If you’re majoring in French or French studies, France is the ideal place to develop your language skills as well as an appreciation of French culture.   But whatever your major, France will excite and engage you as a leading European center for the sciences, humanities, business, politics, and the arts.  French universities and colleges are among the world’s finest in all these fields and, beyond the classroom, you'll be enriched by the country's vast cultural legacy — what the French call their Patrimoine. France has vibrant cities, elegant towns and villages, spectacular châteaux, unblemished countryside and seashores, and of course a cuisine sans pareil.

Why live and study in Paris?  Remember what Hemingway wrote:  "If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man [or woman!], then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast."   And this moveable feast — the "City of Light" — is not only the capital of a major European power, but home to a multicultural population ranging from movie moguls to municipal workers. 

It's both a museum city and a monumental architectural experiment where, in half an hour, you can walk from Roman ruins, past the 12th-century cathedral of Notre Dame, to the 21st-century Bibliothèque Nationale de France.  Make Paris your home for a semester or a year, and you’ll be living and studying in one of the most magnificent cities in the world.

Program Description

The University of Paris consists of 13 campuses, each of which has a distinct character and its own academic specialties. The partnership Rutgers has established with MICEFA (Mission Interuniversitaire de Coordination des Echanges Franco-Americains) allows you to select the campus and courses that best match your proficiency in French, your academic interests, and your personal goals.  A three-week Preliminary Intensive French course includes campus visits, meetings with French students, and advisory sessions with MICEFA staff as well as the Rutgers Resident Director, all to help you design a study abroad experience that’s tailor made to your requirements.

Information at a Glance

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For more information about this program, please visit the MICEFA website.