Chinanews.com, Beijing, May 24 (Wu Danfeng) According to the 2020 data of the French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, China will become the second largest source country of French students in 2019-2020, and the number (29,733) is second only to Morocco. In the same period of 2018, there was an increase of 24%.
According to the 2016-2020 customer service data for studying abroad at Kai Tak, the top ten majors in French study abroad applications are management, marketing, international business, foreign French, art, finance, luxury management, design, applied foreign languages, economic management, and business majors. Occupy half of the country.
Some experts have analyzed that due to the difficulty of offline classes due to the epidemic, engineering and medicine that require a large number of experiments or actual operations have fallen slightly, and the popularity of business and liberal arts that do not require classroom practice will continue to increase.
The "2021 Study in France Report" issued by Kai Tak Education on the 23rd pointed out that French elementary school, middle school and public education at the doctoral level are all free of tuition. Non-French citizens can also enjoy the same treatment as French citizens when applying for public institutions of higher learning. Living expenses and high-quality educational resources have made France one of the popular study destinations.
Under the influence of the epidemic, the changing study abroad policies of various countries have affected students' choice of study destinations.
In order to better attract foreign students, the official WeChat account of the French Higher Education Agency stated that the French government has adopted a series of favorable visa measures for international students.
For example, the French Ministry of the Interior has launched an online residence application service called the Digital Management System for Foreigners in France. Students will first benefit from this service and can submit residence permit applications at home.
Among the 80 French colleges and universities that open admissions for Chinese students in the spring of 2021, some colleges can provide French language courses before entering the major.
In addition, since China and France signed an agreement on mutual recognition of diplomas in 2007, the Chinese government has recognized all higher education diplomas recognized by the French government.
On January 14, 2020, China and France updated the "Administrative Agreement on the Mutual Recognition of Higher Education Degrees and Diplomas" between the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China and the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation of France. The college entrance examination is the possibility of studying in France.
It is reported that the international rankings of French universities are also rising year by year.
In the 2020 Academic Ranking of World Universities of Shanghai Science and Technology, a total of 5 universities and colleges from the French Comprehensive University and the Comprehensive University Alliance are listed in the top 100 in the world. The University of Paris-Saclay ranks the highest among French universities and ranks 3rd in the European university rankings. (Second only to Cambridge and Oxford), ranking 14th in the world.
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