Campus France, the national agency responsible for promoting our training abroad, and welcoming foreign students to France, unveils, on the occasion of the 2nd World Alumni Day, the results of its extensive survey carried out among of 10,000 international students trained in France.
Who are the students who come to France to train?
The survey took place at the end of last year, and more than 10,000 former graduates responded. Aged 33 on average, most of them have studied in France over the last ten years, and half of them have benefited from a scholarship. 54% of respondents are men and 46% women. These former students in France come from 154 countries: Sub-Saharan Africa (28%), North Africa – Middle East (21%), Europe (20%), Americas (18%) and Asia Oceania (12%).
Nearly 7 out of 10 alumni studied in France at university (68%), 2 out of 10 in engineering school (20%) and 1 in 10 in business school (9%). Nearly 7 out of 10 respondents were registered with level Master during their study stay in France (69%).
A third of alumni continued their training after their study stay in France: 96% of them declare that their experience in France was an asset in the rest of their course.
One in two alumni found their first job in France
According to the Campus France survey, as is often the case after an experience abroad, students return more open and confident in the future, satisfaction is almost total: the words mainly used to describe their experience are “Quality, openness, discovery, enriching, freedom, culture”.
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of respondents have a good image of France
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91% of respondents who found a job say that their study stay in France was an asset in obtaining it. Nearly one in two alumni found their first job in France (48%), 44% in their country of origin, and 8% in another country.
87% of alumni found a job in less than a year after their study stay in France (73% in less than 6 months). For 88% of them, this job corresponded to their expectations in terms of profession, sector and salary level. An advantage throughout his career.
90% of respondents who have changed their professional situation since their first job say that their study stay in France was an asset in obtaining their current job.
More than half of alumni currently work in a private company (54%), more than a third in an administration or public company (36%), and the others are in an association/NGO (5%) or are independent (5 %). The main professional sectors are education (17%), IT (12%), industry (8%), public service (8%) and finance (5%).
Strengthening the French language and the image of France
According to this study: 96% of alumni are ambassadors of France and recommend it for a study trip, 97% for a vacation, 85% to work there, 82% to live there.
French is widely perceived as having constituted a professional asset: 88% of French-speaking respondents consider that mastery of this language has been an asset in their professional life.
The study stay in France significantly increased the French level of alumni. Just under half of respondents declared themselves bilingual before their study stay in France (47%): more than three quarters of them at the end of this stay (76%). Nearly 80% of alumni now use the French language on a daily basis (professional and/or personal life).
