University of Toulouse-Jean Jaurès

Location: Toulouse, France
Website: https://www.univ-tlse2.fr/ (see info for exchange students)
Language of instruction: English and French (B1 level recommended to access courses taught in French).

Students may need French language proficiency certification ahead of their exchange. The UVic French and Francophone Studies department hosts tests in March and November. Please contact goglobal@uvic.ca for more information!

Terms: Fall semester (mid-September - January) // Spring semester (mid-January - May).

Note: Exams for the fall semester are usually written in the first two weeks of January; arrangements can be made for students on fall-only exchanges to write their exams either in Victoria, by correspondence, or in Toulouse prior to their departure.

Highlights

Toulouse is a vibrant city in the south-west of France, about equidistant from the Mediterranean and from Bordeaux on the Atlantic, and 90 minutes from the Pyrenees Mountains which form the French-Spanish border. It’s set in the land of red-slate roofs, sunflower fields and vineyards, farmers’ markets and hundreds of years of history. Students can easily spend a weekend in Barcelona, spend spring break hiking the Camino de Santiago or skiing in the Alps, and backpack around Europe when they’re done.
The University of Toulouse has a long-standing tradition of humanities studies. Founded in 1229, the institution became renowned in the 16th century for hosting prestigious humanist thinkers including Rabelais and Montaigne. The Faculty of Humanities was transferred in 1968 from the centre of Toulouse to its current location, the newly-built Mirail district which gave its name to the University of Toulouse le Mirail.
The Department of History was ranked third among French universities in a survey of 700 world universities. The Department now offers an innovative bilingual diploma in History in either English or Spanish. Toulouse has been ranked the best city in France for student life by “L’Etudiant,” a magazine for students that annually ranks French university towns.

Accessibility

Université Toulouse-Jean has the PEH (Center for students with disabilities) dedicated to welcoming and supporting students with disabilities.
Read more info on available supports and contacts on the University Site.

Area of study

Two study options are available:

Students with beginner or intermediate level French can enroll in History and English courses taught in English, and complement this with French courses at their level;
Students with advanced French (normally UVic's FRAN 375 or higher) are free to enroll in any course offered across campus, including:
- Arts
- Literature
- Languages
- Humanities
- Social Sciences
- Technology
- Health
- Management

French language courses:

The department of French as a Foreign Language (DEFLE Département d’Etude du Français Langue Étrangère) offers courses for non-native French speakers. The courses available will depend on the field of study where the student has been nominated.

Credits & Course Evaluations

Credits at NUS:

Full-time option: 30 ECTS unit at UT2J

Course Evaluations at UVic:

Once accepted, UVic exchange students will be able to submit UT2J courses to UVic for evaluation. The results will indicate how many UVic units each UT2J course is worth, as well as the course equivalency.
This evaluation process opens in late September for Spring exchange terms and in late March for Fall exchange terms. Evaluations take 4-6 weeks for results to be made available.
Course evaluations results are tentative until the end of the exchange term, when a final evaluation is conducted by UVic Records using your UT2J transcript, and the results are applied to your UVic transcript.

Course catalogue

For courses taught in French, please check out the full course catalogue, available as PDFs.
Students who are interested in courses taught in English can see the list of courses here.

Exchange credit history

See the exchange credit history listing of courses that have been previously evaluated from Université Toulouse -Jean Jaures. Note that this is a guide only, and not a guarantee that your courses would be evaluated in the same way.

Housing

On-campus housing: Available
- Once accepted into the exchange program, students will be able to apply through the International Office at UT2J.
- See Practical information for foreign students for accommodation options.
- All students, including foreign students, are also eligible to apply for a housing benefit allocated by the Family Allowance Fund (CAF) to reduce the cost of their rent.

Immigration, Health Insurance, and Fees

Health Insurance:

Non-European students need to register at the Sécurité Sociale (free).
SIMPPS is a health service on campus, which offers free consultations by appointment (general practitioners, social workers, nurses, psychologists)
Students with special needs who benefit from special arrangements at their home university may benefit from the same arrangements at the Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès, if these arrangements also exist at our institution. To do so, they must present an official document from their home university.

Visa:

It is the students’ responsibility to get informed and apply for a visa at the French embassy/consulate of their home country. According to students’ nationality, they might also need to register first to the Etudes en France platform.

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