How to apply?

Whether you come as an exchange student from one of our partner universities, or as an individual degree-seeking student, your application follows different procedures :

International students in Université de Rennes 1's Coworking space

Informations about administrative procedures and visas
Exchange students : bilateral agreement / BCI / Erasmus + programme
Degree-seeking students

Informations about administrative procedures and visas

Since August 18, 2020, French consulates are authorized to delivers visas to international students and researchers . The steps to follow are different depending on the country you come from: check out Campus France's dedicated webpage for more information

You can find out more information about applying to a study programme in France on Campus France website, or on the CMI (Centre for International Mobility) website, our helpdesk dedicated to international students in Rennes.

Exchange students : bilateral agreement / BCI / Erasmus + programme

Students who wish to come and study at Université de Rennes 1 for a year or a semester, have to get selected by their home institution in order to be part of the programme. Accordingly, a learning agreement is signed between our university and our partner, regarding the teaching units that will constitute the learning period.

Once the exchange student validates his exams at Université de Rennes 1, he gets credits that will enable him to pursue his studies in his home university or to apply to a graduate programme.

For any enquiry concerning student mobility at Université de Rennes 1, you can get in touch with the International relations office of the department in which you want to study

Degree-seeking students

Besides students coming to Rennes for an exchange programme, our university also welcomes individual students that wish to enroll a graduating programme, from Bachelor's degrees to PhD programmes. In this case, admission procedure varies depending of the programme's level and your country of origin :

Bachelor 1st year

Students from the EU or International students have to follow a specific procedure, depending on their country of origin, or their type of secondary school leaving certificate

Consult our dedicated section about Applying to a 1st year of Bachelor's degree

// following the closing of universities due to the Covid-19 pandemic, deadlines for application through the le Etudes en France procedure have been modified accordingly for Demandes d'Admission Préalable (DAP) //

Deadline for university's decision regarding the application : 30th april 2020 => 1th July 2020

Bachelor 2nd/3rd year and Master

► Find your study programme on our online catalogue
► Prepare the documents required for your application
► Directly apply on our application portal Candidatures (as well as Etudes en France website, for students who reside in one of the countries concerned by the Etudes en France procedure)

Deadline for Campus France interview: 30th April 2020 => 7th June 2020
Deadline for university's decision regarding the application : 29th May 2020 => 6th July 2020

PhD programme

Accordingly to the French system of Doctorate, students have to start looking for a Phd programme from their 2nd year of Master's degree. Carrying out a doctorate programme in France requires either to have a preliminary contact with a potential supervisor that already has ties with your home institution, or to be willing to work on a specific subject.
In France, the admission procedure is the same for any students willing to enroll a Doctorate programme, whatever his nationality is. The fees are also always the same, that is to say €391, which are the same fees as for French students.

Find out more information about Research at Université de Rennes 1 HERE
Doctoral schools at Université de Rennes 1 ►
Research Units at Université de Rennes 1 ►
Doctorate programme at Université de Rennes 1 : From registration to thesis defense