FIGS Education Group

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French higher education is at the same time very attractive thanks to its historical institutions, its recognized degrees or excellence of research but it is also the great leap into the unknown when it comes to choosing one’s study pathway.

The complicated terminology and the multiplicity of options and access channels make the enlightened choice difficult, especially when one comes from abroad.

Other questions are added such as for example the cost of living, the accommodation or the obtention of a student visa.

FIGS Education is first and foremost an answer to this major stake of readability of the training offer.

By representing 22 schools, 13 cities in France and over 100 training programmes, FIGS Education gathers together in one single place educational choices in more than 10 areas, opened as of the obtention of the school leaving certificate, through a simplified and standardized process adapted to international students.

Choosing and serenely guiding oneself becomes then much easier.

FIGS Education is the international department of Reseau C&D and IGS Group schools; two major French education groups located in all parts of France.

The department has a dedicated team in France and 10 representation offices spread on all continents.

It supports you from choosing the right pathway (matching between your profile and professional project with the school and programme choices) until your arrival in France (help for setting-up, for integration, etc.).

OUR PEDAGOGY AND TRAINING METHOD

An Interactive, Innovative and Professional Teaching Method

With the goals of promoting societal commitment, combine economic development and social matters, develop an apprenticeship pedagogy leading to employment.

The teaching method provided to all students is based on experience and professionalization. It is part of an action-based philosophy which places the individual and its entrepreneurship power at the center of its projects.

The Teaching Staff: Academic Dimension and Professionalism

Equally composed of university lecturers/researchers and professionals coming from the business world, the teaching staff embodies a distinctive feature: a link between academic system and professional world.

Personalized Course and Double Degrees

The Group offers courses for all profiles at each life step. A system of links between courses and double degrees is in place to enjoy the variety and richness of this unique set of trainings. This in order to give to everyone the opportunity to build its own study path, close from its professional plans.

A Teaching Method Based on Action

Connected campus and training centers, eLearning, project mode learning and innovative teaching methods are key elements in an interactive educational method where learners are actors of their own future. By integrating face-to-face and distance learnings, it answers the needs of every public. Thanks to human scaled classes, learners enjoy an individualized support, which remains the best guarantee of success.

Equal opportunities

The aim of the Group is to develop the individual potential of its students. What distinguishes a professional who has been educated by our Group from an equally well-qualified counterpart is their personal and employment potential.

“Our strength lies in our ability to awaken or reawaken potential and talent”, says Managing Director. “This is why we developed by a wide range of training mechanisms at all levels, from the most basic right up to the post graduate levels

The 3 pillars of the Group:

1/ Development of professional skills though training programs leading to the award of certified diplomas, degrees and qualifications.

2/ Training which develops responsible and enlightened professionals who reintroduce the concept of citizenship into the corporate environment.

3/ Support successful achievement with a high level of personalization.

• Our Career Services makes job searches more effective. 6 months after graduation, 87% of the Group’s students are in permanent employment.
• The Skills Passport or Student Record Book. Every student has their own Record Book where projects are recorded throughout their period of study. This provides the material for a detailed profile of each individual and an assessment of 4 forms of intelligence: professional, interpersonal, situation-based and emotional intelligence.

OUR VISION

In an increasingly interactive, complex and globalized economy, our schools prepare students to develop and manage new business models and to challenge paradigms.

Our core values are based on the belief that there can be no lasting economic success without social success.

The Group shares a common vision, that of an education built on key values – Humanism / Entrepreneurship / Professionalism – and on a teaching philosophy that emphasizes encouragement and individual support.

FIGS Education is a leading French private University Group, and comprises 20 schools with decades of experience to offer international students a full range of Bachelor, Master, MBA and Executive Education Programs taught in English.

FIGS offers a large range of programs, taught in French or in English in 10 French cities, with most important hubs being Paris and Lyon. At FIGS you can choose over 60 degree programs across 20 study fields with 6 major disciplines: Business, Communication, Tourism, Computer Sciences, Design, and Environment.

Whether you are interested in undergraduate studies or looking to boost your career with a postgraduate degree, FIGS has just what you need. Alternatively, FIGS also offers short term options such as summer sessions and foundation programs: enjoy a fantastic cultural experience while studying in one of our French campus.

Accomodation

We specifically designed programs that are strongly connected to real business life. Our students benefit from exceptional opportunities through our network of 10,000+ partner companies and +94,000 alumni worldwide.

Students have a large choice of options to stay in France including individual renting, flat sharing, subletting: all three of these options have something in common: the obligation to establish a lease with a private owner.

Other housing opportunities may fit students including public and private university residences, homestay and intergenerational housing.

Generally located nearby the campus, private students’ residences feature furnished rooms and studios, generally well-equipped. Private buildings designed for students are found in most large cities.