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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, 2022
Results: March 2023


If you live abroad, 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

Applications must be submitted via the following online application form, which will be open from 1st to 31st of March, 2023.

The documents to be submitted are:

• French language certification: DELF, DALF or TCF (candidates are responsible for checking that they have the necessary language requirements - please refer to the section "French language levels and certificates" below)
• Identity document
• Passport photo
• Covering letter - A4 size, typed
• CV
• High school diplomas (original version + certified translation into French)
• Higher education transcripts (original version + certified translation into French)
• Diplomas obtained (original version + certified translation into French)  

The results will be sent to the candidates by e-mail in May 2023

 

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 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.
• For the professional courses, candidates must have a minimum level of C1 in French (+ minimum level B2 in English for the "International Relations" course).

 

Recognized French language requirements

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

• DELF or DALF
• TCF

 
 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