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The cost of Engineering education

To help students succeed in their studies in France, engineering schools may request students to follow integration packages enabling them to resolve problems of insurance, housing, transfer etc. or may organise French language courses to improve French levels or even provide methodological assistance (in engineering schools) designed to improve understanding of teaching methods (note taking, relations with teachers, writing of reports, oral presentations and personal work etc.).

The cultural, linguistic and methodological integration packages are included in the academic training and do not therefore involve any additional time.

The packages for linguistic integration and methodological integration are intimately linked to the academic training and are credited with credits ECTS.

The foreign student has to pay for any special services that do not concern French students such as: recruitment and selection expenses, personalised reception, cost of transfers in France, intensive French courses, methodological and cultural courses, personalised assistance from a tutor (housing assistance, formalities), etc…

The costs of the packages indicated below in the tables are maximum amounts and may be further reduced by supplementary financings from companies, schools and regions etc... ... (See scholarships and financings).

1. Cost of specific services

The cultural integration package (PIC): personalised reception, insurance, transfers in France, discovery of Paris, etc.	650 €
Exemption	0 €⁽¹⁾

(1) Package exemptions are decided solely by the "n+i" Network and recruiting schools.

2. Academic admission fees for Engineering schools (enrolment fee, compulsory student Social Security, tutoring, assistance etc.)

Academic fees include:

Recruitment fees, assistance, evaluation, promotion, either proposed or organised for Campus Engineering schools for a compulsory lump sum of € 850.
The cost of packages for linguistic and methodological integration (joint or local MIP) proposed by schools to help students succeed in their studies in France, and which form part of the training.
Costs of enrolment in schools. These are the same as those required of French students. They vary according to the recruiting school from € 0 to € 3 000 per semester (€ 0 to € 6 000 per year) but on average count on € 1 000 per year.
Student Social Security expenses and compulsory additional civil responsibility insurance (included in the enrolment fee above),

Recruitment (promotion, validation, selection, interview...) assistance for schools,) Compulsory	€ 850
The linguistic integration package (PIL), intensive French courses during the summer, including insurance and transfers.	€ 1 850⁽²⁾
Exemption	€ 0⁽²⁾
The methodological integration package, a specific programme in an engineering school (PIM), insurance, transfers, personalised assistance from a tutor (housing assistance, formalities) , etc...
joint	€ 3 150 ⁽²⁾
local	€ 1 850 ⁽²⁾
exemption	€ 0⁽²⁾
Enrolment fees in the host school. They vary according to the school that recruits from €0 to €3,000 per semester These costs are clearly indicated by each school which makes an offer, before the student makes his choice	€ 0 to € 6 000 per year but on average count on € 2 000 for 2 years.

Average academic costs for a 2 year Masters degree in France	€ 5 500

(2) The local programme in an engineering school (PIM) is a pedagogical service and forms part of the academic fees of the school. The price depends on its nature (see PIM). The choice of a comprehensive or specific package is determined by the recruiting school. Package exemptions are decided solely by the "n+i" Network and recruiting schools

Pre-master or PCLM12: For students that choose a Cultural, Linguistic, or Methodological preparation of 12 months beginning in September, the cost of the training, which replaces the 3 packages, is €14 500.

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