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Once you've identified programs of interest to you, you must apply for admission. The first step in this important process is to be sure that the institution at the top of your list is willing to accept you. The institution will need to review your academic background to determine whether you are likely to succeed in its program.

The process is important in another way as well. When the institution admits you, it will send you a letter that will enable you to apply for a student visa at the French consulate in your home country. (If you are a national of a European Union member country, you do not need a visa.)

Each French institution sets its own admission standards. Some practices are common to many institutions, however. Undergraduate and graduate admissions to the universities are decided by selection committees that generally meet in June, several months before the beginning of the academic year in September.

The individual faculty members who direct DEA and doctoral programs admit students to their programs after reviewing students' application files and, often, interviewing the applicants.

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Special procedures govern international admissions to the DEUG (diplôme d'études universitaires générales), to the first year of medical education (PCEM1), and to programs in law. Those procedures are administered by the French embassy in individual countries. Students interested in these programs should contact the embassy and be prepared to submit a demande d'admission préalable (preliminary application for admission) as early as November 15 of the year preceding their intended enrollment.