China, France reach agreement recognizing each other's higher learning degrees

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China, France reach agreement recognizing each other's higher learning degrees

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From this year China and France will recognize each other's degrees and diplomas of higher education, which provides convenience for students in entering higher learning institutions of the other side.

The agreement was signed recently by Chinese education minister Zhou Ji and French minister of youth, education and research Luc Ferry.

According to the agreement, Chinese students who want to enter a preparatory class for collage in French senior high schools must pass China's college entrance examination; Chinese students who want to study in the first year of French colleges and achieve French national diploma also must pass China's college entrance examination.

Students who have finished the first-year study in Chinese colleges can register for the second year in France. Students who have finished the third-year courses in Chinese colleges could apply for the first-year courses of postgraduate school in France for the same or similar majors.

China's four-year collage graduates can apply for the second-year study of postgraduate schools in France of the same or similar majors.

The two countries also reached agreement on joint education of doctoral students, who will study and research under the guide of both Chinese and French tutors, and must defend their thesis, at least for once, in China or in France.

With the development of China's education undertakings, the quality of its higher learning has been recognized by more and more countries. By now 14 countries have signed degree recognition agreement with China, and France is the third European country among them following Germany and Britain.

By PD Online staff Li Heng

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