For a Year..For a Semester...For a Summer...

You can earn credits towards your graduation by studying in France (or any other francophone country). Since there are thousand of programs in France, we have selected in these pages only the programs where MIT students have studied in the past. Whenever possible, try contacting these students directly. You are free to choose other programs but you are advised to discuss your choices with Johann Sadock prior to making your final decision.
 
 

Steps for Successful Study Abroad:

• Decide early where and when you want to go
• Contact Jennifer Cook or Malgorzata Hedderick, Assistant Dean for Study Abroad, to talk about your plans to study abroad, or stop by the new Study Abroad Office, 26-153 for more information.
• Figure out exactly what you want to do and where you want to go. In addition to the programs that we have selected, you can find suggestions at:

• studyabroad.com
• www.franceboston.org
• Listing of French College and University web pages

• Echanges entre profs de français - Service bénévole ou humanitaire en français
• Enseignement supérieur -- liste des universités
• EduFrance
• French courses for foreign students by city

• Come and discuss your plans with Johann Sadock.
• Discuss your proposed course of study with Edward Baron Turk to ensure French transfer credits.
• board a plane, have fun, study French, have more fun.....

Suggested Programs:

While at MIT - semester, summer, year

Institut Européen de Français

• Prerequisite: various levels offered
• Fall, Spring, January, and Summer sessions available
• Names of MIT students to contact:
  • Valerie Wong (in France: Summer 2005)
  • http://www.imef.fr/

Sorbonne in Paris

• Prerequisite: various levels offered
• Fall, Spring, January, and Summer sessions available
• Names of MIT students to contact:
  • Veronica Sara Weiner (in France: Spring 2000)
  • Anish Parikh (in France: Fall 1999)
  • www.fle.fr/sorbonne
  • CEA - Travel Abroad.com
    • Low Cost Study Abroad for all language levels at the Sorbonne
    • Name of MIT Student to contact:
      • Andii Davis

NYU in Paris

• Fall, Spring, January, and Summer sessions available
• Names of MIT students to contact: Benjamin Ho and Sara Tenenbein (in France: Summer 2001)

The American University of Paris(Program under NYU in Global Study Abroad)

• Names of MIT students to contact: Catherine Ng

Washington University in St. Louis Summer Program in Nice, France (Pre-Med)

• Prerequisite: 2 years of college-level French
• 5 week summer program (May and June)
• Names of MIT students to contact: Aimeé Wiltz

France Langue

• Names of MIT students to contact: Daniel Loreto (in France: Summer 2001)

 

Critical Studies in Paris

• Prerequisite: Intermediate to advanced classes in film and literature
• Fall, Spring sessions available
• Names of MIT students to contact: Janelle Prevost (in France: Spring 1998) and Amy Strickert( in France: Fall 1999)

CEA, Aix-en-Provence

• Summer and Semester Sessions Available
• Names of MIT students to contact: Tiffany Kanaga (in France: Summer 2001)

Syracuse University, Strasbourg

• Summer and Semester Sessions Available
• Names of MIT students to contact: Kristen Quinn (in France: Spring 2002)

• Prerequisite: BS, MEng or MS in Engineering
  and some degree of French proficiency
• Duration: 14 months, starting in July 2003
• The Master focuses on business strategies in relation to innovation, technology and organization. It is based on in-house company training where students take part in the strategic planning of the firm, and research seminars which provide for theoretical support, the later being held both in Oxford and Paris. The students have to perform a final dissertation in accordance with their research project.
• Application deadline: April 11, 2003
• Financial aid: Fondation de l'Ecole polytechnique, accommodation expenses covered by the French host company.

• Open to holders of a Bachelor's degree in science or engineering
• Fair knowledge of the French language appreciated. However, Intensive French language classes will be offered throughout the academic part of the program. For complete beginners in French, a summer course is organized.