French Education
| Enseignement Superieure/ Higher Education | Age | French System | American System |
| 25-26 | Doctorat | PhD | |
| 24-25 | Doctorat | PhD | |
| 23-24 | Doctorat | PhD | |
| 22-23 | Master 2 | Master's | |
| 21-22 | Master 1 | Master's | |
| 20-21 | Licence | Bachelor's | |
| 19-20 | Licence | Bachelor's | |
| 18-19 | Licence | Bachelor's | |
| Enseignement Secondaire/ Secondary Education | Age | Lycee | High School |
| 17-18 | Tle - Terminale L/ES/S | 12th grade | |
| 16-17 | 1e - Premiere L/ES/S | 11th grade | |
| 15-16 | 2e - Seconde | 10th grade | |
| Age | College | Junior High School | |
| 14-15 | 3e - Troisieme | 9th grade | |
| 13-14 | 4e - Quatrieme | 8th grade | |
| 12-13 | 5e - Cinquieme | 7th grade | |
| 11-12 | 6e - Sixieme | 6th grade | |
| Enseignement Primaire/ Primary Education | Age | Ecole Primaire | Elementary School |
| 10-11 | CM2 - Cours Moyen Seconde Annee | 5th grade | |
| 9-10 | CM1 - Cours Moyen Premiere Annee | 4th grade | |
| 8-9 | CE2 - Cours Elementaire Seconde Annee | 3rd grade | |
| 7-8 | CE1 - Cours Elementaire Premiere Annee | 2th grade | |
| 6-7 | CP - Cours Primaire | 1st grade | |
| Age | Ecole Maternelle | Kindergarten | |
| 5-6 | Grande Section | kindergarten | |
| 4-5 | Moyenne Section | pre-kindergarten | |
| 3-4 | Petite Section | pre-school | |
| 2-3 | Creche | Nursery school |
Links
Your Guide to the French Education System
A fairly complete guide about the French Education system. Provides good background information with a focus on primary
and secondary education.
Moving-To-France-Made-Easy.com - The French Education System
This page offers some personalised advice to how life at school is in France and what foreign children can do in
order to adapt successfully to the new system.
Embassy of France in the US - Education in France: The School System
This page from the Embassy of France in the US gives another account about the French Educational System. It offers a more critical view of the system. Interesting to spot the pros and cons of the system.
French Foreign Affairs Embassy - Education in France - Social Matters: French Educational System
The useful aspect of this page consists in the list of links that are available at the bottom. This will be most interesting to those who are already living in France or about to move shortly.