French universities

[sintija1812]

Hello everyone!

I'm a student from Latvia, hoping to get some help here. I have a year left till my graduation of secondary school, and I'm looking for some French university. I want to be an interpreter, so maybe you could advise some university for interpreting studies? I've been learning French for 2 years now, and I'll be learning it this year also. The problem is, I don't have many universities in my country that offer interpreting studies, but is it worth going to France? How do you think?

[NormanH]

You presumably want to interpret from French to Latvian.

I think that Belgium, particularly Brussels would be ideal as it has the European Parliament

• Haute Ecole de Bruxelles : Institut Supérieur
  de Traducteurs et Interprètes – ISTI
  Rue Joseph Hazard, 34 – 1180 Uccle
  02/340 12 80
  www.heb.be/isti

• Haute Ecole Léonard de Vinci : Institut Libre
  Marie Haps – ILMH
  Rue d'Arlon, 11 – 1050 Ixelles
  02/793 40 00
  www.mariehaps.be

• Haute Ecole Francisco Ferrer de la Ville de
  Bruxelles : Catégorie de Traduction et d'Interprétation (Cooremans) –
  Site Anneessens
  Place Anneessens, 11 – 1000 Bruxelles
  02/551 02 10
  www.he-ferrer.eu

• Haute Ecole de la Ville de Liège : Catégorie
  Traduction – Interprétation – ECSSAC
  Rue Hazinelle, 6 – 4000 Liège
  04/223 53 60
  www.ecssac.be
  ouverture en septembre 2008 de la première année du bachelier en
  traduction interprétation en collaboration avec l'Université de Liège
  (Ulg) www.facphl.ulg.ac.be/display.jsp?id=c_12322

 

• Université de Mons – Faculté de Traduction et
  Interprétation  : Ecole d'Interprètes Internationaux – EII
  Avenue du Champs de Mars, 17 – 7000 Mons
  065/37 36 01
  www.eii.umh.ac.be

 

Spécialisation

- Interprétation de conférences

• Haute Ecole Léonard de Vinci : Institut Libre
  Marie Haps – ILMH
  Rue d'Arlon, 11 – 1000 Bruxelles
  02/793 40 00
  www.mariehaps.be

 

- Master complémentaire en sciences du langage

(avec options : sciences de la parole ; traductologie ; langages et

civilisations scandinaves ; traduction audiovisuelle ; sous-titrage et

doublage ; négociation multilingue ; traduction ; interprétation de

conférence ; didactique des langues ; langage et cognition)

• Umons – Institut de linguistique
  Place du Parc, 22 – 7000 Mons
  065/37 31 48
  www.umons.be (http://portail.umons.ac.be/FR/universite/facultes/isl/Pages/Programmedescours.aspx)

• ULB
  Campus du Solbosch, ULB CP175, avenue F.D. Roosevelt, 50 – 1050
  Bruxelles
  02/650 24 94
  www.ulb.ac.be (http://web1.ulb.ac.be/catalogue/philo/MC-LANG.html
  ou www.ulb.ac.be/facs/philo/index.html) 

 

- Interprète en langue des signes

• Institut Saint-Laurent Enseignement de
  Promotion Sociale
  Rue Saint-Laurent, 33 – 4000 Liège
  04/223 11 31
  www.ils.be
• Institut Fernand Cocq
  Rue du Président, 54 – 1050 Bruxelles
  02/515 78 11
  www.ifcxl.be 

 

For study in the Uk there is the Institute of Linguists

http://www.iol.org.uk/qualifications/exams_diptrans.asp

[sintija1812]

Thanks, I'll check them out! [:)]

What else I want to know-is the application process very complicated, as I'm a foreign student? Do I have to pass the DELF/DALF exam? Is it difficult to pass the exam?

How about tuition fees? If it's a state university, do I have to pay? I've heard about universities with no tuition fees...

[NormanH]

If you want to be an interpreter you will need a Master's degree in applied linguistics in your chosen language.

Can you do this in Riga?

There is a language school ate the University

Belgian establishments have tended to take a lot of foreign students who speak French

 Many French Physiotherapists have Belgian qualifications, for example

 

You should contact the institutions directly to have details of their requirements and application processes.

Erasmus , now the Lifelong Learning Programme 2007–2013

may be useful to you

Could you contact Ina Druviete

who as well as politcal interests has a Philology degree?

[sintija1812]

I don't have a Bachelor's degree yet... It's my last year in the secondary school. In the University of  Latvia it's only possible to get the Master's degree.

[sintija1812]

Another question-can I study interpreting without studying linguistics first? In my country, I can do so, but I don't see possibility to work as an interpreter if I stay here.

[greatfinder]

Hello. I'm a Bulgarian student in 12th grade and want to know which are the top French universities for psychology studies. Would you be so kind to help me?