FranceNational degree available at UNICAEN as part of international classes:
BACHELOR'S DEGREE – Economics/Licence d’économie
https://uniform.unicaen.fr/catalogue/formation/licences/5418-licence-economie
This university degree allows the students to either get admitted to a Master's degree in economics, management, insurance/banking/finance or statistics/econometrics or to enter the job market in private compagnies of all sectors and sizes. Expertise in economics opens up a wide range of opportunities in all sectors of activity including banking-insurance, companies in all sectors, local, national or international public institutions.
BACHELOR'S DEGREE – Management/Licence de Gestion
https://uniform.unicaen.fr/catalogue/formation/licences/6993-licence-gestion
This university degree allows the students to either get admitted to a Master's degree such as Entrepreneurship and project management//Management control and organisational audit// Money, banking, finance and insurance //Accounting, control and audit //Marketing and sales and Innovation management.
From accounting and financial analysis to marketing, strategy consulting, entrepreneurship and business creation, and even human resources management, the Management degree prepares you for the jobs that are essential in the management of an organisation, whether public or private, and in all sectors of activity.
BACHELOR'S DEGREE – Geography/Licence Géographie et aménagement
https://uniform.unicaen.fr/catalogue/formation/licences/5422-licence-geographie-et-amenagement?s=SEGGAT
This university degree allows the students to either get admitted to a Master's degree such as Geography, planning, environment and development, including two tracks: Environment, risks and territorial diagnostics and Territories in transition, or Master in Urban planning and development or master for teaching.
After specialising in geography and planning, you will have numerous opportunities in planning, urban planning, local development, environment, risk and global change, geomatics, cartography, spatial data management or teaching.
BACHELOR’S DEGREE – Mathematics/Licence de Mathématiques (with 2 minors: Computer Science and/or Physics, Mechanics)
https://uniform.unicaen.fr/catalogue/formation/licences/5759-licence-mathematiques?s=SCIENCES
This university degree allows the students to either get admitted to a Master's degree such as Fundamental mathematics, or Applied mathematics or the MINMACS graduate school https://www.minmacs.fr/ //Computer Science Algorithms and Intelligent Systems, Artificial Intelligence and Human Factors, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science and Health //Mechanics or our Engineering school: ESIX Normandie https://esix.unicaen.fr/ or ENSICAEN
After specialising in mathematics, there are many opportunities open to you in almost all sectors of activity: Teaching, research// IT, telecommunications, social networks //Environment and energy //Transport, robotics, space// Management and security of banking and internet data // Finance, economics, banking, insurance //Human and social sciences, demography, human resources
BACHELOR’S DEGREE – Computing Science/Licence d’Informatique
https://uniform.unicaen.fr/catalogue/formation/licences/5615-licence-informatique?s=SCIENCES
With IT expertise, you can join companies of all sizes and types, whether they specialise in IT (digital services companies - DSCs) or not, because IT is essential in all sectors. For example, you could work in Banking and finance (management or business intelligence) //Civil service (national education, health, army), SMEs.
BACHELOR'S DEGREE – Chemistry/Licence Chimie
https://uniform.unicaen.fr/catalogue/formation/licences/5356-licence-chimie?s=SCIENCES
This university degree allows the students to either get admitted to a Master's degree in Chemistry with courses in catalysis, organic chemistry or industrial environment control. You could also do a Master in material science or register to ESIX or ENSICAEN’s engineering schools.
After specializing in chemistry, you will be able to work in the following fields: industrial, analytical, environmental or pharmaceutical chemistry.
BACHELOR'S DEGREE – Mechanical Engineering/Licence Mécanique
https://uniform.unicaen.fr/catalogue/formation/licences/5532-licence-mecanique?s=SCIENCES
This university degree allows the students to either get admitted to a Master's degree in mechanical engineering (modelling and digital simulation or environmental management, coastal engineering and geosciences) or register to ESIX engineering school.
After specializing in mechanics, you can pursue a career in many sectors such as transport (automotive, aeronautics, rail, naval and space), energy (nuclear, oil and renewable), agri-food, environmental technologies (pollutant dispersion) and health (biomechanics).
BACHELOR'S DEGREE – Physics/Licence Physique
https://uniform.unicaen.fr/catalogue/formation/licences/5358-licence-physique?s=SCIENCES
This university degree allows the students to either get admitted to a Master's degree in physics & applications or register to Ensicaen or Esix engineering schools.
