Develop your French language skills while in Geneva!
The Geneva Graduate Institute has an English-French bilingual teaching policy. Although most classes are taught in English, students, professors and staff can speak and write in either English or French. The Institute wishes to ensure that students with a limited or no knowledge of French can develop their French language skills during their studies. Accordingly, French courses and French tests are organised during the study period by the Geneva Graduate Institute.
Description
French Intensive summer course at the Geneva Graduate Institute: 26 August to 13 September 2024. The course takes place three weeks before the start of the first semester (Autumn semester).
3 weeks, 20 hours per week, morning OR afternoon.
The course is for students with minimal (lower than B1) or no prior knowledge of French.
Levels proposed: beginners, A1 and A2.
The course is OPTIONAL for the MAS students in Sustainable Finance and Development.
The course will NOT appear on the student's transcript (no ECTS) since attendance is on a voluntary basis for the MAS students in Sustainable Finance and Development.
However, please note that if registered, attendance is mandatory.
This intensive course will be followed by a weekly Semester Course (see below) for which students will have to register additionally to the Intensive Summer Course.
Cost
Course materials need to be purchased (CHF 30) on the first day of class.
Cost for LL.M Students, Exchange Students and Visiting Fellows: CHF 700.
Cost for the MAS Students in Sustainable Finance and Development: SPECIAL OFFER: FREE in 2024-2025
Registration
Registrations open in MAY 2024.
Please send an email to francais@graduateinstitute.ch (cc-ing sustainable.finance@graduateinstitute.ch), give your name and complete postal address, specify whether you are beginner (or not) in French, and ask for the fees to be paid by the MAS in Sustainable Finance and Development (MASF) Office.
If you are non-beginners, we will send you a placement test to place you in the right level. According to your test results, you will be registered for the intensive summer and/or the Semester French course(s) (see below).
The enrolment is confirmed as soon as francais@graduateinstitute.ch receives the payment from the MASF Office.
Description:
French Semester course at the Geneva Graduate Institute: 1st semester: 30 September to 6 December 2024 2nd semester: February to May 2024 (exact dates tbc)
Two hours per week during the autumn AND spring semesters (10 weeks per semester).
Group levels vary from beginner to intermediate (including beginners who attended the Intensive Summer course (see above)).
Please note that no course is offered for students with an advanced level of French.
Level proposed: beginners, A1, A2 and B1
The course is OPTIONAL for the MAS in Sustainable Finance and Development students.
The course will NOT appear on the student's transcript (no ECTS) since attendance is on a voluntary basis for the MAS students.
However, please note that if registered, attendance is mandatory.
Cost
Course materials need to be purchased (CHF 30) on the first day of class.
Cost for LL.M Students, Exchange Students and Visiting Fellows: CHF 300.
Cost for the MAS Students in Sustainable Finance and Development: SPECIAL OFFER: FREE in 2024-2025
Registration
Deadline to register: One week before the beginning of the course
Send an email to francais@graduateinstitute.ch (cc-ing sustainable.finance@graduateinstitute.ch) and give your name and complete postal address, specify whether you are beginner or not in French, and ask for the fees to be paid by the MAS in Sustainable Finance and Development (MASF) Office.
If you are non-beginners, we will send you a placement test to place you in the right level. We will then propose you a schedule according to the test results.
The enrolment is confirmed as soon as francais@graduateinstitute.ch receives the payment from the MASF Office.
