Last updated on 03 nov. 2025
The CIEF offers its partners specific and personalised training courses ! Contact us for a teaching proposal and a personalised quote!

The CIEF, a centre specialising in training non-French speakers, offers courses in French language and civilisation. If you would like to offer your students an enriching experience in France, allowing them to benefit from intensive lessons and immersion in Lyon's cultural life, please contact us!
Our teaching department will provide you with a timetable tailored to your requirements, combining language lessons, workshops and cultural outings.

The à la carte programmes include:
  • Language courses: courses in written and oral production and expression, as well as a course in linguistic and methodological support. The aim is to acquire or consolidate learning strategies and communication and interaction skills in general French.
  • A course on French culture and local life allows students to get in touch with French life through the study of cultural themes in class and outside encounters. You will be able to explore the neighbourhoods of Lyon and get to know its inhabitants.
  • Optional workshops/cultural outings to discover Lyon, its museums and cultural events, as well as other cities and regions of France (Annecy, Grenoble, Avignon, etc.).

Want to get started? Write to us at: partenaires.cief@univ-lyon2.fr
 
Target audience
  • An allophone audience, as part of a partnership
  • with a minimum age of 18 years
  • Levels A1 to C1 in French (no certification required)
  • Students of specialised subjects in your country of origin
Programme

The 3, 6 and 9 courses each include:

4 specialised courses per week
 
5 language courses per week, including 1 linguistic and methodological accompanying course

1 course in Francophone culture and local life per week, including at least:
  • 2 accompanied outings for package 3
  • 4 accompanied outings for package 6
  • 6 accompanied outings for package 9

[1] Health measures related to Covid-19 may result in modifications in the frequency and nature of visits outside class.

Key info
Formula 3
Duration of training  52,5 hours (3 weeks)
Group rate  6 900 € (group of 20 trainees maximum)
Prerequisites Level B1 (open only to university partners)
Formula 9
Duration of training 157,5 hours (9 weeks)
Group rate 18 500 € (group of 20 trainees maximum)
Prerequisites Level B1 (open only to university partners)
Formula 6
Duration of training 105 hours (6 weeks)
Group rate  13 000 € (group of 20 trainees maximum)
Prerequisites Level B1 (open only to university partners)