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Key Advantages

Why Study in France?

France has more than 3,500 higher education institutions, low fees at public universities, and rules that let students work and look for a job after a master's.

Why Study in France?

Top Benefits
A French national degree is worth the same at every university
Many programmes in English
Work while you study
Stay to look for work after a master's
3,500+
Colleges and universities
1,600+
Programmes in English
EUR 3,950 a year
Master's fee, public university, from outside the European Union (EU), 2026-27
964
Work hours allowed a year

Low public fees, many English-taught programmes and a 1-year permit to look for work after a master's.

Academic Excellence

Higher Education in France

Universities, grandes écoles and specialised schools.

Business and management

Including MiM (Master in Management) programmes at master's level.

Program Highlights:

220 business and management schools

Engineering

Engineering degrees at master's level.

Program Highlights:

227 engineering schools can award the engineer title

Career Pathways

Work and Careers

French rules let you gain work experience during and after study.

Post-Study Work Pathway

While you study

Work up to 964 hours a year. Internships in your course do not count.

Graduate

Earn a master's-level degree or professional degree (licence) in France.

Job search permit

1 year to look for work or start a business. Not renewable.

Work permit

A job linked to your studies that pays over EUR 2,800.53 a month before tax lets you change to a work permit.

Post-Study Work Rights

Build your career in France

Duration
1 year, not renewable

The job search or business creation permit is for graduates with a master's-level degree or professional degree (licence) earned in France in the 12 months before they apply.

Key Benefits

Gain valuable work experience
Build professional networks
Pathway to permanent residency

Graduate Employment

Employment Rate
Average to Find Job
Campus Life

Campus Life in France

Help and low-cost services for students.

EUR 1
Meal at a university restaurant
About EUR 350 a month
Room at the regional student services centre (CROUS) outside Paris, on average

The France Campus Experience

Welcome events

Welcome days and weeks that help new students settle in and make friends.

Quality of Life & Support

Support Services for International Students

University health service

Free doctor visits for some needs, plus mental health support.

Campus France offices in India and Pakistan

Help with Études en France and the visa.

CROUS residences

Public student housing with low rent, close to campus.

Cité internationale universitaire de Paris (a student housing campus in Paris)

About 6,000 residents from around the world, for master's level and above.

Unique Advantages

What Makes France Stand Out

Reasons students from India and Pakistan choose France.

Low public fees

The real cost for each student is EUR 10,000 (euros) to over EUR 15,000 a year. The state pays most of it.

EUR 2,902 (bachelor's) and EUR 3,950 (master's) a year for students from outside the EU, 2026-27

Study in English

Programmes taught fully or partly in English.

1,600+ programmes

Grandes écoles

Grandes écoles are top schools that are hard to get into, for engineering, business and political science.

20% of foreign students in France

Scholarships

French government grants with a monthly allowance.

Eiffel, Charpak, France Excellence Pakistan
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