In 2005, IMEF and the Odyssea French Language School (created in 1983 and 2001, respectively) came together in Montpellier, southern France to form the Institut Européen de Français, offering a wide variety of French courses.
The Institut Européen de Français welcomes students, teachers, or professionals of all nationalities, all year-round with special summer school programs in a friendly and studious atmosphere, assuring that your study of French will take place under the best conditions.
Founded and led by the internationally-acclaimed Zodiac Trio, the Zodiac Music Academy & Festival invites teenaged music students and young professionals to spend two weeks of intense musical training and performing in one of the most stunningly beautiful corners of the world: the South of France, Côte d'Azur region (French Riviera). As part of this 2-week intensive summer music immersion camp, students can also take French language classes.
Tucked away in the heights of the French Alps, the Festival makes its home in a historic mountain town of Valdeblore, and boasts an internationally-renowned faculty, acclaimed guest artists and ample performing opportunities throughout the region.
This personalized course offers young musicians the opportunity to explore the French school of music-making via masterclasses with renowned French guest artists, perform for European audiences and be inspired by an international faculty, all in an informal setting.
2-Week Summer Music Immersion Camp for Music Students & Professionals:
- Private Instruction (four 1-hour, individual lessons with the professor of their choice)
- Chamber Music Coaching
- Masterclasses
- Specialized Classes / Clinics / Seminars
- Solo Performance
- Activities & Excursions
- Accommodation & Boarding
- French Language Instruction
Founded in 1965, Paris American Academy (PAA) is an accredited arts & design school located less than a kilometer from Notre-Dame Cathedral in the famous Latin Quarter of Paris.
We offer intensive summer programs in the subjects of fashion, interior design, fine arts and creative writing. Our summer courses last for four weeks and are all taught in English. A Survival French course is included in the program.
In addition, the English Language Institute at Paris American Academy (ELI PAA) offers an intensive 4-week English course year-round.
During the past forty years, students and professions from thirty five nationalities have participated in either the intensive short-term seminars or attended a longer four month Spring term or a three year curriculum.
PAA has formed a unique teaching staff comprised of academics, qualified professionals, guest artists and visiting professors. Students benefit from a personalized learning environment created by a student instructor ratio of one to five and small class numbers.
Each of the summer workshops can be booked with or without accommodation. Accommodation is available in local three star hotels or private furnished apartments.
- Fashion (with specializations in Design Process or Couture Techniques or Fashion Merchandising & Communication)
- Interior Design
- Creative Writing
- Fine Arts
The language of instruction is English. Our summer courses include Survival French lessons.
In addition, we offer an intensive, 4-week English course for international students and native English students of elementary to advanced levels.
Altiplano Training offers a unique French summer school for children and adults in Mens in the south east of France. Prefaucon Farm provides a stimulating, and friendly and fun environment which allows you to develop your linguistic ability. After your French lessons you will put what you learn into practice by living and eating with a French family, and learning about the French way of life. Mens is located 40min south of Grenoble and 2 hrs south of Lyon. Here you stay with a local family, discuss life & politics and farming and 'Europe', and enjoy the atmosphere and live music in the cafés. Adults can also take craft courses in pottery, felt-making, watercolour painting, painting furniture, organic cookery, medicinal plants and “green” construction techniques are all possible: all in French! Popular sports and activities include walking, mountain biking, windsurfing & kite surfing, horse riding and paragliding. Courses in these sports are also available.
A 5-day immersion course where you are immersed in French life and culture (7 nights accommodation).
Adults can study the French language with us or help out on the farm, or follow their own activity program.
Children are looked after by their own French language teacher and have their own program of activities and classes with local children, each day, so they learn to use the French language naturally.
ARDS Holding offer home tuition in Montpellier in the Languedoc-Roussillon region in the south of France to help you learn the French language quickly, either for personal or professional reasons or exams preparation, like the DELF and DALF. Students are lodged individually or in pairs in selected host families with half or full board service. The French teacher comes to the families home to teach according to the time volume you will have selected before; the classes are intensive and shaped to answer your needs.
