Welcome to our centers for French as a Foreign Language (FLE)!

Please note that IEFE will be closed from December 22 to January 4, 2026.

IEFE-PAU / IEFE- CRL Bayonne

Located on the UPPA Campus for more than 40 years, our university institute has long-standing experience teaching French as a Foreign Language (FLE).

  •  Every year, the IEFE in Pau welcomes around 500 students from all over the world.
  •  The IEFE - CRL Côte Basque in Bayonne welcomes around a hundred 

 

Our strengths:

  •  A personalised welcome thanks to our secretaries, Sandrine, Annie and Vilma.
  •  Courses designed specifically for foreign learners and a highly-qualified teaching team that is proficient in innovative methodologies.
  •  The possibility of taking advantage of the university's amenities: libraries, university restaurants, attending faculty lectures as an observer, sports, cultural events, preventive medicine, and much more.
  •  A campus endowed with lush greenery based in two medium-sized towns near the Pyrénées mountain range and the Atlantic Ocean – Pau and Bayonne, cities where you can simply enjoy life.
  •  NEW 2025: integration of the FONETIX platform to emphasize phonetics in DUEF courses!

FLYER IEFE - PAU

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DOWNLOAD IEFE BAYONNE BROCHURE 

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