French higher education system (LMD)
A Wide Range of Courses, from the Time-Honoured to the Cutting-Edge
Source: French Ministry of Higher Education and Research
Please find explanations below for the terms used in the above diagram:
- Bac: French baccalaureate examination taken at the end of secondary education, giving access to higher university education.
- BTS: National Diploma of French higher education
- Crédits ECTS: ECTS credits
- DAEU: diploma from a French university, in order to have an equivalence of the French baccalaureate giving access to university studies
- DEUST: university technical diploma in science
- Doctorat: the Doctorate degree
- DUT: technology diploma
- Licence professionnelle: vocational undergraduate degree
- Licence: undergraduate degree
- Master: the Master’s degree
- Semestre 1: Semester 1
- Semestre 2: Semester 2
- Semestre 3: Semester 3 (or first semester of second year of study)
- Semestre 4: Semester 4 (or second semester of second year of study)
- Semestre 5: Semester 5 (or first semester of third year of study)
- Semestre 6: Semester 6 (or second semester of third year of study)
- titre admis en dispense: equivalent accepted qualification