Specific programmes (University Access Diploma)
The University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne offers 2 programs for students in exile. The PEPS diploma and the Sorbonne Alliance diploma are accessible to anyone with a refugee status, asylum seeker or subsidiary protection who is willing to resume higher education in France and at the University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. It offers 450 hours of training in French as a foreign language, methodology, general culture, etc., giving students the opportunity to go on to a Bachelor's or Master's degree.
DU Sorbonne Alliance
The Sorbonne Alliance was initiated in 2018, and became operational at the beginning of 2021 with the signing of a territorial coordination agreement between its three founding institutions : Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, the ESCP Business School and Université Sorbonne Nouvelle. This is a flexible and reactive alliance which allows collaborative work across these institutions, while maintaining total freedom of movement of its members. It seeks to create a large cluster in social sciences and humanities, and to nurture the interdisciplinary synergies to meet challenges where required.
The DU Sorbonne Alliance offers classes in French as a foreign language from the A2 (elementary user) level to the B1 (intermediate) level as well as methodology classes.
DU Passerelle Exil Panthéon-Sorbonne (PEPS)
The DU PEPS is designed for refugees or people awaiting protection aged between 18 and 27 who wish to resume their studies in France. The course lasts one academic year
The DU PEPS offers classes in French as a foreign language from the B1 (intermediate) level to the B2 (independent user) level as well as methodology classes, the teaching of another foreign language and group work.