| A | B |
|---|
| apprendre par coeur | to memorize |
| assister à | to attend |
| échouer | to fail |
| faire des études de | to study, to major in |
| former | to educate, to prepare |
| s'inscrire | to register, to enroll |
| loger | to lodge, to live |
| s'orienter | to choose a course of study |
| se préinscrire | to preregister |
| se rattraper | to make up |
| recevoir (un diplôme) | to finish a course of study, to graduate |
| régler | to settle, to pay |
| remplir | to fill out |
| retirer | to obtain, to withdraw |
| sécher un cours | to cut a class |
| subir | to undergo |
| un amphithéâtre (un amphi) | lecture hall |
| un apprentissage | apprenticeship |
| un bachelier, une bachelière | baccalaureate holder |
| le BTS (brevet de technicien supérieur) | technical degree obtained at secondary level |
| la cité universaire | residence hall complex |
| une classe préparatoire | preparatory class(for the entry exam to the grandes écoles) |
| une conférence | lecture |
| un conseiller/une conseillère | adviser |
| le contôle assidu des connaissances | periodic testing |
| une copie | exam paper |
| un cours magistral | lecture by the professor |
| un cursus | course of study |
| le DEUG | degree obtained after two years of university study |
| le deuxième cycle | second level of higher education |
| un diplôme | diploma, degree |
| le DUT | technical degree obtained at university level |
| l'enseignement | teaching, instruction, education |
| une épreuve | test |
| les études | course of study |
| les études supérieures | graduate school |
| une fiche | form |
| une formation | education, academic preparation |
| les frais d'inscription | tuition, registration fees |
| HEC | prestigious business school |
| l'informatique | computer science |
| les inscriptions | registration |
| une insertion | entry info |
| un IUT | Technical Institute |
| la licence | first diploma after DEUG |
| la maîtrise | master's degree, one year beyond Licence |
| une majeure | major subject |
| une mention | honors |
| une mineure | minor |
| le ministère de l'Education nationale | Department of Education |
| un module | unit |
| une moyenne | average |
| un niveau | level |
| une note | grade |
| une orientation | direction of study |
| un polycopié | reproduced set of lecture notes |
| la premiére | next to last year of lycée |
| le receuil des voeux | choice of preferences |
| le repêchage | second chance |
| le Resto U | university restaurant |
| une spécialisation | major (field os study) |
| la terminale | last year of lycée |
| les travaux pratiques | lab |
| une unité de valeur | credit |
| la vie active | work |
| admis(e) | accepted |
| au fur et à mesure | bit by bit |
| deçu(e) | disappointed |
| démodé(e) | old-fashioned |
| facultatif(-ive) | optional |
| gratuit(e) | free |
| provisoire | temporary |
| reçu(e) | passed (an exam) |
| sélectif (-ive) | selective |
| surpleuplé(e) | crowded |
