Why study with us
From 2 to 18 years old
Kindergarten, elementary, middle school and high school
The Lycée Français de Bilbao offers a complete and continuous schooling, from the age of 2 to the Baccalaureate at the age of 18. With a differentiated pedagogy, the French educational system adapts to each stage of the child’s development, motivating and enhancing their abilities to ensure the success of all.
Multilingual education
4 languages with recognized certifications
French school, yes, but not only! Although French, the school’s vehicular language, is at the heart of the learning process, the school welcomes students of all nationalities and offers them support in French thanks to a personalized integration program, which allows the enrollment of non-French speakers or beginners at any age, from elementary to high school.
The quadrilingual program improves their language skills and, at the end of their schooling, students at the center will be able to aspire to a C1 level of the European reference framework in French, Spanish and English, as well as a B2 level in Basque.
International openness
A future open to the world
The French school belongs to a global network of 600 educational centers dedicated to educational excellence, and the French diploma provides access to the best universities in Spain, France, or the world.
Graduates of the Lycée Français enter many prestigious and selective careers, both locally and internationally.
Being part of an extensive worldwide network of French high schools ensures educational continuity for your students, from kindergarten through high school, regardless of the changes of city or country that they experience during their schooling. The AEFE network is a dynamic and attractive network that develops enriching joint educational projects and offers opportunities for exchange between schools through the ADN-AEFE program.
Active pedagogy
Experimenting to learn, motivating to progress
Colegio Francés places its students at the center of the learning process, with the aim of increasing their level of motivation and promoting sustainable learning.
The teaching staff pays special attention to the importance of sensory awareness, coexistence, interest in the child and respect for his or her development in order for him or her to become a more confident, curious and motivated person.
By making him/her aware of the nature and learning through experience, by facing authentic situations of research and investigation, the teacher leads the student to understand, mobilize and master the different resources and knowledge associated with his/her learning.
This deeper learning fosters the capacity for analysis, argumentation and self-reflection and contributes to the development of transversal competencies necessary for research, evaluation and information processing.
Double degree
BACCALAURÉAT + EVAU = orientation to the best international colleges
The International Agreement between the Ministry of Universities of Spain and the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation of the French Republic allows students from the French baccalaureate to obtain, through the UNED (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia), a grade of Access to the Spanish University.
Therefore, our students obtain, at the end of their schooling, the French diploma of the BACCALAUREAT (title that gives access to the French University and to the best international universities and colleges around the world) and the EVAU (Evaluation for the Access to the Spanish University).
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN SPAIN AND THE FRENCH REPUBLIC ON THE PROMOTION OF BILATERAL PROGRAMS AND INCREASED MOBILITY OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES:
Education in values
Cooperation, respect, honesty, tolerance, justice, friendship?
The Lycée Français de Bilbao welcomes students of all nationalities. Whatever their cultural background or mother tongue, the educational staff constantly takes into account the needs and abilities of all its students. We make the most of this cultural diversity through innovative teaching methods, adapted to the needs of all, and in a spirit of openness, with a special emphasis on language learning.
French educational centers abroad, like ours, cultivate and promote values of excellence, respect and tolerance. They offer quality education with an international dimension, driven by the demands of French-style teaching and open to the host country.
We are French, international, and open to local and regional culture.
