This program usually involves a weekly schedule of 20 hours of class time and 10 hours of reinforcement activities. The courses are from Monday to Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
French for immigrants
Sign up for the Programme de francisation des immigrants adultes and make the transition to your new life faster and easier—at school, at work, and in Québec society. Since 1999, École de langues has been mandated by Québec’s Ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration (MIFI) to provide French-language training to educated immigrants with permanent resident status.
Pursue your studies in French at Université Laval
Since the program was first offered at Université Laval in 1999, École de langues has helped countless students pursue undergraduate and graduate studies at Université Laval and go on to find employment in the fields for which they were already qualified.
This partnership with MIFI is a perfect fit for École de langues and for Université Laval as a whole, both in its mission to offer students an international education and its role in strengthening Québec society.
Regular full time courses
This program offers a similar structure to the French as a second language program offered by École de langues. Every student is participating in 20 hours of class and in 10 hours of reinforcement activities per week, and this for a maximum of 1320 hours distributed in four semesters. The regular full time courses are offered to students whose level is from beginner to intermediate.
Course schedule
Calendar
Courses are offered from mid-August to the end of June. As soon as you are applying to the program, you can expect to start quickly. Every semester lasts 11 weeks, classes are 5 days a week. Please consult our calendar of the current school year (PDF) to register soon.
Financial aid
The Quebec government offers financial aid to the immigrants who are taking the regular full time courses. You may receive help to participate in the program, including your commuting and the fees for your children kindergarden and school.
Admission and registration
See the MIFI site to find out if you qualify for the program. We’ll assess your language proficiency and help you with the registration process.
In the Greater Montreal area: 514-864-9191
Toll free: 1 877 864-9191
From abroad: +1 514-864-9191
Specialized course in management, legal, and business French
This part-time course (6 hours per week) is aiming toward people whose French is not their first language and who wish to improve their spoken or written professional communication, for example, in their work meetings, in their interactions with colleagues or while dealing with the general public. The required level for this program is intermediate-advanced.
Other establishments are offering specialized courses in other professional fields (engineering and applied sciences; healthcare; and nursing care). It is possible to choose the professional field when you are applying with the MIFI.
Course schedule
This course is offered part time, on Tuesdays and Thursdays (or Mondays and Wednesdays in other establishments) from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
These specialized courses are offered online only. For the online program, each student accept that they need to have access to:
- a computer (or a tablet) able to run video conferencing applications, and is equipped of a camera and a microphone;
- a good internet connection;
- an personal email address (which is only used by the student);
- a keyboard, preferably in French;
- heaphones or earbuds if needed.
Please note that a cellphone is not sufficient.
Calendar
These semesters are lasting 11 weeks and there are three semesters per year, from October to June. Please consult our part time course calendar of the current school year (PDF) to register soon.
Financial aid
The Quebec government offers financial aid to the immigrants who are taking the part time courses. You may receive help to participate in the program, including your commuting and the fees for your children while you are in class.
Admission and registration
The specialized courses are aimed toward students that are of intermediate-advance level.
See the MIFI site to find out if you qualify for the program. We’ll assess your language proficiency and help you with the registration process.
In the Greater Montreal area: 514-864-9191
Toll free: 1 877 864-9191
From abroad: +1 514-864-9191