How to apply if you are a non-European living in Europe

Enrolling in the first year of a Bachelor's

Students who reside in Europe but do not have the nationality of a European country and who wish to enrol in France in the first year of training at “Licence” (Bachelor's) level must file a "Demande d'Admission Préalable - DAP" preliminary request for admission. It must be filed between October and December preceding the academic year in which they wish to begin studying in France.

• The white files concern enrolment in first-year university
• The yellow for first year in a school of architecture
• The green file - foreign students who reside in France, who do not have French nationality, do not hold or future holders of the French or European Baccalaureate

Timetable of the "Demande d'Admission Préalable - DAP" procedure to join the French higher education for the academic year 2024/2025

Your application will be examined at the same time by the 3 universities you have requested.

• Registrations open on  1st October 2024
• Registrations close on 15 December 2024
• University response and proposals for acceptance : before 30 April 2025
  If it occurs, universities will share with you exemptions from which you may benefit.
• Student response : before 31 May 2024
  If you have received several acceptance proposals, you will have to make a choice.
  Attention, if you do not answer before 31 May, the absence of answer will be condidered as a refusal. 

Procedure

• Full notice of information ---> https://www.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr/sites/default/files/2024-…
• Dossier blanc ---> https://www.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr/sites/default/files/2024-…

Where can I submit my file?

Applications must be sent to the department of cooperation and cultural action at the French Embassy in the applicant's country of residence before 15 December 2024. In Poland:

Ambasada Francji w Polsce - SCAC

Jean Luc-Schneider

Attaché de coopération scientifique et universitaire

ul. Piękna 1, 00-477 Warszawa

Enrolling in Bachelor's, Master's and Doctorate programmes

Non-EU students living in Europe and willing to enrol in the second or third year of a Bachelor's, Master's or Doctorate degree in France must directly contact the Higher education institutions concerned.

The Campus France catalogues can help you select the institutes and programmes that interest you. You must then file a request for enrolment with the institutes concerned. Each institute has its own specific procedures. If your application is accepted, you will receive a document confirming your admission. From that point on, you will be able to undertake the procedures with the French Consulate in your country of residence to obtain a visa.

Visa applications submitted in Poland are processed by the Consular section of the French Embassy in Warsaw. There is an official website for visa application to France : france-visas.gouv.fr. You will find all information you need to prepare your stay in France.

The French Embassy in Poland doesn't deliver Schengen visas. People who are waiting for a resident card in Poland can’t obtain in Poland the short stay visa for France.

Good to know

Even if the "Etudes en France" (Studying in France) procedure applies in their country of origin, non-European students residing in Europe do not need either to return to their native country nor to follow this procedure.