Classes Internationales: Gateway to explore French education

The French Embassy in India and Campus France have come up with the second edition of Classes Internationales, a groundbreaking initiative unveiled by French President Emmanuel Macron during his visit to Jaipur in January 2024 where he announced: "30,000 Indian students in France in 2030. It's a very ambitious target, but I am determined to make it happen".

- Priyanjali Das

With almost 10,000 Indian students pursuing higher education in diverse fields in French universities, the Times Higher Education's Employability University Ranking 2025 has ranked almost 19 universities in France in its top 250 universities.

The Classes Internationales programme has been designed in such a way that it provides exclusive pathways to Indian students to study in top French institutes and allows complete beginners or advanced French learners to access French-taught undergraduate programs after completing an immersive foundational year of French language training and academic preparation.

While at the moment there are over 1700 programmes that are taught in English, with this program that is being offered by 30+ prestigious institutions across France, covering a wide range of disciplines (arts, engineering, social sciences, design and more), students will be able to get direct access to over 200 academic programs taught in French.