimum in French. Due to the large number of applicants and the difficulty of the courses, some departments require a minimum B2 level. For further information, please consult the page for each course on the Etudes en France platform. Please note that the admissions committee may decide to admit a candidate on condition that he or she attends the French as a Foreign Language courses in the Inal'FLE section, if it considers that the supporting documents do not demonstrate that the candidate has a sufficient level of French to follow the course without difficulty. In this case, the student must follow and validate the French courses until obtaining his/her diploma or validationg the C1 level courses and must pay the registration fees for classes in the Inal'FLE program.
• For the Professional Track courses, candidates must have a level C1 minimum in French (+ level B1 or B2 minimum in English, depending on the Professional Track).

Attestations accepted
Candidates may prove their level of French by providing one of the following attestations:

• DELF or DALF
• Complete TCF including the 3 compulsory tests and the 2 optional tests. Any TCF that does not include these 5 tests will be automatically refused.

The following candidates are exempt from the requirement for a French language certificate

• Nationals of states where French is the only official language
• Applicants holding a high school diploma from a country where French is the only official language
• Applicants who are nationals or residents of a country where French is not the only official language, and whose secondary education was conducted, for the most part, in French
• Applicants in other states may benefit from this exemption if they have received instruction in French in secondary education establishments from the list drawn up jointly by the minister responsible for higher education and the minister responsible for foreign affairs

If you are accepted at Inalco, you will then need to proceed with your registration by following the steps below:

• In the event of a positive response, you will need to confirm that you accept the admission proposal made to you. Confirmation must be made before the deadline indicated in the e-mail.
• If you accept this proposal, a letter of admission will be sent to you and will enable you to start the visa application procedures.
• In early July, you will receive by e-mail the application form to be returned to us, completed and signed, together with supporting documents. In particular, you will be asked to pay the CVEC. This file must be sent to us before September 1, otherwise admission will be automatically cancelled.
• An online payment link will then be sent to you to pay the tuition fees.
• Once the administrative registration has been completed, you will receive your school certificate.

Please note that once the administrative registration has been completed, you will be able to proceed with your pedagogical registration. To do so, please consult the following page: Pedagogical Registration.

European applicants and/or applicants who have already studied in Europe (secondary or higher education) and applicants in exile

Please refer to the "Tuition fees" page.

Non-European applicants who have never studied in Europe

For the 2024/2025 academic year Inalco is exempting non-EU students from the increase in tuition fees.

In order to support foreign students in their studies and encourage their success, Inalco is exempting non-EU students from the increase in registration fees (differentiated fees).

New foreign students (from outside the EU) who register for a Bachelor's or Master's degree, in September 2024, will thus be exempted from the differentiated registration fees provided for in the new "Welcome to France" decree. These students will pay the registration fee amounts set for EU students, i.e. €170 for a Licence and €243 for a Master.

This decision aims to better integrate foreign students within the institute and support them in their academic career in France.

Please note, this information concerns degree courses only. To find out about tuition fees for the Inal'FLE section, please refer to the following page: Inal'FLE course offer