Applications

To enter the first year of Licence at Inalco, you must follow the Parcoursup procedure.

Parcoursup is the national platform for pre-registration to the first year of higher education in France. This procedure is aimed at high school students and graduates of previous years (outside and within the INALCO system) wishing to enter the 1st year of a Bachelor's degree program. You can formulate your wishes in the main admission phase from January 17 to March 14, 2024 at 11:59 pm.
Candidates who were unable to formulate wishes during the main phase, will be able to apply during thecomplementary phase, within the limit of available places.

Please note: the Literal Arabic, Chinese and Russian Licences 1 are accessible in the first year at living language 1 (LV1) and living language 2 (LV2) level. To assess your level, we invite you to take the online assessment test by creating an account.

You will need to apply on the eCandidat2 platform from May 13 to June 16, 2024.
The application is intended for people seeking direct admission to the second or third year of the bachelor's degree on the basis of their previous studies and an adequate level of proficiency in the language concerned.

LICENCE BILANGUE

The licence bilangue is accessible from Licence 2. 
Pre-registration will be open from February 12 to April 5, 2024. 

To pre-register for the licence bilangue, please send an email to sefor-formations@inalco.fr indicating:

• Last name, first name
• Inalco student number
• Current registration 2023-2024
• Choosen duo (Major/Minor for 2024-2025): see list of duos
• Possible comment

PROFESSIONALIZING LICENCES

Inalco offers professionalizing courses from Licence 2 upwards. To apply for these courses, you must log on to the eCandidat platform from May 2 to May 31, 2024.
Please note: one-off application campaign.

Inalco's Masters programs are open to students with a Bachelor's degree who can demonstrate a sufficient level in one of the languages taught at Inalco.

FIRST YEAR MASTERS

For the following Masters programs: LLCER, Didactics of Languages, Languages and Societies, Management and International Business, MEEF 2nd degré, International Relations, Language Sciences, Automatic Language Processing, Literary Translation, Specialized Translation.
Application campaign: from February 26 to March 24, 2024, exclusively on the national application platform Mon Master.
Complementary phase (subject to available places): from June 25 to June 30, 2024 on the Mon Master platform.

Please note: fornon-European applicants whose country of residence is covered by the Études en France scheme, the application campaign will run from February 26 to March 24, 2024 on the eCandidat1 platform.
Complementary phase (subject to available places): from June 25 to June 30, 2024 on the eCandidat1.

MASTER IMAS

Application campaign : from February 26 to March 24, 2024, exclusively on the eCandidat1 platform.
Second application campaign : from June 17 to July 4, 2024, exclusively on the eCandidat1 platform.

Creating your application file takes time. Don't wait until the last few days to put together your file, as you risk having a botched and therefore invalid application.

DEADLINE APPLICATIONS FOR SECOND YEAR MASTERS

For the following Masters programs: LLCER, Didactics of Languages, IMAS, Management and International Business, MEEF 2nd degree, International Relations, Language Sciences, Automatic Language Processing, Literary Translation.
M2 application campaign(intended for candidates from outside Inalco) : from February 26 to March 24, 2024 on the eCandidat1 platform.

Please note: M2 applications are not open for the Specialized Translation and Languages and Societies Masters.

The application process takes time. Don't wait until the last few days to put your application together, as you risk having a sloppy and therefore invalid application.

DLC, DC, DL 1st YEAR

• If you are registering for the first time at Inalco, you must follow the eCandidat2 procedure. The registration period is simultaneous with the administrative registration period (early July and late August).
  ONLY for Chinese DLC1, DC1 and DL1, the campaign will be held between May 15 and June 16, 2024.
• If you are already or have been a student at Inalco, please send an email to scolarite@inalco.fr mentioning your last name, first name, student number and the desired institutional diploma (DLC, DL, DC specifying the language if applicable) so that we can give you a pass for web registration.

DLC, DL 2ND, 3RD AND 4TH YEAR

Students wishing to enter a 2nd, 3rd or 4th year of the DLC must apply on the eCandidat2 platform from May 13 to June 16, 2024.
The application is intended for those seeking direct admission to DLC2, DLC3, DLC4 on the basis of their previous studies and an adequate level of proficiency in the language concerned.

