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France: University of Cergy-Pontoise (UCP).The University of Cergy-Pontoise ( UCP) – is a national university along with 17 other national universities in the Paris area. It is an attractive centre of teaching and research which hosts national and international students interested in studying in France for a semester, an academic year or a longer stay in order to obtain a degree.

It has over 1,800 foreign students and around 458 agreements with 305 partnerships with 54 countries in Europe, Australia, Canada, China, India, Japan, Korea, Russia as well as several African and South American countries.

The degrees:

UCP offers all levels of graduate and post-graduate studies.

It has adopted the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS). The French higher education is based upon a common system called LMD relevant to the number of validated academic years following the baccalaureate, the French secondary school diploma, giving access to institutions of higher education:

  • Baccalaureate + 3 years = Bachelor = 180 ECTS
  • Baccalaureate + 5 years = Master = 300 ECTS
  • Baccalaureate + 8 years = Doctorate degree = PhD

Teaching programs: UCP is a cultural, scientific and vocational establishment whose faculties include Bachelor, Master and Doctorate degrees in a wide range of fields. Such as:

  • Law
  • Economics and management
  • International studies and modern languages
  • Humanities
  • Science and technology

In addition, a large range of vocational degrees are constantly created and updated to satisfy the needs of today’s job market.