Throughout the academic year, the CIREFE offers international students the opportunity to improve their French language skills, but even before the start of the school year, students can take advantage of intensive French courses during the summer - as a stand-alone course, or in preparation for continuing French courses at a higher education institution.
Summer courses: 3-week programme from 19 June to 7 July, 2023
- About 18 hours of in-person French lessons per week (from 9 AM to 3:30 PM) to make progress in written and oral comprehension and expression.
- For all levels, including beginners.
- To find out if there are places left, contact: cirefe-ete [at] univ-rennes2.fr (cirefe-ete[at]univ-rennes2[dot]fr)
August Summer School (Université d'été): 2-week programme from 21 August to 1 September, 2023
- 41 hours of in-person French lessons (from 9 AM to 3:30 PM) to make progress in written and oral comprehension and expression.
- Programme including 14 hours of Civilization (levels A1, A2, B1) or of French for University Purposes (levels B2, C1, C2).
- Maximum of 15 students per group.
Both programs also offer students excursions to discover Brittany as well as cultural outings (cinema, museum, festival, etc.) in Rennes.
The CIREFE is the largest university center for teaching French as a foreign language (FLE) in Brittany. Every year, it welcomes hundreds of students of over one hundred nationalities. This diversity is a rich source of intercultural enrichment.
During the fall and winter academic periods, students also have the choice of registering for:
Evening courses: 4 hours a week
Full-time intensive courses (for the semester/year)
