Academic Information

Strasbourg

Students at SU Strasbourg, France can choose from three distinct options based on language level. Whichever you choose, you’ll earn Syracuse University credit. Which option best suits your language level and immersion goals?

OPTION I

A majority of students take all their courses – some taught in English and some in French – at the Syracuse Center. The Center offers intensive language instruction for beginning, intermediate and advanced students of French. Option I students are expected to register for at least 12 credits each semester (not including the two credits for the Identity Seminar), with a maximum of 19 credits. All students are required to take either a French language course or non-language course taught in French.

Music Performance majors take courses taught in English at the SU Center, and music lessons at the Conservatoire National.

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OPTION II

Option II

This option is designed for students with at least one year of college-level French who want to focus on the study of French language and culture. Students from around the world enroll in courses offered at the Institut International d’Etudes Françaises (IIEF), Université de Strasbourg Marc Bloch (UMB). This is an intensive language program and all instruction, papers and exams are in French.

Language and Culture Studies Offered at IIEF, University of Strasbourg (Option II)

OPTION III

For students with advanced French language proficiency who want to take courses alongside French students. Placement is possible in selected departments of Universities of Strasbourg: Université March Bloch (UMB) and Université Robert Schuman (URS). Students interested in these direct enrollment options should have junior standing with a GPA of 3.0 and should have completed at least one semester of French beyond the intermediate level.

Studies Offered at the University of Strasbourg - UMB and URS (Option III)

Music Studies at The Conservatoire National de Region de Strasbourg. Note: Music studies students are strongly encouraged to have at least one semester of college French or its equivalent.

Engineering at Institut National des Sciences Appliquees (INSA)