The ISHA Master's program welcomes applications from international students or adult professionals having completed a minimum of four years of prior university study. Applicants come from many backgrounds, some immediately after the completion of an undergraduate degree, others after years of work experience or specialized graduate training in medicine, engineering, management, or other domains. All desire to make a meaningful and lasting contribution and are eager to learn how.

ADMISSIONS CRITERIA
Application pre-requisites
International academic equivalencies
Transcripts (academic records)
French proficiency
English proficiency
Summer intensive language proficiency program
Language placement test

APPLICATION PROCEDURE
On-line application form
Essay questions
Application deadline

PROGRAM COSTS

Applicants must demonstrate:

• prior academic excellence;
• the completion of a minimum of four prior years of university study American Bachelor's degree; French Master 1; or international equivalent;
• linguistic competence in both English and French;
• compelling motivation and background.

For admission to the ISHA Master's Program, assessment of prior study is based on the characteristics of the candidate's national educational system, the type of institution attended, and the level of studies completed. The following guidelines indicate the minimum level of study of applicants from recognized academic institutions worldwide. In all cases, the three-year Bologna compliant bachelor's degree is not sufficient to meet admission requirements.

Applicants scan and attach to their on-line application form, official transcripts (academic records) from every postsecondary institution they have attended for at least one year as a full-time student sent directly to AUCP Graduate Admissions.

Academic Record/Transcript Requirements

• Academic records should give detailed information on the content and quality of the student's performance, courses taken each year, and grades received.
• The grading scale of the institution and your rank in class should be noted whenever possible.
• Degrees must be verified by official copies of diplomas.
• Academic records must be original documents bearing the institutional seal and official signature of the Registrar or copies verified by a school administrative officer.
• If the institution does not issue in English or French, original language records must be submitted with official English or French translations. Translations issued by the institution or a professional translating service are accepted; they must be literal and complete versions of the original records.

The AUCP and the IEP reserve the right to require additional academic documents. If we are unable to verify the nature or authenticity of your academic documents, you may be asked to obtain an evaluation from a foreign credential evaluation service.

A good command of spoken and written French is required for admission. Competence equivalent to a B2/C1 level or higher, based on the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR), is required of all applicants whose first language is not French.
Click here for preliminary on-line evaluation

A good command of spoken and written English is also required for admission. Competence equivalent to a B2/C1 level or higher, based on the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR), is required of all applicants whose first language is not English.
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International students enrolled in the ISHA Master's Program must be able to read French and English with ease, understand rapid idiomatic language as used in lectures and group discussions, and express thoughts quickly and clearly in spoken and written English and French. Admission is offered to students who are fully prepared linguistically, as confirmed by preliminary on-line evaluation (see above). Candidates whose language proficiency is in the B1 level range may have admission confirmed with parallel enrolment in language support courses (see below).

Summer Intensive Program The AUCP offers a four-week intensive language program in the summer for students who plan to begin graduate study in September. For the summer of 2010, this 90-hour intensive language course (English or French) is scheduled from Monday July 26th to Friday August 20th. Participants will be billed a supplementary tuition fee of 1500€.

All ISHA participants will take the Test d'évaluation du français (TEF) and/or the Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC) on the Monday of orientation week. Students who do not demonstrate the requisite B2/C1 (CEFR) level of proficiency will be required to enroll in the one -semester on-going language training course.

One Semester On-going Training Course Students whose language proficiency is slightly under the pre-requisite level will be required to take this one semester on-going training course. For a supplementary tuition fee of 500€, this 40-hour program includes three hours of classes per week with unlimited access to the multi-media language lab.

For further information, email: info@aucp-isha.fr

Costs include full-year program tuition, internship placement, health and personal liability insurance.
Costs do not include books, housing, or travel expenses to the internship site.
For estimated total living costs see Student Resources.




ADMISSIONS OFFICE
American University Center of Provence
Graduate Admissions
19, cours des Arts-et-Métiers
13100 Aix-en-Provence - France
Tel: (33) 442.38.42.38 Fax:(33) 442.38.95.66
e-mail: info@aucp-isha.fr
www.aucp-isha.fr