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Licence, Master, Doctorat: All you need To know

European countries have decided to harmonize their education programmes and to implement a system of common diplomas in order to emphasise comparisons and equivalences at an international level and to further the mobility of students as well as their access to the European work environment.

This is why France has established a new higher education plan (Télécharger le fichierfichier PDF 33ko) which will allow it to join the European Higher Education Area.

The new education system, which should be extended to the whole of Europe by 2010, is expected to implement the following :

  • The structure of the “L.M.D.” studies :
    • The “Licence” degree (Bac + 3 years): This diploma is open to secondary school graduates and is equivalent to 180 European credits. This education programme, which is organised over 6 semesters, allows you to access a master’s programme or to prepare your integration in the professional world by choosing a professional Licence in your 3rd year of study.
    • The “Master” degree (Bac + 5 years): This diploma is open to Licence graduates and is equivalent to 120 European credits on top of a Licence. This education programme, which is organised over 4 semesters, offers two courses: professionally-oriented (a professional master’s, corresponding to the former DESS) and research-oriented (a research master’s, corresponding to the former DEA and necessary in order to do a research Doctorate).
    • The “Doctorat” degree (Bac + 8 years): The Doctorat degree is open to research Master graduates and is equivalent to 180 European credits.
  •     The semesterisation of education programmes (6 semesters for the Licence, 4 semesters for the Master) and the use of UE (teaching units)
  •     The ECTS system (European Credit Transfer System), which enables study periods, particularly abroad, to be taken into account and validated.


This new system is already perfectly implemented by the university researchers of Lille 2 who now offer 6 Licence and 5 Master programmes in law, management, sport and health. These programmes are recognized at both national and European levels.