Get help with French

If French isn’t your first language, don’t worry.

Improve your French

UdeM has many tools and programs to get you on your way to improving your French language skills.

Intensive University French Program

Achieve the required language proficiency level in four months. This four-month intensive program provides the ideal conditions to reach the advanced intermediate level of French proficiency, required for admissibility to most of UdeM study programs.

Workshops for non-native French Speakers

Offered by the Centre de communication écrite (CCE), UdeM’s writing centre. These workshops address the specific problems of non-native French speakers (not for beginners).

Language exchange

Offered by Action humanitaire et communautaire (AHC), UdeM’s community action service. This pairing program provides you with an informal way to improve your French at your own pace. You then help your partner improve his or her skills in your own first language.

Individual tutoring

Individual tutoring offered by the Centre d’aide en français (CAF), UdeM’s French-language support centre. Over six sessions, your tutor will help you with any weaknesses in your written French based on your assessment test.

Self-study

Offered by the Centre d’aide en français (CAF). Through this service, students can access self-study tools and software and a wide range of reference works, dictionaries, grammar books, educational materials, exercises and more.

Credit courses

Offered by the Faculty of Continuing Education.

Write your dissertation or thesis in English

You may choose to write your dissertation or thesis in English. Simply make a request upon your admission to your program. The selection committee will then review your request. To get an idea of the previous student research done in your field at UdeM, consult Papyrus, the university’s directory of dissertations and theses. You can perform a search by program or field of study, language, and research supervisor.

Programs open to English-speaking students

A universe to explore

Although Université de Montréal is a French-language university, many of our research departments are open to creating a bilingual environment for students in graduate-level programs. These departments are aware of the importance of bilingualism in order for graduate students to succeed in their research careers. Students who are proficient in English are therefore welcome and accepted into graduate-level programs. For more information, read about your program of choice or contact the specific faculty or department.

Doctorate

Biochemistry 3-465-1-0

90 credits

Full-time

Doctorate

Biomedical Engineering 3-535-1-0

90 credits

Full-time

Master's Degree

Business Law in a Global Context 2-327-1-3

45 credits

Full-time