DIPLÔME D'ÉTABLISSEMENT EN COMMERCE INTERNATIONAL ET LANGUE ORIENTALE (CILO)

To apply, you must log on to the eCandidat platform from May 2 to May 31, 2024.

INTENSIVE ARABIC DIPLOMA

Admission to the intensive Arabic diploma is based on a portfolio, possibly with an interview.

To apply (from February 26 to June 30, 2024) send to arabeintensif@inalco.fr in a single PDF file and in this order:

• a detailed CV including email address and telephone number;
• your baccalaureate transcript together with all results and diplomas obtained subsequently;
• a letter of motivation.

INTENSIVE RUSSIAN DIPLOMA

It's open via Parcoursup in the main phase from January 17 to March 14, 2024 for highly motivated beginner students (high school students or students without a bachelor's degree or equivalent) with excellent learning ability and wishing to devote themselves exclusively to studying Russian for a year.

People who already hold a Bachelor's degree or equivalent and wish to take this degree as part of additional training or retraining, must go through the eCandidat2 platform from March 4 to June 28, 2024.
Please note: high school students and students who do not hold a Bachelor's degree or equivalent must apply via Parcoursup.

INTRODUCTION DIPLOMA IN ARABIC, CHINESE OR RUSSIAN

To join the introductory diploma, you need to create an account on Parcoursup and formulate your wish for the desired course during the main phase from January 17 to March 14, 2024.The complementary phase of Parcoursup will take place from June 11 to September 12, subject to available places.

FROM PASSERELLE AND H2M

Consult the training pages

Inalco offers fully accessible distance diplomas.
For the year 2024-2025, the distance diplomas offered are:

• the introduction diploma of Arabic  
• the civilization diploma (DC) of Islamology
• the language diploma (DL) of modern Hebrew 1st and 2nd year
• the language diploma (DL) of literal Arabic 1st and 2nd year
• the language diploma (DL) and language and civilization diploma (DLC) of Malagasy 1st and 2nd year

The application campaign is open from May 13 to June 16, 2024 on the eCandidat2.

TESTS FOR LICENCES IN ARABIC, CHINESE, RUSSIAN, HEBREW

For applications to Licence 1, 2 or 3 or to first, second or third year institutional diplomas, Inalco offers placement tests to help you assess your language level and orient yourself.

Please note: these placement tests do not constitute an application. Admission to a degree program at Inalco is subject to the submission of an application on the dedicated platforms and within the deadlines indicated in the Applying and registering for a diploma course

To apply for a Licence 1 - Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew or Russian

You wish to apply for L1 and you have already acquired knowledge in one of these languages (which you may have studied in high school as LV1, LV2, LV3): we invite you to take the online placement test (for Arabic, Chinese or Russian) on the Moodle+ platform by creating an account. The placement test for Hebrew will take place in person only on September 10, 2024 from 1:30pm to 3pm, in room 3.11 (65 rue des Grands Moulins, Paris 75013).

At the end of the test:

• If you don't yet have the level in Arabic, Chinese or Russian to be admitted to L1, you can apply for the introduction diploma which will allow you the following year to access the first year of the licence.
• If you have a sufficient level in Arabic, Chinese or Russian, you can apply directly for L1.
• Depending on your results in the Hebrew test, you will be directed towards the "Great Beginners" or "False Beginners" pathway in L1.

To apply for the second or third year of the Licence or the school diploma (DL/DLC) 1-2-3 - Arabic, Chinese or Russian

Other online tests are available on Moodle+ to help you choose the most suitable level.

For Chinese, please consult the following document: Applications for Chinese studies: procedure for online assessment tests

Please note: in addition to the online test (1^st part), applicants for the 2^nd and 3^rd year Russian diplomas will be invited to take additional face-to-face tests at the end of each of the presentations relevant to them on the pre-entry day (Tuesday, September 10, 2024, room 3.11, 3pm-5pm).

For any questions about the online tests, contact:
Service Appui à l'enseignement numérique
Email address: assistance-moodle@inalco.fr
Office 7.06