The Agency for French Education Abroad, also known as the Agency for French Teaching Abroad" ." Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved on March 4, 2025. (; AEFE), is a national public agency under the administration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France that ensures the quality of schools teaching the French national curriculum outside France. The AEFE has 495 schools in its worldwide network, with French as the primary language of instruction in most schools.
The AEFE head office is in Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine. It was previously headquartered in the 14th arrondissement of Paris."Plan d'accès ." Agency for French Education Abroad. Retrieved on 10 June 2015. "Agence pour l'enseignement français à l'étranger (AEFE) 23, place de Catalogne 75 014 PARIS"
Curriculum Schools are either directly managed (gestion directe), contracted (conventionné) or accredited (homologué). - See the color key. The schools provide an education based on the French national curriculum for pupils of various cultures from preschool through secondary school, and some receive substantial financial support from the French government. The schools provide an education leading to a baccalauréat, and students have access to all other French schools at their own educational level.
In addition, the schools have a curriculum linked to the individual countries in which they are established. The Lycée Français de San Francisco and the Silicon Valley International School in San Francisco, for example, include American History and English Literature in its program, and the Lycée Français de Caracas includes History of Venezuela (ICV) from 6th to 9th grade.
Schools are located throughout Europe, the Americas, Asia and Africa. Most of their pupils are children of French expatriates but they also include many regular pupils attracted by the quality of schooling provided. In any given academic year, around 160,000 students study in these schools.
School names While there are no public guidelines for naming schools in the AEFE network, they tend to have some similarities. A school that follows the French curriculum through secondary school (high school in the United States and sixth form college in Great Britain) is often named a Lycée Français and prepares students for the French baccalauréat. Schools that combine the local and French curricula are often called French-American or French-Mexican schools for example. Schools that offer the International Baccalaureate are often called International School or Lycée International.
Schools operated by or receiving funding from AEFE
Abu Dhabi, Lycée Louis-Massignon Abu Dhabi, Lycée Français Théodore-Monod Accra, Lycée Français International Jacques Prévert d’Accra Alicante, Lycée Français d'Alicante Pierre Deschamps Alexandria, Lycée Français d'Alexandrie Amman, Lycée Français International d'Amman Amsterdam, Lycée Vincent van Gogh La Haye-Amsterdam Andorra la Vella, Ankara, Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle, Ankara Antananarivo, Lycée Français de Tananarive Antananarivo, Lycée La Clairefontaine Asunción, Lycée Français International Marcel Pagnol Athens, Lycée Franco-Hellénique Eugène Delacroix Austin, Austin International School Bali, Lycée Français de Bali Bamako, Lycée Français Liberté de Bamako Bamako, Groupe Scolaire Les Angelots Bangkok, Lycée Français International de Bangkok Barcelona, Lycée Français de Barcelone Beijing, Lycée Français International Charles de Gaulle de Pekin Beirut, Grand Lycée Franco-Libanais Beirut, Lycée Franco-Libanais Verdun Beirut, Lycée Abdel Kader Berlin, Lycée français de Berlin Berlin, Collège Voltaire Berkeley, California École Bilingue de Berkeley Bethesda, Rochambeau French International School Bilbao, Lycée Français de Bilbao Bobo Dioulasso, École Française André Malraux Bogotá, Lycée Français Louis Pasteur Bonn, École Charles de Gaulle-Adenauer Boston, International School of Boston Brussels, Lycée Français Jean Monnet de Bruxelles Bucharest, Lycée Français Anna de Noailles Bucarest Budapest, Gustave Eiffel French School of Budapest Buenos Aires, Lycée Franco-Argentin Jean Mermoz Cairo, Lycée Français du Caire Calgary, Lycée Louis Pasteur Cali, Lycée Français Paul Valéry de Cali California, Silicon Valley International School Cape Town, Cape Town French School Caracas, Lycée Français de Caracas Casablanca, Lycée Lyautey Chicago, Lycée Français de Chicago Concepción, Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle Conakry, Lycée français Albert Camus Copenhagen, Lycée Français Prins Henrik Curicó, Lycée français Jean Mermoz Dakar, Lycée Jean Mermoz Dallas, Dallas International School Damascus, Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle Dhaka, École Française Internationale de Dacca Delhi, Lycée Français de Delhi Doha, Lycée Bonaparte Français de Doha Doha, Lycée Franco-Qatarien Voltaire