• TypeUniversities
• LocationLyon 7e, France
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The Université Lumière Lyon 2 is a university of humanities and social sciences in Lyon, France, founded in 1973. It has around 27,000 students from bachelor's (licence) to doctoral level, including more than 4,000 international students enrolled outside exchange programmes, on two main campuses, Berges du Rhône and Porte des Alpes. It is a founding member of the Lyon-Saint-Étienne university community (ComUE).

International students can come on an exchange programme or enrol individually (free movers) to take a full programme and obtain a French degree. Of particular interest to Spanish speakers is the MINERVE International Programme, linked to 16 licence degrees, in which subject courses are taught in German, Spanish or Italian; it will close at the start of the 2027-28 academic year.

• Licence, master's and doctoral programmes in the humanities and social sciences
• French as a foreign language at the Centre International d'Études Françaises (CIEF), including the DUEF diploma
• French courses for exchange students (FEMI) and a summer course

The Direction des relations internationales (DRI) coordinates international matters, and the university points international applicants to the Eiffel excellence scholarship.

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18 quai Claude Bernard, Lyon 7e, Rhône, France, 69365

MINERVE International Programme: linked to 16 licence degrees, with subject lectures in German, Spanish or Italian, given in the second and third years mainly by guest professors from partner universities such as Frankfurt, Barcelona, Girona, Bergamo, Genoa and Rome. Entry level is at least B2 in the chosen language, with C1 as the target. The programme ends at the start of the 2027-28 academic year.

French as a foreign language (CIEF):

• DUEF university diploma in French studies
• French for academic purposes diplomas: arts (ALISE), communication and media (CEM), management and economics (ME)
• DU Passerelle and PRUNE pre-term course
• FEMI courses for exchange students, evening courses, courses for doctoral students and a summer course

Students coming outside an exchange programme enrol individually. There are separate application procedures for non-European students entering the first year of the licence (L1), for non-European students entering L2, L3, M1 or M2, and for European students, who follow the same procedure as French students. From 2026-27, non-EU students pay the differentiated registration fees unless they qualify for an exemption.

For the CIEF French studies diploma (DUEF), the next pre-registration campaign is in March 2027 for the September 2027 intake, via the eCandidat platform.

https://www.univ-lyon2.fr/international/a-titre-individuel-hors-echange-2