Student Exchange Program France

After lower secondary education (lasting four years), students may opt either for general/technological education in lycées preparing for the Baccalauréat or the Baccalauréat technologique in three years.

Schools  begin in early September and finish in June. Classes start at 8:00 am and end at 5:00 pm everyday except Wednesday and Saturday afternoons when schools finish early. There is a one and a half hour lunch break on full days, and there is time reserved for independent study during the day.

Neither Two Worlds United nor the students are able to decide in which classes a student is to be enrolled. The schools decide the placement based on each student's past curricula and language ability. While most students are placed in grades 10 or 11, the subjects of the 11th year are very difficult. For this reason, many students are placed in grade 10, no matter what their age.

Students are given more homework in France than in the U.S. Your host family will help you in completing tasks, but you will probably have to study more than at home.

In a French High School students will study: French Literature, Physical Education, History, Mathematics, Natural Sciences (Biology, Chemistry, Physics), Geography, English, and Foreign Language (Spanish, German or Italian).

In addition the school will involve the student in one of the following classes: Foreign Language, Music, Art, and Business. Student Exchange Program France

Academic year:

Classes from: Sep to: Jun

Long vacation from: 1 Jul to: 15 Sep

Languages of instruction: French

Higher Education: France