Enrollment of a foreigner in higher education - Refugee

Verified 05 décembre 2025 - Public Service / Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

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  • You are stateless, a refugee or a beneficiary of subsidiary protection
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The procedure differs depending on whether you want to enroll in a selective stream or not:

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General case

If you are stateless, refugee or beneficiary of the subsidiary protection by theOfpra: titleContent, you must apply directly to the university. Ask the university for the application dates.

The institution is free to choose whether or not to accept your application on the basis of its own criteria.

In practice, the university verifies that you have a diploma opening access to higher education in the country where it was obtained.

You do not apply for prior admission (DAP) to the university. You also do not have to follow the procedure for checking your language level.

The receipt for the application for a protection scheme does not allow the benefit of the exemption from PAD and language verification. You must present the proof of allocation of protection scheme, i.e. the final document.

Ask the establishment concerned:

Selective stream (BTS, DUT, preparatory class)

If you are stateless, refugee or beneficiary of the subsidiary protection by theOfpra: titleContent, you must apply on Parcoursup. between late December and mid-March.

You do not apply for prior admission (DAP) to the university. You also do not have to follow the procedure for checking your language level.

The receipt for the application for a protection scheme does not allow the benefit of the exemption from PAD and language verification. You must present the proof of allocation of protection scheme, i.e. the final document.

Ask the establishment concerned:

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