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French university system : public education and global challenge. http:/christophe.benavent.free.fr Professor UPX. Basic elements. A full public system A free system (fee=350 euros/years including social coverage)
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French university system : public education and global challenge http:/christophe.benavent.free.fr Professor UPX
Basic elements • A full public system • A free system (fee=350 euros/years including social coverage) • An equal status for foreigners ( 10% - 240 000 foreign student – 2000 brasileiros) • Exception of business and engineering school • But scarce resources • Low fees (150) and moderate costs : (11 000 euros) • Importance of local government for buildings • The enterprise interaction challenge • The demographic stabilization
Challenges • The need for a better research ranking in international publications (Paris 6 Orsay, 65 th and first french university) • The need for a better performance of the education system • The need to change the financing structure • The European constraint : the master reforms • Internationalization as a necessity
An european orientation • Three level of degree : • License, Master, Doctorate –to get a higher readability • Strengthening the link between education and research : • an excellence center policy • European Equivalency, and operability : • ETCS et Erasmus program