After specializing in physics, you can pursue careers in fundamental and applied research, teaching, modelling and simulation (in mechanics, finance, climatology etc.), medical instrumentation or energy.
BACHELOR'S DEGREE – Integrated Preparatory School in Engineering Sciences/Classe Préparatoire Intégrée (CPI) Sciences de l’Ingénieur (ESI)
https://uniform.unicaen.fr/catalogue/formation/pi/7723-preparation-integree-sciences-de-l-ingenieur?s=ESIX
The IPS allows you to switch to bachelor’s degrees in mechanics or Electronics, Electrical and Automation at any time. This IPS is primarily aimed at the Mechatronics and Embedded Systems engineering degree. The students can also pursue other engineering degrees or master’s degrees in Energy, Industrial, Nuclear or Mechanical specializing in modelling and digital simulation degrees.
After five years of study, the students can pursue careers as scientific engineers in energy, industrial, nuclear or mechatronics and embedded systems sectors.
BACHELOR'S DEGREE – Integrated Preparatory School in Engineering Sciences/Classe Préparatoire Intégrée (CPI) Sciences des aliments_Sciences pour la Santé (SPS-ESA)
https://uniform.unicaen.fr/catalogue/formation/pi/7725-preparation-integree-sciences-des-aliments-%C2%B7-sciences-pour-la-sante?s=ESIX
The IPS allows you to switch to bachelor’s degree within the Health Sciences bachelors. This IPS is primarily aimed at the Agri-Food engineering degree. The students can also pursue other engineering degrees or master’s degrees in biology.
After five years of study, the students can pursue careers in the agri-food sector, particularly in management positions such as research and development, production, quality, health, safety and environment, agri-food process engineers. They could also pursue as project or sector management. The agri-food sector is very broad and offers a variety of opportunities depending on the sector (meat, dairy, aquatic, plant, health, animal feed products…) and the services (quality, production, research and development, sales/purchasing, distribution, logistic, auditing etc.)
| HOURS OF FRENCH CLASSES | 360 hrs French as a Foreign Language/FLE (216 hrs semester 1 / 144 hrs semester 2) 12 hrs French for Specific Purposes/FOS (semester 1) 20 hrs Preparation for the DELF exam (10h/semester 1 and 2) |
| HOURS ACADEMIC / METHODOLOGY CLASSES | 12 hrs supervised observations (semester 1) 30 hrs Disciplinary methodology/Content 72 hrs French for Academic Purposes/FOU: observation and participation in courses within the department (semester 2) |
| TOTAL HOURS | 506 hours |
Founded in 1432, UNICAEN is among Europe's oldest universities, combining a rich academic tradition with modern facilities and innovative teaching. It welcomes 33,000 students, including 3,000 international students from over 100 countries.
A multidisciplinary university offering programs in:
Internationalisation priorities:
FEES for the Classes Internationales:
FEES for the university diplomas:
| Year | Bachelor (any track) | Classe préparatoire intégrée (any track) |
| Y1 | 2,895 € | 2,895 € |
| Y2 | 2,895 € | 2,895 € |
| Y3 | 2,895 € | 3,941 € (for Master's or Engineering degree) |
| Y4 | 3,941 € (for Master's degree) | 3,941 € (for Master's or Engineering degree) |
| Y5 | 3,941 € (for Master's degree) | 3,941 € (for Master's or Engineering degree) |
| Grand total | 8,685 € (Bachelor) 16,567 € (Bachelor + Master) |
5,790 € (Classe prépa intégrée) 17,613 € (CPI + Engineering diploma) |
Additionally, students will have to pay for:
UNICAEN and in particular its "Carré international" assists students to receive all the necessary information about their arrival, including details on accommodation (priority access to dorms at the CROUS, other choices possible such as staying with a host family or list of private residences) and transportation from Paris airport to Caen.
The Carré international organizes welcome and orientation days at the beginning of each semester to help students integrate into the university environment and daily life (university and city tours, information sessions, activities, etc.)
The students can benefit from a dedicated administrative staff for registration and general student support, a teaching team ready to listen and support and an International Student Support team to answer day-to-day questions (administrative procedures, enrolment once the international class is over, etc.)
Fee-paying excursions will also be available all year round with ESN (Erasmus student association https://www.instagram.com/esncaen/), as well as buddy programs.
Academic calendar for the "Classes Internationales":
Dates of exams: TBC – usually December and April/May
Dates of holidays:
Student applications will be done by the international service and the components on a rolling basis (between November 2025 and May 2026).
Interviews (visio) will be held before the final selection and before 31 May 2026.