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Besançon, France: Université Franche-Comté

Spotlight: This is the Université Franche-Comté – Gain useful insights, facts, and insider information about our partner university in Besançon

Bienvenue – Welcome to Université Franche-Comté

Our French partner university Université Franche-Comté in Besançon, France, has existed since 1432 – today it is particularly renowned for its excellent Centre for Applied Linguistics, which researches the disciplines of Linguistics and French as a foreign language.

Universität und Campus

Here, you will study with around 24,000 fellow students, of which around 2,600 are currently international students. The university has four campuses which are distributed in and around Besançon. On the campus itself you will find a botanical garden, several libraries, a gym and two student houses, which are designed for student's leisure time and can be compared with youth centres. In addition, there are more than 100 initiatives that are always looking forward to your participation.

The City – Besançon

Besançon is located in the east of France, at about the height between Basel and Bern. So journeys to Switzerland or back to Germany are just as easy as trips to Paris or Milan. Both, the university and the city itself, look back on a rich past; as a battlefield in ancient Rome, for example, or as an independent city in the Middle Ages. There are several museums in the city and its surroundings that deal with the region's eventful history.

Who should apply for this exchange program?

The application is open for all French studies (Bachelor, Master and Education), the Master in Literature, Media and Culture of Modernity and the Master in Language and Communication. A language certificate for knowledge of French at level B2 can be obtained through the Mannheim Language Certificate.

Attention: The lessons are held in French.

The application deadline is 31 January!

For more information about the Université Franche-Comté can be found here.