University in France
Toulouse, Occitanie, France
University profile
L'Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (UT2J) is a public university of arts, literature and languages and of humanities and social sciences, and a founding member of the Université de Toulouse. It describes itself as heir to the faculty of letters and as rooted in a centuries-long humanist tradition and disciplinary openness. It also teaches mathematics and computer science, economics and management, and tourism and hospitality.
The main campus is the Mirail campus in Toulouse (5 allées Antonio Machado), where the university settled in 1971 after leaving the city centre. It is described as the only university in France to be rebuilt in its entirety, with about 230,000 m² of campus. Other sites include the Ensav (École nationale supérieure d'audiovisuel) at 56 rue du Taur, the Inspé in the Saint-Agne district of Toulouse, the IUTs at Blagnac and Figeac, university centres at Cahors and Foix, the Iscid at Montauban, and an international campus at Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) run with Taylor's University through ISTHIA.
Teaching is organised in five UFR (units of training and research):
Institutes and internal schools include IPEAT (Americas studies), the Institut régional du travail (IRT), the IFMI (training of musicians working in schools) and ISTHIA (tourism, hospitality and food), alongside the Ensav, the Inspé, the IUT de Blagnac, the IUT de Figeac and the Iscid. The university cites 80% of its laboratories as rated A+ by the national evaluation agency.
Student life centres on La Fabrique, a university cultural building with a 170-seat performance hall (La Scène) and exhibition spaces that host more than 120 shows a year. The sports service (SUAPS) offers 35 activities. The Service de Santé Etudiante provides nurse, medical, psychological and social consultations to students, and solidarity services include a student grocery (Le Cass'Dalle) and food distributions on the Mirail campus.
The university enrols more than 30,000 students, of whom more than 4,600 (15%) are international students from 144 nationalities. It applies the same registration fees to all students regardless of nationality, is labelled «Bienvenue en France», and is a member of the UNIVERSEH European university alliance.
For national diplomas, fees are set nationally. For non-EEA students the ministerial rate is 2,902 euros for a licence and 3,950 euros for a master, but UT2J grants an automatic partial exemption, so international students pay 178 euros for a licence and 255 euros for a master; no application is needed. This decision was validated by the board on 10 February 2026 and is subject to regulatory change. The university applies the same fees to all students regardless of nationality. Payment by card is mandatory for online enrolment; payment in three instalments is available above 100 euros until 14 October. DEFLE French courses cost 578 euros.
The Contribution à la Vie Étudiante et de Campus (CVEC) is a separate compulsory contribution, 105 euros for 2026-2027, paid before enrolment at cvec.etudiant.gouv.fr. Scholarship holders are exempt but must obtain an exemption certificate; continuing-education trainees are not liable.
UT2J nominates international master and doctoral candidates for the Eiffel programme: a monthly allowance of 1,200 euros (master) or 2,100 euros (doctorate), support for certain services, and exemption from registration fees for national diplomas. Candidates must be of foreign nationality and no older than 29 (master) or 35 (doctorate). For the 2027 campaign, applications go to [email protected] by 4 December 2026; selected files are sent to Campus France on 6 January 2027 and results are announced from the week of 12 April 2027. Fees and registration costs are not covered beyond legal exemptions.
Students in initial education at UT2J with a family quotient of 750 or less may claim aid between 1 July 2026 and 31 May 2027 (non-liable students such as continuing-education registrants, free auditors and incoming Erasmus exchange students are excluded). Examples: food and hygiene voucher of 50 euros per year (family quotient under 300); transport top-up of 30 journeys; soft-mobility aid of 200 euros; driving code and licence aid (80% up to 200 and 300 euros); installation aid (85% up to 500 euros); energy aid (50% up to 400 euros per year); BAFA/BAFD aid (75% up to 200 euros); crèche places; a social aid of up to 400 euros per year; and health and prevention aid. Average processing time is 30 working days. Requests are sent from the institutional email address.
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View scholarships for Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès →Applicants already in French higher education and EEA nationals apply through Parcoursup (2026 main phase 19 January to 12 March; complementary phase 11 June to 2 September). Before enrolling, students pay the CVEC online at the national portal and obtain a certificate (scholarship holders obtain an exemption certificate). First-time enrolment is online on Primoweb, with enrolment periods in July and from late August to early September.
Applicants from outside the European Economic Area submit a Demande d'Admission Préalable (DAP). Those living in France complete the DAP («dossier vert») between 1 October and 15 December 2026 and send it to the Pôle des Étudiants Étrangers (DIVE, 5 allées Antonio Machado, 31058 Toulouse cedex 9); up to three choices of institution are possible, with a separate file for each. Applicants residing in one of the countries with a Campus France centre (Études en France), including Ghana and Nigeria among a long list, must apply through the Centre d'Études pour la France of their country. Applicants in countries without a Campus France space download the DAP («dossier blanc») and submit it to the cultural service of the French embassy by 15 December 2026. Stateless persons, refugees and holders of subsidiary or temporary protection are exempt from the DAP and apply by 19 February 2027.
French level: TCF DAP B2, DELF B2 or DALF; a DUEF B2 or C1 from UT2J or another French university also exempts from the test. Non-francophone applicants take the TCF DAP (online registration 15 November to 15 December 2026) or another TCF session with the written expression option; the result must reach the service before 20 February 2027, and a score below 6 in written expression is eliminatory even if the overall result is B2 or higher.
Direct admission to Licence 2 or 3 (for example with a BTS or a foreign diploma, or to continue after transfer or an interruption) goes through the admission and validation of higher-education studies procedure on eCandidat; opening and closing dates are set per programme. Non-EEA applicants must also complete the Études en France procedure or the application is refused. Only one request per licence pathway may be filed, and the Psychology licence jury accepts or refuses without proposing a different level. A refusal in Master or Licence 2/3 does not give automatic access to Licence 1.
Non-EEA applicants from Campus France countries apply through Études en France (deadlines set by each embassy; replies before end of June 2027 for Master 1). Other applicants apply to Master 1 on Mon Master (applications from February, examination from March, admission phase from early June) and to Master 2 on eCandidat (account not to be created before January 2027). Documents: motivation letter and CV in French; proof of French level if not from a francophone country (minimum TCF B2, DELF B2 or DUEF B2; TCF C1 or DALF recommended for Master); copies of all university diplomas and the secondary-school diploma, transcripts, and an official course programme with hours (translated by a sworn translator); identity document or passport. The admission committee may ask for additional documents, an admission test or a video interview. Master MEEF, Psychology, SIGMA and DPM have their own procedures.
Doctoral enrolment is handled by the Service des Études Doctorales (SEDoc) through the doctoral schools ALLPH@, CLESCO and TESC (and EDSYS, GEETS and MITT for students attached to those schools). Registration is online; enrolment 2026-2027 opened on 1 June 2026, with payment periods 25 June to 17 July 2026, 26 August to 3 September 2026 and 17 September to 23 October 2026. A co-direction agreement is required from first-year enrolment when a supervisor is attached to another institution, and an annual individual monitoring committee is compulsory before re-enrolment in the second year.
Erasmus and bilateral exchange students may follow a free 40 to 50 hour French module worth 4 to 6 ECTS credits. The DEFLE department offers annual French courses for foreign students (26 weeks, 400 hours).
Toulouse
Occitanie region
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The campus network includes university libraries (Archipel catalogue), the SUAPS sports service, the Service de Santé Etudiante at the Maison des Solidarités, and the La Fabrique cultural venue.
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