French Vocabulary to Study in France 1

If you want to study in France as an international student, you will need to know some specific words and expressions related to school, university and education in general.

You will find these useful whether you are on a study abroad French language program or just as a regular student at the French University or Grande Ecole. Here is the first part in the series related to studying in France. 

Study in France Vocabulary 

	French	English
1	to enrol in a university	s'inscrire dans une université
2	enrolment	l'inscription (fem.)
3	a student card	une carte d'étudiant
4	an undergraduate	un(e) étudiant(e) de premier cycle
5	a fresher / a freshman	un(e) étudiant(e) de première année
6	a postgraduate student	un(e) étudiant(e) de troisième cycle
7	the academic year	l'année universitaire (fem.)
8	a lecture	une conférence
9	a lecture hall	un amphitéâtre / un amphi (famlier)
10	a B.A. degree	une licence de lettres

Exercises

Exercise 1: easy

Part 1: 

 

Part 2: 

Exercise 2: 

This year I'm going to enrol to the French university.

The enrolment to the university has been closed.

Do you have a student card ?

I'm an undergraduate student.

Lots of freshmen students are of foreign origin.

The postgraduate students are few.

The academic year has just begun.

It was a really interesting lecture.

All lectures are held in the lecture hall F.

I have a B.A in Modern Literature.

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