Université Jean Monnet Saint-Étienne

Licence (first year) - applicants with a French baccalauréat or equivalent

First-year applicants apply through Parcoursup. Administrative registration follows admission, then pedagogical registration. Students without a baccalauréat may apply for the DAEU or the Capacité en Droit.

International applicants - Licence 1

Applicants holding a foreign secondary-school diploma who live outside the EEA and Switzerland must have the qualifications that give access to higher education in the country where the diploma was obtained, and must submit a Demande d'Admission Préalable (DAP). Applicants living abroad apply through the cultural and cooperation service of the French embassy or the Centre pour les Études en France (Campus France) in their country, using the Études en France platform where it applies. Applicants already living in France download the dossier vert and return it to the university by mail to [email protected]; for entry in September 2027 the deadline is 15 December 2026 at noon. A French-language test (TCF for the DAP) is organised at UJM in January 2027 by France Éducation international; online registration runs from 3 November to 15 December. B2 is required for all programmes except those listed in an annex where C1 is required. Holders of the DUEF at B2, C1 or C2 (as required), and nationals of states where French is an official language, are exempt from the test.

International applicants - Licence 2, Licence 3, Master 1 and Master 2

No DAP is required. Applicants from countries under the Études en France / CEF procedure apply on the Études en France platform; others apply on eCandidat (Licence 2 and 3, Master 2) or through the master application platform accessible from Trouver Mon Master (Master 1). Dedicated servers exist for international masters.

DUEF (French language diploma, B1, B2 or C1)

Applicants living in France apply on eCandidat from 1 April to 31 August 2026 for the autumn semester or a full year; a certificate at A2 level (TCF or DELF) is required. Applicants abroad apply through the French embassy.

Master

The master is a national diploma at level 7 of the European Qualifications Framework, taught over two years. Recruitment is selective at entry to Master 1 (on file or competition, subject to capacity); access to Master 2 is by right for students who validated Master 1 in the same mention at the same institution, and selective for others. Applications are made through monmaster.gouv.fr (Mon Master) for most Master 1, through Études en France for applicants from the 41 countries concerned, and through eCandidat or dedicated servers for other cases. The file contains a CV, identity document, detailed record of previous studies, diplomas and transcripts, and a motivation letter; some programmes also require recommendation letters, a project or dissertation, a work-study contract promise, certifications, language tests (TOEIC, TOEFL, DELF) or disciplinary tests (SIM, TAGE MAGE, GMAT). UJM offers over 40 master diplomas and more than 80 pathways, including international programmes with Erasmus Mundus funding possibilities and joint pathways with Lyon, Clermont-Auvergne and engineering and architecture schools.

Exchange students

Exchange students are nominated by the international relations office of their home university under an existing agreement, then register on the Mobility Online (Moveon) platform; a Learning Agreement follows. Exchange students are exempt from tuition fees.

Doctorate

Admission is decided by one of six doctoral schools (ED 483 social sciences; ED 484 languages, letters and arts; ED 485 education, psychology, information and communication; ED 486 economics and management; ED 488 sciences, engineering and health; ED 492 law) on the basis of an application file prepared with a thesis supervisor and a host laboratory, ideally starting in the final year of the Master.

• Tréfilerie (Saint-Étienne city centre): humanities and social sciences. The main site houses the Faculty of Law, the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHS), the IAE and the Maison de l'Université (central services, student life, health, culture, sport). The Denis Papin site houses the Faculty of Arts, Languages and Letters (ALL), the international office and the sports hall. The 77 Michelet site houses the Département d'Études Politiques et Territoriales, the Saint-Étienne School of Economics and Sciences Po Lyon's Saint-Étienne campus.
• Manufacture (Saint-Étienne): Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, Télécom Saint-Étienne engineering school, the Laboratoire Hubert Curien, the Use'In incubator, and the Forges building with a learning centre, project hotel, technology platforms and a fablab. Home of the Manutech brand (Manutech SISE, Manutech USD, EUR Manutech-SLEIGHT).
• Métare (Saint-Étienne): Faculty of Sciences and Techniques (six teaching departments and a common centre, five research laboratories) and the IUT de Saint-Étienne (seven BUT, three licences professionnelles). The wooded campus has teaching beehives, a shared garden, a LPO refuge and eco-grazing.
• Campus Santé Innovations (Saint-Étienne): Faculty of Health, eight health research laboratories and teams, the PRESAGE institute and IRMIS, with links to the CHU de Saint-Étienne.
• Roanne: IUT de Roanne (BUT, licences and masters since September 2022), a library, Maison du campus, a bistrot U, an incubator and the LASPI laboratory in a new building.
• ENSASE (near Place Jacquard, Saint-Étienne): École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Saint-Étienne.

Facilities across the university include five libraries, a free university health service at 10 rue Tréfilerie, the SUAPS sports service, and CROUS residences at Métare, Tréfilerie, Chavanelle and Roanne.