| A | B |
|---|
| le brouillon | rough draft |
| le rédaction | essay, paper |
| l'exposé (m) | report |
| le certificat d'aptitude professionnelle (le CAP) | occupational cerficate |
| le brevet d'études professionnelles (le BEP) | general vocational certificate |
| le brevet des collèges | lower secondary school diploma |
| la moyenne | average |
| le niveau | level |
| le résultat | result |
| le bulletin scolaire | report card |
| noter | to grade, give a grade, mark |
| l'heure (f) de colle | detention |
| sécher un cours | to skip a class |
| faire l'école buissonnière | to skip school, play hooky |
| tricher | to cheat |
| le cancre | bad student, dunce |
| analphabète | illiterate |
| l'option (f) | elective, elective class |
| l'internat (m) | boarding school |
| le centre de formation professionnelle | vocational training school |
| l'école de commerce | trade school |
| l'établissement (m) d'éducation spécialisée | school for children with special needs |
| l'année scolaire | school year |
| le système scolaire | scholastic system, educational system |
| la scolarité obligatoire | compulsory school attendance, mandatory schooling |
| la scolarité | course of study, schooling |
| le surveillant | vice-principal (male) |
| la surveillante | vice-principal (female) |
| aller en étude | to undergo supervised schoolwork |
| l'université | university |
| la grande école | elite university |
| la classe préparatoire | preparatory class for an elite university |
| le centre de recherche | research center |
| le chercheur | researcher (male) |
| la chercheuse | researcher (female) |
| le savant | scholar (male) |
| la savante | scholar (female) |
| l'expérience | experiment |
| expérimental | experimental |
| la démonstration | proof |
| démontrer | to prove |
| Je vais te démontrer par a + b que j'ai raison. | I'm going to prove to you in black and white that I'm right. |
| la psychologie | psychology |
| le restaurant universitaire | college cafeteria |
| la cité universitaire | university student housing complex |
| la maîtrise | master's degree |
| passer sa maîtrise | to earn one's master's degree |
| le cours de soir | evening course |
| le cours par correspondance | correspondence course |
| les travaux dirigés (mpl) | seminar, directed study |
| les travaux practiques (mpl) | practicum |
| le cours magistral | lecture-style course |
| l'assistant | assistant, teacher's aide (male) |
| l'assistante | assistant, teacher's aide (female) |
| la chaire | chair, professorship |
| la biochimie | biochemisty |
| la recherche fondamentale | basic research |
| l'université populaire | extension classes |
| l'institut universitaire (m) de technologie (l'IUT) | institute of technology |
| l'école (f) des beaux arts | fine arts school |
| le certificat | certificate |
| le concours | competitive exam, placement exam, advanced placement exam |
| être reçu à un concours | to pass a placement exam |
| la scientifique | scientist (female) |
| le scientifique | scientist (male) |
| le progrès | progress |
| la théorie | theory |
| le laboratoire | laboratory |
| le mathématicien | mathematician (male) |
| la mathématicienne | mathematician (female) |
| le physicien | physicist (male) |
| la physicienne | physicist (female) |
| le/la chimiste | chemist |
| le/la biologiste | biologist |
| l'informaticien (m) | IT specialist, computer scientist (male) |
| l'informaticienne (f) | IT specialist, computer scientist (female) |
| la réussite | success |
| l'échec (m) | failure |
| découvrir | to discover |
| la découverte | discovery |
