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The admission procedure for the Licence 1 depends on your nationality, your country of residence and your high school diploma. For the exhaustive list of admission procedures in French higher education according to your situation, please refer to the following page.

 

European applicants and non-European applicants with 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 following e-mail address (in French only): scolarite@inalco.fr


 

Non-European applicants in possession of an International Baccalaureate or a Secondary School Diploma issued by a country outside the EU and EEA

If you are a resident of France, you must follow the procedure of Demande d'Admission Préalable (DAP) Dossier vert (Green file). You must fill in the file and send it back to us before the end of the application campaign (which usually spans from the beginning of October to mid-December for the academic year starting in September of the following year).

The list of documents to be submitted is available in the Notice explicative du Dossier vert (Green file explanatory note). The file must be sent to Inalco:

• Preferably by e-mail to the following address: mob-in@inalco.fr
• Or by post wia registered letter 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: from October 1st, 2022 to December 15th, 2023
Results: April 1st, 2024


If you live abroad in a country affected by the "Etudes en France" procedure, you must apply online on the Etudes en France plateform. See this page for more information.

If you live abroad in a country which is not affected by the "Etudes en France" procedure, you must follow the procedure of Demande d'Admission Préalable (DAP) Dossier blanc (White file). You must complete the file and return it to us before the end of the application campaign (which usually spans from the beginning of October to mid-December for the academic year starting in September of the following year). To find out about the procedures for the DAP Blanche, please contact the Service de Coopération et d'Action Culturelle (SCAC) and the Campus France office of the French Embassy in your country of residence.

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

 

Please note that to apply for the Licence 2, you must be preparing for, or have already completed, a Licence 1. Similarly, to apply for the Licence 3, you must be preparing for, or have already completed, a Licence 2.


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 applicants and non-European applicants currently studying in 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 following e-mail address (in French only): scolarite@inalco.fr

 

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

You must follow the Etudes en France procedure online. Please note that the application calendar may vary from country to country, you should therefore consult the Campus France website for your country of residence to find out the application deadline for hors DAP courses (Licence 2 and Licence 3). For more information, please consult this page.
 

Inalco offers a variety of Master's courses, depending on your academic and professional goals. For details of the courses and admission procedures, please consult the following pages:

• Details of the courses
• Admission procedures

If you still have questions after consulting these pages, you can contact the person in charge of the relevant Master's degree directly via the Contact tab on the right side of each page.

Admission to Master's degree requires a French proficiency of level C1 minimum.

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

You can directly contact the International Relations Department at the following e-mail address: mob-in@inalco.fr

 

Considering that Inalco courses are all taught in French, if French is not your first language, it is essential that your French language skills are good enough for you to undertake an intensive and challenging academic course that is taught and examined solely in this language. If your French level is judged insufficient to follow the requested course, you may be asked to follow mandatory, fee-paying French courses in the Inal'FLE section of Inalco as well, as part of the conditions of an offer.
 

Minimum French language requirements

• International candidates must have a minimum level of B1 in French. Due to the high number of applicants, some faculties require a minimum level of B2 in French, please check the page of each formation on the Etudes en France website for more details. Please note that the admissions committee may decide to admit a student on condition that they attend the French as a Foreign Language courses in the Inal'FLE section, if they feel that the application file does not show that the applicant has a sufficient level of French to follow the course without difficulty. In this case, the student is obliged to follow and complete the French courses until they obtain their diploma or validate the C1 level courses and must pay the registration fees for the Inal'FLE course.
• For the professional courses, candidates must have a minimum level of C1 in French (+ minimum level B2 in English).

 

Recognized French language requirements

Candidates may prove their level of French by providing one of the following certificates:

• DELF or DALF
• TCF with all 5 tests, namely the 3 mandatory tests plus the 2 additional tests. Only TCF containing all 5 tests will be considered valid.

 
 You are exempted from having to provide a French language proficiency certificate if:

• You are a national of a country where French is the only official language
• You hold a high-school diploma from a country where French is the only official language
• You are a national of or live in a country where French is one of the official languages and French was the main language of instruction during your secondary education.
• You were enrolled during your secondary education in one of the schools from the list established jointly by the Minister for Higher Education and the Minister for Foreign Affairs

If you are accepted at Inalco, you will then need to register by following the steps below:

• If you are admitted, you must confirm that you accept the offer of admission by the deadline indicated in the e-mail following which you will receive an admission letter.
• At the beginning of July, we will send you an enrolment file by e-mail, which you should complete, sign and return to us, together with all supporting documents. You will also be asked to pay the CVEC. This file must be submitted before September 1st, otherwise admission will be automatically cancelled.
• You will then receive the link to pay your tuition fees online.
• Once the administrative registration has been completed, we will send you your certificate of enrolment.

Please note that once you have completed your administrative registration, you will be able to proceed with your academic registration. To do this, please consult the following page: Academic registration