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Ella Sancassani
Bonjour! I am Ella and I look after our French students coming to the University of Essex. Each year we welcome a number of students from France to study various courses including English and French Law, Politics, and Business Management, and we are delighted that you are considering joining them. We currently have over 270 French students studying at Essex. Below you'll find some country-specific information which I hope you will find helpful. Please do get in touch at europe@essex.ac.uk if you have any questions.
Ella Sancassani
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Entry requirements

Undergraduate

Most of our Undergraduate Bachelor degree courses will consider a minimum overall mark of 12 from the French Baccalaureat or a mark of 11 from the OIB. For the Double Degree LLB English and French Law we require an overall mark of 14 including 12 in English and 12 in French in the French Baccalaureat, or equivalent.

We also have a range of Foundation Programmes available if you do not meet these grades. Please visit our Pathways Department for details about our undergraduate degrees with a foundation year and the University of Essex International College for other undergraduate and postgraduate pathways.

Some courses have higher entry requirements as well as other admissions criteria. Please see individual courses for more information or email our admissions team admit@essex.ac.uk.

Postgraduate Taught

Many of our Postgraduate Taught Masters will consider applicants with 12/20 or above in Maitrise. Some courses and departments have higher entry requirements as well as other admissions criteria. Please see individual courses for more information or email our admissions team at pgadmit@essex.ac.uk.

We also have a range of Foundation Programmes available through our partner Kaplan International Colleges if you do not meet these grades. Please visit University of Essex International College for further information.

Postgraduate Research 

For entry to Research degrees, please refer to the entry requirements for the degree that you are interested in. 

An undergraduate degree equivalent to a UK 2:2 (see the grade information above), and a master's degree with a good grade is required for most PhD programmes, in addition to a well-developed research proposal in a field in which we can offer supervision. Please have a read through our information for research degree applicants and check the course details for your chosen programme for further information about entry criteria.

Scholarships and funding

Our Essex Global Talent Scholarship, worth 50% of the first year tuition fee, is available for international undergraduate or master’s students.

International Baccalaureate Excellence Scholarship offers £2,000 scholarships to students who start at Essex in 2025-2026 and achieve academic excellence in their International Baccalaureate. 

Our Undergraduate EU Scholarship offers £5,000 scholarships to undergraduate students from France. Please visit the link for further details about deadlines and eligibility.

Our Master (PGT) EU Scholarship offers up to £5,500 scholarships to master students from France. Please visit the link for further details about deadlines and eligibility.

We also offer generous Performance Sports scholarships and bursaries, with up to a 100% tuition fee discount and other exclusive benefits included for talented athletes playing at national, regional or international level.

Please visit our Scholarships pages for full terms and conditions and information about additional funding opportunities.

Our student societies

We’ve got over 100 clubs and societies at Essex, including our friendly French Connection society, where you’ll have the chance to:

  • Share French language and culture with other students
  • Make and enjoy French food
  • Partake in society socials

Explore the French Connection society

Join in the conversation and get to know other students with the society's Instagram page.

LLB English and French Laws (Licence)

For students fluent in both English and French, our LLB English and French Law (Licence) 'double degree' combines two years at Essex with one year of study at one of our partner universities in France:

  • Université Paris-Nanterre
  • Université Lyon III Jean Moulin
  • Université Côte d'Azur
  • Université Toulouse Capitole

Please note that in order to study at Toulouse as part of this course, students must apply via Parcoursoup. Further information is available through the course pages.

Our double degree students are very active and have their own society- l'Association du double diplôme Essex France. 

Read Anna Massy's blog on what it's like being a student on the LLB English and French Law.

Meet us in France

Unfortunately we don't have events planned in your country at present. However, please do not hesitate to get in touch with your country contact named below with any questions.

Hear from our French students

The University offers a double degree with Nanterre University that is really good. I really wanted to go abroad for at least a year, to practice my English, meet new people and discover a whole new kind of life. Essex offered me all that. I felt really comfortable at the University of Essex, right from the beginning! Everyone is concerned about your wellbeing and if you have a problem in any course, there will always be someone (a tutor or a lecturer) to help you out. If you want an experience totally different from the experience you get in a French university, if you want to practice your English but stay close to France, if you want to have a good degree and if you want to enjoy yourself as much as I did and meet new people from all around the world, then Essex is made for you!
Justine Meyer LLB English and French Laws
I originally applied to study French and English Law at Essex, but then realised that Law was not for me so chose Business Management as I passed an economic baccalauréat. At the beginning of my first year it was a bit hard to make the transition from learning in French to English. However after the Christmas break everything was perfect, and I had a very good first year (socially and academically). What I loved was to meet people from different countries and different cultures. Applying to Essex can be a good experience for you, it has been for me a good opportunity to live in England, meet international students, and to discover the student life on campus, something that isn’t the same in France! 
Amélie du Fayet de La Tou BSc Business Management and Modern Languages 
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