Season 2025-2026: Registration for adult language courses is now open!

3 July 2025

Distance learning
Continuing education
Training

Want to broaden your horizons? Discover another language and culture? Resume and deepen your language learning?

A world reference in the teaching of Oriental languages for two centuries, Inalco is offering you the opportunity for the start of the 2025 academic year to learn or perfect your skills in one of the 104 languages taught.

4 steps to organize your start of the 2025 academic year!

1- Choose your language

Chinese, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Turkish, Persian, Swahili, Ukrainian, Hebrew, Vietnamese, Hindi, etc.

All languages taught in initial training (see list of languages) at Inalco can be taught in group courses (subject to a minimum number of trainees) in the evening or on Saturday mornings.

2- Choose your level

Except for level 1 (absolute beginners), it is compulsory to perform a self-assessment test prior to registration to determine your entry level (level 2 and above).
The placement tests can be accessed on this page. (link to be added after creation of the page)

Each level actually followed is sanctioned by assessments and an end-of-training certificate.

3- Choose your course formula: evenings or Saturday mornings?

- Evening courses - October to June - 7pm-9pm - Face-to-face or distance learning - 60h from €720

This formula runs from 7pm to 9pm, from October to June, to learn to speak, read, write and understand a language of your choice.

The evening courses formula is available in face-to-face and distance learning for all levels for a total of 60 hours per year.

It is compulsory to take a self-assessment test before you enroll in order to evaluate your entry level except for enrollment in level 1 (absolute beginner).
The placement tests can be accessed on this page. (add link to created page)
Each level actually followed is sanctioned by assessments and an end-of-training certificate.

Tariff with financial support (employer, France Travail, OPCO) : 1440 euros
Preferential tariff : 720 euros for people who finance their own training
* All requests for quotes must be made at least six weeks before the start of training (i.e. by August 19, 2025 at the latest for the 2025 2026 session).

Our training courses will no longer be eligible for the CPF catalog from the start of the 2025-2026 academic year.

- Saturday courses - October 2025 to January 2026 - 9:30am-1:30pm - Face-to-face - 60h from €720

Saturday morning courses run 4 hours a week face-to-face, from 9:30am to 1:30pm, from October 2025 to January 2026, to learn to speak, read, write and understand the language of your choice. This training session corresponds to a semester of 60 hours of classes.

Registrations for Saturday classes for the start of the 2025-2026 school year take place from June 15 to September 7, 2025 on AEC's secure registration platform. They will concern Saturday courses for the first semester (registration for the second semester to begin mid-December 2025, until the first week of January 2026).

This formula is accessible in presential only. We offer courses for levels 1, 2, 3 and 4 and above for a total of 60 hours per semester over 15 consecutive Saturdays (excluding school vacations and public holidays).

It is compulsory to complete a self-assessment test before your enrolment in order to evaluate the entry level except for enrolment in level 1 (absolute beginner).
The placement tests can be accessed on this page. (add link to created page)

Each level actually followed is sanctioned by assessments and an end-of-training certificate.

Tariff with financial support (employer, France Travail, OPCO) : 1440 euros
Preferential tariff : 720 euros for people who finance their own training
* All requests for quotes must be made at least six weeks before the start of the training course (i.e. no later than August 19, 2025 for the 2025-2026 session).

Our training courses will no longer be eligible for the CPF catalog from the start of the 2025-2026 academic year.

If you are considering employer, OPCO, or other funding, registration is done directly with our services.
Thank you for contacting us at the following address: View e-mail
If you are financing your training yourself, you canregister directly online via AEC's secure platform from June 15 to September 7, 2025.
After clicking the link, you will be invited to create your account (free and without obligation).
Once logged in, you can select your choice of course, language and level and finalize your registration with online payment.

Continuing education at your service

At your disposal to answer any questions you may have, contact us!
(excluding the period when the establishment is closed from July 21 to August 19, 2025)

Write to us at View e-mail or call us on +33 (0)1 81 70 11 54.