Many of you may do not know about the limitation of the number of students (from senior high school) who can enter the university in one country. In Japan, ASEAN countries, USA, NZ, and in other many countries. the number of student who can enroll the university is limited. Limited means that not all graduates from senior high school can continue their study in campus, because they have to take examination. Some students may fail.

But, the following story is different from those common systems. All students, as long as they graduated from senior high school, they can be accepted by all public universities. In which country? The answer is France. After taking the examination at senior high school named Baccalaureat and passed, they (who want to continue their study in tertiary level) are all happy. It is because, they can go to wherever universities in France they want.

And, the most interesting one is no limitation of the number of students who can enter in one university. The capacity of one university does not matter in receiving the number of students. All students who enrolled at the specific university can be accepted. Wow, it’s wonderful.

This story I got from Fench students under NUPACE- Nagoya University Student Exchange Program. They presented about the student life in France as part of the Kiso Seminar class (Student Life in the World). The presentation was held at Education Centre for International Students (ECIS), Nagoya University, 9 July 2007.  If, for example, I made mistake in this story, please do not hesitate to give me a correction. Thanks.