Learn French

The "Service Commun en Langues (SCL)" at the university offers French classes.

If you are registered as PhD student at Université Côte d'Azur you can take free French classes. You need to register via the ADUM platform before Octobre 22nd, 2024 : LAN05 - 1 : FLE ( Français langue étrangère) nouveaux arrivants. The classes will be held in Nice from November 15th,  2024 to April 15rh, 2025 ( 40 hours class - 6 month ) 2h per week over 20 weeks.

The Erasmus Student Network (ESN) offers numerous events to meet foreign students and has established a buddy system so that a French student can adopt a foreign one. The Each One Teach One gatherings are organized to promote cultural exchange.

It’s also possible to have access to linguistic materials, conversation groups, or placement exams at the Language Resource Centers (CRL) of the University is located at the different campuses:
 

Carlone (Faculty of Letters): Room H228

Trotobas (Faculty of Law): Room 426

École Supérieure du Professorat et de l’Éducation - ESPE Liégeard : Room 34

St. Jean d’Angely (ISEM and IAE): IAE, Room 3B16

Valrose Campus (Faculty of Science): Petit Valrose, Room 310

Pasteur: ED 11

Plaine du Var: Room BU

Conversation sessions in French are organized every month between September and May. These meetings in small groups of six to eight people are a chance to meet other expatriates and to be more comfortable with French. Don’t hesitate to ask the CRL for information about the dates of these sessions. Access is free for for Université Côte d'Azur students and staff. The CRL asks 90 € to access their resources and participate in 10 conversation groups, if you are neither student or staff at the university.

If you are an employee at Université Côte d'Azur you can sign up for free French classes - FLE.

- PhD students need to register via the ADUM platform before Octobre 22nd, 2024: LAN05 - 1 : FLE ( Français langue étrangère) nouveaux arrivants. The classes will be held in Nice from November 15th,  2024 to April 15rh, 2025 ( 40 hours class - 6 month ) 2h per week over 20 weeks.

- The next training campaign "FRENCH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE" for other university staff will be held November 12th, 2024 to April 30th, 2025 (40 hours - 6 months), 2 hours per week over 20 weeks.The courses will beheld in Nice. University personnel need to register via the GEFORP platform before November 11th, 2024.
 

If you have a work contract with the CNRS you can take language classes via an e-learning program. A teaching platform is available to CNRS employees including the possibility to learn and practice French (FLE). For detailed information and to register, please contact dr20.formation@cnrs.fr and include your last name, first name, email address (JANUS) and the language you'd like to learn : FLE.

The French state gives all children within its borders the right to an education. Your child can therefore learn French in school, but it’s also possible to take private courses.

• The language lab at the Louis Nucéra Library: For those with a library card, the language lab provides access to audio language courses for self-learning. Don’t forget to take headphones since these aren’t provided by the library.

• MOOC “Words of French as a Foreign Language”: This course contains learning videos hosted by university French teachers. The videos are completely free and are broadcast over the course of six weeks of instruction with exercises at the end of each video. Click here to access the MOOC.
• The Welcome Center also benefits from a partnership with a recreation organization in Nice, which offers language gatherings every Wednesday to meet other expatriates and to learn French. Membership is free for those sent by the Welcome Center. Don’t hesitate to contact us to profit from this benefit.