Douala, Lycée Français Dominique Savio Dubai, Lycée Français International Georges-Pompidou Dubai, Lycée Français International de Dubaï Dublin, Lycée Français International Samuel Beckett Düsseldorf, Lycée français de Düsseldorf Frankfurt, Lycée français Victor Hugo Greenville, The International School of Greenville SC Guadalajara, Lycée Français de Guadalajara Guatemala City, Lycée Français Jules Verne Habboûch, Lycée Franco-Libanais Habbouche-Nabatieh Hamburg, Lycée Franco-Allemand Hambourg Hanoi, Lycée français Alexandre Yersin Heidelberg, Ecole Pierre et Marie Curie Heidelberg Hong Kong, French International School of Hong Kong Houston, Awty International School Houston, Lycée International de Houston Islamabad, École Française d'Islamabad Istanbul, Lycée français Pierre Loti d'Instanbul Jakarta, French School Jakarta Jerusalem, Lycée Français de Jérusalem Johannesburg, Lycée français Jules Verne Kiev, Lycée français Anne de Kiev Košice, Lycée bilingue M.R. Štefánik Kuala Lumpur, French School of Kuala Lumpur Kuwait City, Lycée Français de Koweït Kabul, Lycée Malalai Kabul, Lycée Esteqlal Lagos, Lycée Français Louis Pasteur de Lagos La Paz, Lycée Franco-Bolivien Alcides D'Orbigny Lima, Lycée Franco-Péruvien Lisbon, Lycée français Charles Lepierre London, Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle London, Lycée International de Londres Winston Churchill Los Angeles, International School of Los Angeles (LILA) Los Angeles, Lycée Français de Los Angeles Luxembourg City, Lycée français Vauban Madrid, Lycée Français de Madrid Málaga, Lycée Français de Málaga Managua, Lycée Franco-Nicaraguayen Victor Hugo Manama, École Française de Bahreïn Manila, French School of Manila Mauritius, Lycée La Bourdonnais Mauritius, Lycée des Mascareignes Meknes, Lycée Paul Valéry Mexico City, Lycée Franco-Mexicain Milan, Lycée Stendhal de Milan Montevideo, Liceo Francés Jules Supervielle de Montevideo Montreal, Collège international Marie de France Montreal, Collège Stanislas Montréal Mumbai, Lycée Français International de Mumbai Munich, Lycée Jean Renoir de Munich Murcia, Lycée Français André Malraux de Murcie Muscat, École Française de Mascate Nairobi, Lycée Denis Diderot Naples, New Orleans, Lycée Français de la Nouvelle-Orléans New Jersey, The French American Academy New York, French-American School of New York (located in suburban Westchester County) New York City, The École Nicosia, École Franco-Chypriote de Nicosie Oslo, Lycée français René Cassin d'Oslo Osorno, Lycée français Claude Gay Ottawa, Lycée Paul Claudel d'Ottawa Ouagadougou, Lycée français Saint-Exupéry Philadelphia, French International School of Philadelphia Phnom Penh, Lycée français René Descartes de Phnom Penh Pondicherry, Lycée français de Pondichéry Port-au-Prince, Lycée Alexandre Dumas Porto, École Française Marius Latour Port Vila, Lycée Français Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio Pretoria, École Miriam Makeba Annexe du lycée français Jules Verne de Johannesburg Princeton, French American School of Princeton Providence, French-American School of Rhode Island Quebec City, Collège Stanislas Annexe de Québec Rabat, Lycée Descartes Rio de Janeiro, Lycée Molière de Rio De Janeiro Rome, Institut Saint Dominique Rome, Lycée français Chateaubriand San Diego, San Diego French-American School San Francisco, The International School of San Francisco San Francisco, Lycée Français La Pérouse de San Francisco San José, Lycée Franco-Costaricien Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Collège Français de Santa Cruz de la Sierra Santo Domingo, Lycée Français de Saint Domingue Seoul, French School of Seoul Shanghai, Lycée Français de Shanghai Sharjah, Lycée Francais International Georges Pompidou Singapore, International French School of Singapore Sofia, Lycée Français Victor Hugo Stockholm, Lycée Français de Stockholm Sydney, Lycée Condorcet Taipei, Taipei European School Tangier, Lycée Regnault Tegucigalpa, Lycée Franco-Hondurien The Hague, Lycée Vincent van Gogh La Haye-Amsterdam Thessaloniki, French School of Thessaloniki Toamasina, Lycée Français de Tamatave Tokyo, Lycée Français International de Tokyo Toronto, Lycée Français Toronto Toronto, Toronto French School Tunis, Lycée Pierre Mendès France Tunis (La Marsa), Lycée Gustave Flaubert Turin, Lycée Français Jean Giono Valencia, Lycée Français de Valence Vancouver, Cousteau École Française Internationale de Vancouver Vienna, Lycée Français de Vienne Vilnius, Vilnius International French Lyceum Viña del Mar, Lycée français Jean d'Alembert Vitacura, Lycée Antoine de Saint-Exupéry de Santiago Warsaw, René Goscinny French High School Yaoundé, Lycée Français Fustel de Coulanges Zurich, Lycée francais Marie Curie de Zurich
See also
Education in France Central Agency for German Schools Abroad (ZfA) - The German equivalent of the AEFE
References
External links
Agency for French Education Abroad