Apply online
Applying via CampusArt is free of charge during the stage involving the submission of application forms and the receipt of offers from higher education institutions.
Prerequisites to apply
Required level
Depending on the course chosen, applicants must have a baccalaureate qualification and have completed 1, 2 or 3 years of higher education in the arts (fine arts, art history, music, architecture, design, film, video, dance, graphic design, etc.) or in architecture.
You can apply even if you have not yet obtained your qualification. If you are in the final year of your A-levels or another qualification, simply state that you are currently studying for your qualification and submit your application.
You can update your file later even if you have applied.
(See the prerequisites for each training in the online catalog https://www.campusart.org/artsearch)
Sufficient level in french
Have a sufficient level in French (see the prerequisites for each of the training catalog).
You can be excused according to some test cases. Check the link below. If you are concerned indicate “Dispense” in the TCF box for example. If you are concerned, indicate “exemption” in the TCF box for example. You can apply even if you have not yet obtained your French level certificate. If you are in the process of obtaining your French level, simply indicate “in progress” and submit your application. You can update your file later even if you have applied.
Personal work / portfolio
Pour les formations qui l’exigent, présenter ses travaux personnels (peintures, photographies, vidéos,…) sur internet (site internet, portfolio, blog, lien vers un pdf comprenant l’ensemble des rubriques demandées,…) ou sur un pdf ajouté en document sur votre compte).
Only the content of the website, and not its form, will be taken into consideration; there is no requirement to use sophisticated presentations with animations or other effects. This website will provide the basis on which art school selection panels may decide to interview candidates by telephone.
Each school can add its prerequisite: they will be visible on the “prerequisites” in CampusArt Catalog online tab. You should definitely check this tab on each courseto see if you can apply or not.
Please note: If the prerequisites required do not match your language skills, education or age for their chosen course, the CampusArt team can not validate your application online.
Apply online
Deadline for online applications: 28 February 2027
Steps in the CampusArt application process
Get information about
Find out about the various schools, courses and qualifications.
Take a close look at the CampusArt application timeline.
Find out about the différent procédures, admission to a French institution depends on your nationality, your country of residence and the nature of the course you wish to study:
Choose your programs
- The programs are automatically registered in your basket. In your cart, click on “exporter pour candidature” and you can then paste them into your electronic file in the right place.
Please note that you can only register 7 programs options on the application website.
For the students concerned, you have the right to choose schools that are not connected to the “Etudes en France” procedure, that is to say which do not appear in the list of schools on “Etudes en France”: These schools are on CampusArt, we invite you to use this application platform. The “Studies in France” procedure is compulsory for students from the countries concerned but not for French higher education establishments. It is therefore normal that you do not find all the schools in the list of the Studies in France procedure. On CampusArt, you can apply to these schools. - Use the same computer for steps 1 and 2.
- You can change your selection to the final validation of your electronic file.
Fill out your application online
- Create your CampusArt account and don’t forget to activate it using the email that was sent to you. Complete your online application in French or in English. All the programs’ responsible of members CampusArt schools will have access to your file as soon as it is approved by us.
- In the “Make a placement request” tab, click on “Add code formations” and Paste CampusArt catalog formations in the field “add code formations” with your ctrl + v keys then click on this button button: the computer imports the formations recorded in step 1.
Warning: you will validate your electronic file. Make sure you have uploaded all the documents to the information entered.
List of supporting documents to be attached online
Here is the list of supporting documents that you need to add on your application and profile file:
- 1 personalised cover letter for each course;
- 2 letters of recommendation (written in French, English or Spanish);
- Official documents (diplomas, certificates, etc.) supporting the information you provided in your electronic information, translated into French by a qualified translator. If your documents are in Spanish or English, you can send them as is without a translator;
- your French test result (TCF, TEF, DELF or DALF) if you already have it. If you do not have it yet, choose “being obtained” from the drop-down menu. If you correspond to the French test waiver case, indicate it;
- Reports (transcripts) of your grades in their original language AND translated into French by a qualified translator (translations are optional for grade reports in Spanish or English);
- a copy of your identity document;
- 1 passport photo;
- If you live in a country where the language is not written using the Latin alphabet, please download an image of your address written in your own language: your postal address, including your surname, first name and address, written in two languages: your own and French (PDF, Word, JPG, PNG, etc.).
The deadline to upload your supporting documents is indicated on the CampusArt Web site and on the calendar above.
If you can not do it, send a complete pdf file by mail to campusart@campusfrance.org (don’t exceed a maximum weight of 7 megs) or using TransferNow (www.transfernow.net), or copies, Do not send original documents, without staples at the following address:
CAMPUS FRANCE
Direction des Relations Extérieures et Institutionnelles
CampusArt – Marie Chamoreau
28, rue de la Grange-aux-Belles
75010 Paris – France
Status Application
- CampusArt inform you about your file receipt.
- CampusArt verifies that the documents uploaded are consistent with your electronic file and validates the appropriate your CampusArt application on your online account.
Validation does not mean selection: the selection of candidates is done by institutions.
Pay attention at the schools proposals
- Periodically review your mails and your CampusArt online account to track results.
- You may receive one or more proposals. Schools report:
- The exact wording of the proposed program;
- The amount of fees for the proposed program. Institutions will let you know whether or not they waive tuition fees when they make their admission proposals;
- Coordinates of the institution and the person in charge of registration.
Accept a proposal and complete your registration
- If you receive multiple offers, you must choose only one offer. The chosen school guarantees your pre-registration if you agree.
- Every institutions can give you an offer even if you did not indicate in your five top choices some of these schools.
- If you decide to respond positively to any suggestions you have to confirm your registration:
- Using the specific electronic form that is available on your CampusArt account;
- By paying expenses CampusArt folder, in the amount of 300 euros, by international credit card via our secur system or bank transfer (expenses not reimbursed). Please follow the directions on your secure CampusArt online account.
CampusArt and your certificates
- send you by email and by post:
- Certification of pre-registration in your future college or university;
- Certification of application and payment CampusArt;
- Please send your name and these two certificates to the Campus France office in your country, as this will help speed up your visa application.
Warning: any student who did not complete his application CampusArt will not be on the list sent to Campus France Areas of the country.
Get a visa
Please follow the relevant procedures: admission to a French institution depends on your nationality, your country of residence and the nature of the course you wish to study:
Some countries offer ‘Studying in France’ procedural concessions for students who enrol via CampusArt: half-price or free application fees, exemption from or fast-track processing of interviews. This applies to Algeria, China, Côte d’Ivoire, Colombia, Vietnam, Russia … Please complete your CampusArt application first.