Your pathto France.
From choosing a university to picking up the keys to your apartment, the platform Americans use to plan, apply, and move to study in France. Study. Move. Thrive.
Three steps, one calm handover, from bedroom in the US to keys in France.
Tell us your goals
Four questions. Field, budget, city, French level. Two minutes, no account required.
Get matched
Our advisor cross-references your profile against a curated catalog of French universities and returns 3, 5 real matches with reasoning.
Get guided all the way to arrival
Save your plan, work through the application tracker, and follow the Prepare guide until you land.
Same ambition.
A fraction of the price.
Even after France standardised non-EU tuition for 2026–27, a full year at a French public university still costs less than a single semester at most US out-of-state or private schools.
Figures are estimates based on published 2026–27 tuition rates and national averages; actual costs vary by university, program, and city. France's non-EU tuition structure changed in 2026, always confirm current rates directly with the university or Campus France before finalising a budget.
A guide from someone who actually lived both sides.
Rose was born in France, moved to Florida at 11, and returned to France as an adult, where she found herself navigating the country almost like an international student. FrancePath is the platform she wished had existed the first time she started over somewhere new.
The journey, chapter by chapter.
We didn't organise the site by feature. We organised it by where you are, because "housing" means something different in April than it does in August.
"The advisor found three schools I'd never heard of that were perfect for me. Two accepted me."Maya · Chicago → Bordeaux
"The CAF instructions alone paid for the concierge fee three times over."Parents of Ethan · Denver → Lyon
"I moved in on day one with a bank account, insurance, and a SIM already sorted."Jules · Boston → Paris