The DU Passerelle - Students in exile

Applications for the next semester (September to December 2025) are open from May 5th to May 28th, 2025, at noon.

Applications can be submitted online by clicking here.

For renewals (students already studying at CIEF), click here.


The DU Passerelle - Students in exile is aimed at non-French speaking students:

- not having been able to join the university in their country of origin (baccalaureate level) or having had to interrupt their university studies

- university graduates (from bachelor's to master's) who need to acquire a very good command of French to practice their profession, take exams and equivalence competitions or partially reorient themselves to access the French labor market.

The DU Passerelle is reserved only for students with refugee status, asylum seeker or who are under subsidiary protection regime.

Students enrolled in this DU take the same courses as other CIEF students but are exempt from registration fees.


To access the DU passerelle, you must have an acquired A1 level in French (no complete beginners) and hold a secondary school diploma (baccalaureate or equivalent at least).

You must be 28 years old maximum.

If you are concerned by the DU Passerelle and wish to submit your application, please send an email to our secretary (cief@univ-reims.fr).

Please specify in the subject of your email "Registration in DU Passerelle".

Please note that new applications will be studied if there are available places in the program.