Bachelor Degree Courses: Linguistic entry requirements for

Haute école spécialisée bernoise
Haute école des sciences agronomiques,
forestières et alimentaires HAFL
Bachelor Degree Courses:
Linguistic entry requirements for candidates who
are not native speakers of French or German 1
Candidates
who did not do their maturité or maturité professionelle in Switzerland
(general or vocational post-compulsory secondary school qualification, ISCED
level 3 or 4 respectively) and
whose first language is neither French nor German
must, before beginning their studies, provide a certificate attesting that they have the
necessary language skills to be able to study their degree subject in the language they
have chosen. The knowledge required corresponds to level B2/C1 of the European
Language Portfolio.
Candidates who have chosen French as their language of study can attest their
language skills by presenting one of the following certificates or diplomas:
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Diplôme d'études en langue française (DELF) level B2
Diplôme approfondi de langue française (DALF) level C1
Diplôme approfondi de langue française (DALF) level C2
Test de connaissance du français (TCF) pour la DAP (demande d’admission
préalable)
Diplôme de langue de l'Alliance française
Diplôme Supérieur Langue et Culture Françaises de l'Alliance française
Diplôme de Hautes Études Françaises de l'Alliance française
Certificat d'Études françaises du Cours de vacances de l'UNIL (or another Swiss
university), minimum level B2
Attestation of a successfully completed year of study at:
* l'École de langue et de civilisation française de l'Université de Genève;
* l’unité FLE du CERLE de l'Université de Fribourg;
* l’Institut de langue et civilisation françaises de l'Université de Neuchâtel;
* l'École de français langue étrangère de l'Université de Lausanne.
The attached list provides further information about the different examinations (required
level/grade, providers, sources of information).
The Swiss College of Agriculture may also admit candidates who can prove that
-
they have passed a language entrance examination for admission to a Swiss
university (for example the Examen de Fribourg) or
they have successfully completed a tertiary-level course in French
1 These entry requirements are only for candidates who wish to graduate from the HAFL, they do not apply to guest and
exchange students.
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Candidates who have chosen French as their language of study must also have sufficient
knowledge of German (level B1, ideally level B2), as many courses are given in this
language.
Advice for acquiring the necessary language skills in French
Certificate
/Diploma
Provider
Examination
Centres
Sources of Information
DELF
French Ministry of
National Education
Worldwide ; 13
www.delfdalf.ch
towns in Switzerland
DALF
French Ministry of
National Education
DELF (worldwide,
often at Alliance
Française offices)
TCF
French Ministry of
Education
French universities, http://www.ciep.fr/
French embassies,
CIEP (Centre
International
d’Etudes
Pédagogiques), Paris
Various Alliance
Française
diplomas
Alliance Française
Worldwide; in
Switzerland Fribourg, Geneva,
Lugano and Zurich
www.delfdalf.ch
www.alliancefr.org
www.alliancefrancaise.ch
This list also gives website addresses where you can find advice about preparing for the
different examinations. If you do not yet have the language skills necessary to pass one of
these examinations, you have also the possibility to improve your language skills by
distance learning; there are distance learning French courses at the University of Lausanne
(École de français langue étrangère). See http://www.unil.ch/forcad/fr/home.html for
further information.
If you have any further questions, please contact Philippe Gasser at
[email protected].
Philippe Gasser
Zollikofen, July 2015