The Methodology Integration Package provides training on academic methods as well as language training and will help students feel more confident about teaching methods in France.

Students exempt from the PIM (who have very good knowledge of French, for example) attend “ordinary” M1a lessons with the French students.

The Methodology Integration Package is suitable for students:

with weak French proficiency who have no particular knowledge of the French academic environment. They will get great benefit from the complete PIM Methodology Integration Package which is common to several schools.
with average French who are already familiar with France. These students will be offered the local Methodology Integration Package with their own school.

The PIM course is part of the engineering course which takes place at the beginning of the Master’s degree (in period M1a). It therefore does not extend the study period of the degree.

NoteThe PIM is organised by the “n+i” network and is designed especially for international students.

The complete (PIM) “methodology integration” package

This programme is part of the engineering course (worth 30 ECTS credits). Foreign students are not mixed with French students at this stage.

Lessons are in small groups taught in French but tailored specifically for non French natives. Students are permitted to ask questions in English and receive answers in English and to use study materials in English or their native language.

Students are tutored on a one-to-one basis and can seek help with their lodgings, administrative registrations, bank accounts, visas etc. as well as academic guidance.

The full “Methodology Integration” Package is for students at M1 level only (on an “n+” or “i” Master’s degree course).

The period is divided into two parts (1 semester, 30 ECTS credits):

Part 1: (September to December) 10 weeks, with 24 hours of lessons per week, totalling 240 hours of lessons (which equates to 26 ECTS credits).

To increase efficiency and reduce costs, this programme may be common to several schools for the same topic. For Part 1, the course may be run in a different establishment to the one where students will follow the rest of the degree course (all transport and facilities are organised).

Part II: (January to February) from 2 to 6 weeks (4 ECTS credits) depending on the establishment,period of adaptation in the school in which you will study for your degree. A period of adaptation with the students at your school. Students can follow lessons and laboratory practicals with French students to familiarise themselves with the study schedule and become a part of the group.

The common PIM replaces the M1a defined by the school. The common PIM is adapted and therefore different to the M1a programme described by the school.

The local (PIM) methodology “integration package”

Students who are both proficient in French and familiar with France may begin their course directly with the French students in their chosen school but still have access to personal tutoring and help.

This package offers students regular lessons (30 ECTS credits) with French students:

A personal welcome to the school,
Special tuition from teachers (adapted to needs, in French, science and technology) during the first semester of the course. Students are supported both academically and psychologically,
Fellow students provide mentoring during the first semester. This enables students to revise lessons and exercises together and to settle in at the school.
Bilingual documents are provided to help understanding.

The full Methodology “Integration Package” is for students at M1 level (on an “n+” or “i” Master’s degree course) or M2 level (of an i Master’s).

WARNING:

The Methodology “Integration Package” is part of the course and as such, the school decides which package students should follow (complete or local), if at all.
Students taking one of the methodology integration package (who therefore have little knowledge of the French system) must also take the cultural “integration package”.

Integration packages

Paths to success

Cultural Integration Package (PIC)

Package for Linguistic Integration (PIL)

The Methodology Integration Package (PIM)