Vocabulaire utiles :
Le BEPC (brevet d’études du premier cycle, brevet des collèges)
Exam taken at the age of 15 at the end of the collège years
Le CAP (certificat d’aptitude professionnelle)
Vocational training certificate similar to NVQ level1
Le BEP (brevet d’études professionnelles)
Technical school certificate
Le Baccalauréat, le bac
School leaving certificate similar to A-levels
BTS (brevet de technicien supérieur)
Vocational training certificate taken after the age of 18 (after the baccalauréat), similar to a NVQ level 3 or HNC
Le DEUG (diplôme d’études universitaires générales)
Diploma at the end of the first two years of study at university (general subjects)
Le DEUST (diplôme d’études universitaires scientifiques et techniques)
Diploma at the end of the first two years of study at university (science and technology)
La licence ès lettres
Bachelor of arts degree, diploma at the end of three years study at university
La licence ès sciences
Science degree BSc, diploma at the end of three years study at university
La maîtrise
Master’s degree, diploma at the end of one-year study at the university after passing a licence
Le DEA( diplôme d’études approfondies)
One-year post-graduate diploma taken before starting a PHD
Le DESS (diplôme d’études supérieures spécialisées)
One-year post-graduate diploma in an applied subject
Le DEST (diplôme d’études supérieures techniques)
University post-graduate degree
Le doctorat
PhD
Le DUT diplôme universitaire de technologie
Two-year qualification taken at a technical college after the baccalauréat , similar to HND
Classes préparatoires
Extremely demanding post-baccalauréat courses taken in le lycée. Students need to apply for these courses. Only the high achievers are offered a place. The courses prepare students to sit for the competitive exams of the grandes écoles.
Une grande école
Competitive entrance higher education establishment where engineering, humanities, business administrations are taught at a very high standard
L’école maternelle
Nursery school
L’école élémentaire / primaire
Primary school
Le collège
Secondary school French children attend between the ages of 11-15
Le lycée
Secondary school French students attend between the ages of 15-18, similar to 6th form college
Le lycée technique
Vocational college
L’IUT (institut universitaire technique)
Polytechnic college
Une formation
Training
Les matières
Subjects
Un examen
An exam
Un contrôle continu
Continuous assessment
Etre titulaire d’un diplôme
To have a diploma
Postuler pour un emploi
To apply for a job
Le rectorat
The education authority
Des photocopies certifiées conformes
Certified copies of the original
Un traducteur assermenté
A translator approved for translations of legal documents
Le programme, le cursus
Syllabus
Une passerelle
A bridge, a reorientation class
Passer un examen
To take an exam
Réussir à un examen
To pass an exam
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