French Language Immersion Programs for personal or professional reasons or exam preparation, like for DELF and DALF. The total immersion one to one is the best answer to a quick acquisition of French as a foreign language; we accept all levels.
• The Gastro Academy at The French House Party is a high-calibre residential French cookery school near the beautiful and historic city of Carcassonne, in the Languedoc-Roussillon area of South West France.
• Gastro Academy provides all-inclusive summer cooking holidays for individuals and groups from around the world. Cookery classes, taught in English and French, are suitable for anyone passionate about food (from beginners to experienced cooks).
• Our culinary vacations combine superb accommodation, top-quality food, and award-winning Michelin-star French chefs as course tutors.
• Carcassonne is only 50 miles from Toulouse which has an international airport. Ryanair also fly directly to Carcassonne from the UK, Ireland, Belgium and France.
• In addition to our summer cooking courses, we offer scheduled French cooking vacations in Spring and Autumn, and also tailor-make cookery holidays for groups of 6 or more food & wine enthusiasts, culinary students, hospitality professionals and seniors.
• Recommended in the book “The 100 Best Worldwide Vacations to Enrich Your Life”, French House Party offers superior residential learning courses at an 8-bedroomed house with swimming pool, tennis court and boules pitch.
Testimonial: "Twenty-one hours of French cooking lessons over the course of six days, given by two famous French chefs and voila: I am confident in having mastered the art of French cooking."
- Charlene Peters, examiner.com
Pont-Aven School of Contemporary Art (PASCA) is a highly acclaimed international fine arts institution situated in the historic artists' colony of Pont-Aven, in Brittany, France. We offer summer intensive courses aimed at nourishing the students´ talent and expression as well as challenging students to experiment with new conceptual and technical approaches.
The setting offers artists stunning natural beauty, from wide, white sand beaches and dramatic coastal cliffs to rolling green hills marked by ancient stone walls, thatched roofed farmhouses and brilliantly colored flowers. Celtic traditions in music, dance, language and legends, and the French joie de vivre all combine to create an inescapable sense of place.
Advanced Summer School Contemporary Art Sessions based on a variety of subjects such as painting, photography, journaling, printmaking and mixed media.
Based in the heart of Paris, just off the Champs Elysees, EFAP Summer School welcomes international students from New York, Seoul, Zagreb, Toronto, Rome and all around the world to come and discover Paris during the lively month of June.
We offer combo programs in Paris & Bordeaux providing international students the exciting opportunity to follow business and communication courses in English and experience French culture first hand.
Study options include International Marketing, Luxury Brand Management, and Documentary Filmmaking.
Taught in English, these programs are tailor-made to satisfy students from all over the world.
Ostroverhy Workshops in Paris and Agay, Cote d'Azur, France offer all year seascape, landscape and portrait lessons to students of all levels of skill. Paint in the presence of a European master in the most inspiring scenery France has to offer. Our workshops are lead by Sergio Ostroverhy, finalist of both BP and PSOA competitions, and explore the secrets of à la prima landscape oil-painting, and classical portrait drawing. We provide a tailor-made service with exceptional tuition, exclusive accommodation and magical painting sites.
In each of our courses Sergio imparts the techniques and experience he has built up over thirty years as a professional artist. By offering a one-to-one approach to tuition, Sergio is able to guide students through the process of creating land- and seascapes in oil, and classical portraits, unlocking their artistic potential.
When students sign up for one of our workshops, we provide all the necessary materials that they need to create works of art, including canvasses, easels paints and brushes; this way our students are able to focus on the process of creation.
Situated in the friendly city of Arles, in the center of Provence, we offer a special 2 week course combining intensive French instruction (30 hours), cooking classes, wine tasting, excursions, and many a lively evening with friends around the dinner table. Accommodations are provided in our bed and breakfast, located right in the historic center, an easy 10 minute walk from the train station. You can put your French to use right away with cooking classes, wine tastings and more. And don't be surprised if local shop-keepers join in to help you too!
Our French Language study for food lovers is a marvelous introduction to France and its beautiful language. Every morning you'll have 3 hours of instruction in small groups (no more than 6). Each day either lunch or dinner will be included, with our friends and colleagues joining us to encourage conversation.