Program Overview

Spend a semester or a year rounding out your degree at the Université Lumière (Lyon 2). You can take classes from all the disciplines in beautiful Lyon, while earning credits toward your UD degree and experiencing French university life. Lyon is located in the Rhône-Alps region, one of France's most geographically diverse areas, at the confluence of the Rhône and the Saône rivers. It is the second-largest city in France. Although amphitheaters, aqueducts, and baths recall the Roman era, Lyon today is a vibrant and important European business and university center. And, at only two to three hours by train to Paris, the French Alps, the French Riviera, and Geneva, Lyon offers the chance to explore France and Europe during your stay.

Université Lumière is one of three universities in the French national university system located in Lyon. The university is approximately the same size as the University of Delaware with about 20,000 French and international students. The university provides a full offering of courses with some taught in English. All of the university's courses are open to University of Delaware students who satisfy the individual courses' prerequisites.

The exchange program is designed for students who are fluent in French and who want the opportunity of spending a semester or entire year studying in the French university system. In order to help international students prepare for their courses, Université Lumière (Lyon 2) offers intensive refresher courses in French both prior to the start of the Fall semester and during the academic year.

While Université Lumière is ready to welcome UD students for a semester or year, whatever their major or area of interest, the majority of students who have participated in the program in the past have majored either in Political Science or Economics. Students register for their courses at the University of Delaware and pay UD tuition, but grades enter a student's UD transcript as transfer credits. If you are a Political Science major and would like more information, contact Professor Mark Miller of the Department of Political Science. For students with other than a Political Science major, please contact Dr. James G. Mulligan of the Department of Economics. Both Professors Miller and Mulligan can provide additional details about course work in Lyon and can also refer you to the Université Lumière students now enrolled at the University of Delaware for their view of university life in Lyon.

General Info / Student Life

The following is some specific information to help you plan a stay in Lyon. At the end are links to sites concerning Université Lumière and the city of Lyon.

a. Documentation upon arrival:

1. Passports and visas
   All students should have a valid passport for the period of their study in Lyon, plus a visa if staying longer than three months. This procedure may take some time so you are advised to start early.
2. Proof of income
   In order to receive a visa, you must receive an official acceptance letter from the university and must complete a form attesting that you have sufficient financial resources to cover your costs while in France.
3. Birth certificate including parents' names plus a certified translation in French and, if applicable, a marriage certificate.
4. 3 recent, identical passport photos (black and white, and preferably on a white background).

b. Social Security and third-party liability for foreign students in France:

• Students from the European Union countries must ensure that they bring an E111 or E128 form (available from the social services of your country of origin) or provide proof of private comprehensive insurance that covers you for the entirety of your stay. These documents must include the exact dates of the beginning and end of the academic year in progress.
  
  Students from outside the EU will be integrated into the French Social Security System. Please note that this is obligatory, even if you already have your own insurance, or social security, public or private in France or in another country.
  
  Third-party liability insurance is obligatory.

c. Transportation:

Courses

Most all of Université Lumière's courses are taught in French. There, however, are some courses taught in English in Economics and Political Science. While all of the University's courses are open to any UD student who satisfies the prerequisites for the courses, we will help you design a course of study that best fits your program at the University of Delaware.

For example, a political science, business or economics major could choose from a wide range of courses in areas, such as monetary policy, banking, finance, industrial economics, international economics, European political and economic integration, labor economics, transportation, management or econometrics. Students seeking courses in other major areas will find a wide range of possibilities in such fields of study as psychology, sociology, history, French literature, and law. Courses can be taken to fulfill both group and major field requirements with your academic advisor's approval.

Université Lumière operates on a semester system. The Fall semester begins at the end of September and ends during the middle of December. End of semester exams will take place in January.

Costs

Though you'll be attending Université Lumière (Lyon 2), you will pay University of Delaware tuition. Financial aid may be transferable. Please consult the office of Scholarships and Financial Aid.

You are responsible for travel, books, personal living expenses, room and board.

Housing is available both on campus and in Lyon. Université Lumière (Lyon 2) will organize accommodations during your stay, which includes a private room, breakfast each day and lunch and dinner on the weekends. During the week students eat at one of the University's student restaurants.

Requirements

The Exchange in Lyon is designed for all undergraduates, regardless of major or academic affiliation, who have completed at least two college-level French courses above the intermediate level. Applicants are expected to have a thorough working knowledge of French and a minimum 2.8 grade point average (on a 4.00 scale).

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