REGISTRATION PROCEDURES FOR STUDENTS FROM NON-CEF COUNTRIES
Who does this concern?
The non-CEF procedure is applicable if you do not live in one of the following 42 countries:
Algeria / Argentina / Benin / Brazil / Burkina Faso / Burundi / Cameroon / Chile / China / Colombia / Comoros / Congo (Brazzaville) / Cote d’Ivoire / Democratic Republic of Congo / Djibouti / Egypt / Gabon / Guinea / Haiti / India / Indonesia / Iran / Japan / Kuwait / Lebanon / Madagascar / Mali / Marocco / Mauritania / Mauritius / Mexico / Peru / Russia / Senegal / South Korea / Singapore / Taiwan / Togo / Tunisia / Turkey / USA / Vietnam
Registration for first-year bachelor’s degree programmes [Licence 1]
If you hold the proper credentials to access higher education in the country in which they were delivered, you must complete a Preliminary Admission Application [Demande d'Admission Préalable] (DAP) via the cultural service of the French Embassy in your country of residence.
You can download the DAP form from the Ministère de l'Enseignement Supérieur de la Recherche et de l'Innovation.
Important! You may only apply to three different universities.
You must complete the process between November 15 and January 22 of the academic year preceding your registration at the university.
Once your file is complete, you must submit it to the cultural service of the French Embassy or Consulate, who will then forward it to the institution you have marked.
French competency test [Test de connaissance du français (TCF)]
If you are from a non-French speaking country (where French is not the official language) you must take the Test de Connaissance du Français (TCF pour la DAP). This test is organized by the French Embassy of your country of residence and costs EUR 69. Please note that your application will be rejected by Université de Bretagne Occidentale if your French language skill level is below B2.
Exemptions from the TCF and DAP
You may be exempt from the TCF requirements if:
- you are a national of a country in which French is the official language;
- you are a non-French student and have taken one of the bilingual French courses included on the list drawn up by the French Ministry of Education in conjunction with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
- you have passed the DALF [Diplôme Approfondi de Langue Française] (advanced diploma in the French language) level C1 or C2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, or the DELF [Diplôme d’Études en Langue Française] (diploma in the French language) level B2;
- you have taken the test organized by the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry and obtained a grade of at least 14/20 in the written exams.
Registration for second- or third-year bachelor's degrees, first- and second-year master's degrees and engineering programmes [licence 2 or 3, master 1, master 2 and écoles d’ingénieurs]
If you reside in a country not concerned by Campus France procedure and you possess a residence permit giving you the right to study, you have to fill in a form on our website :
ECandidat.
DUT2 or Professional bachelor’s degree :
IUT Brest - Morlaix: Web site
IUT Quimper: ECandidat
French competency test [test de connaissance du français (TCF)]
If you are from a non-French speaking country (where French is not the official language) you must take the Test de Connaissance du Français (TCF) which costs EUR 69. Please note that your application will be rejected by Université de Bretagne Occidentale if your French language skill level is below B2.
Exemptions from the TCF and DAP
You may be exempt from the TCF and DAP requirements if:
- you are a national of a country in which French is the official language;
- you are a non-French student and have taken one of the bilingual French courses included on the list drawn up by the French Ministry of Education in conjunction with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
- you have passed the DALF [Diplôme Approfondi de Langue Française] (advanced diploma in the French language) level C1 or C2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, or the DELF [Diplôme d’Études en Langue Française] (diploma in the French language) level B2;
- you have taken the test organized by the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry and obtained a grade of at least 14/20 in the written exams.
Sending your application
Once you have completed your application, you must send it by post, before April 30, to Direction des Études et de la Vie Étudiante at Université de Bretagne Occidentale at the following address:
- DEVE - Direction des Études et de la Vie Étudiante
20 avenue Le Gorgeu
29238 BREST Cedex 3
France
