VAE at Université Louis Pasteur

[Redlyne Racer]

This is a follow-up to an issue that sprung from the now-closed Sorbon thread. The notion was that if VAE is a legitimate and extraordinarily inexpensive way to obtain a degree in France, why not contact an unquestionably legit French university and pursue the matter there? Toward that end I contacted three French universities in English and requested details on VAE.

As I posted earlier, Université Louis Pasteur was one of those contacted, and was the first (and so far only) one to respond. I picked them simply because they were the first one I found with a lot of English on their website. (Others contacted in English were Orleans and Tours.)

Paul Fonteneau responded that ULP accepts foreigners ("Yes, why not?") and offers by VAE "all the degrees we are allowed to deliver by the government." By this I understood him to mean that all degrees in their conventional curriculum are also available by VAE.

He referred me to Dr. Paul Nkeng for questions regarding fees and procedures. Today I received a reply from Dr. Nkeng. He states that "the programme is opened to [F]rench speaking individuals. The programme is in French and all application documents should be prepared in French. In addition, the candidate should be ready to travel to France for her interview which is in French as well. … The processing fee for application is 700 Euros."

This points out the major obstacle to the French VAE program for those of us who don't know any French beyond "Chevrolet coupé." Still, perhaps a legit French uni or two conducting business in English may be found. Certainly you can't fault RdS for uncovering a potentially large market segment uncultivated by French administrators.

[peterhc]

Hello- I'm a new member and been following the discussion about VAE, Sorbon, etc. with great interest. I am doctoral candidate at Robert de Sorbon and seem to be a part of a growing number of believers out there willing to give it a go. Like some of you I would be very interested in any other French Universities or institutions that allow English to be the spoken language. This seems unique to Sorbon at the moment. The research I have done, which is the same as other postings, also indicates that travel to France is part of the deal. Could we use this thread and keep the discussion focused soley on Distance Learning at French Institutions who may offer VAE in English?

Peter HC :)

[J]

All VAE threads have ended the same way so far. We have decided not to have further debate on the issues at the moment. There is a wide variety of views on Sorbon through the board but without more facts we cannot move the debate on.

For the record, the only institution in France that we know does VAE in English is Sorbon - so your suggestion that we focus on "Distance Learning at French Institutions who may offer VAE in English?" will actually simply mean reopening the Sorbon thread.

If you can prove me wrong, please do start a new thread on the school of your choice.

This one is closed.